MANILA, Philippines – Sustained high economic growth, investment upgrades, and healthy macroeconomic fundamentals attracted a large amount of portfolio investments in 2013, bringing annual inflows to US$28.4 billion, the highest in 14 years.
Foreign porfolio investments are also called hot money given the ease with which they enter and leave the country.
In a statement on Thursday, January 16, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the full year registered foreign portfolio investments were 53.7% higher than the $18.5 billion recorded in 2012.
In December, more than $1.2 billion funds went to local capital markets, 59.1% lower than November’s $3 billion. This was attributed to the announcement by the US Federal Reserve that it was winding down its stimulus program.
Hot money went mostly to Philippine Stock Exchange-listed securities (74.7%) and peso-denominated government securities (23%).
The main recipients of the PSE-bound funds were the following:
- Holding firms
- Banks
- Properties
- Food and beverage
- Tobacco
- Telecommunication firms
The main sources of portfolio funds with a combined share of 83.5% were:
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Luxembourg
– Rappler.com
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