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The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO, Filipino: Tanggapan sa Charity Sweepstakes ng Pilipinas [2]) is a government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippines under direct supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines. It is mandated to do fund raising and provide funds for health programs, medical assistance ...
Originally bonds could be purchased as in units of five Irish pounds, with a minimum purchase of £10. Today the unit price is 6.25 Euros (equivalent to IR£4.92 at the final fixed exchange rate) and a minimum purchase of €25 is required. In September 2009 the Prize Bond fund exceeded €1bn for the first time. [3]
The prize fund is paid for out of the equivalent interest payable on the entire bond pool for that month. As of 2020 the prize fund rate is 4.65% [5] implying that a bond holder can expect to achieve a mean long term return of 4.65% per annum. In reality, the nature of a lottery bond means that median returns are lower and are increasing in the ...
The program was launched on March 8, 1995, under the title Philippine Lotto Draw, with original hosts Tina Revilla, Kathy De Leon-Villar and various other hosts (including Timmy Cruz) until December 31, 2004. In 2013, the program changed its name to Philippine Lottery Draw. Since 2016, the show has been known as the PCSO Lottery Draw.
The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG Fund (acronym of its Filipino name: Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at Gobyerno [a]), is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development of the Philippines responsible for the administration of the national savings program and affordable ...
The first large-scale PLSA program in the United States was created in 2009 in Michigan, called "Save to Win". [2] [3] It was introduced as a full scale demonstration by Commonwealth (formerly D2D Fund Inc.), Filene Research Institute, and the Michigan Credit Union League following research by Peter Tufano from Harvard Business School, who co-founded Commonwealth in 2001. [4]
Later on, the board of trustees diversified and included prominent Asians from all over the Asian continent and outlying islands. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation gives the prize to Asian individuals achieving excellence in their respective fields. The award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the seventh president of the Philippines.
Philippine Rating Services Corporation, known as PhilRatings is a rating agency in the Philippines. [1] PhilRatings provides credit ratings for bonds, commercial paper, banks and other financial institutions, local governments, project finance transactions and asset-backed securities. [1] It is an affiliate of Standard & Poor's. [1]