PSE to hold investor expo on March 9-11

The Philippine Stock Exchange is kicking off on March 9 a three-day investor education event that will feature a host of industry experts, games and hundreds of raffle prizes for active participants.

The PSE Investment Expo 2023, a financial literacy initiative to promote awareness on investing in legitimate financial instruments, will run from March 9 to 11.

The event begins on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with an opening ceremony and a discussion on the 2023 economic and market outlook, the bourse said in a statement.

Interested participants can register here: https://pseinvestmentexpo2023.vfairs.com.

“Financial literacy activities are very much needed at this time when potential and new investors fall prey to get-rich-quick schemes and are easily swayed by herd mentality in investing,” PSE president and CEO Ramon S. Monzon said.

“We hope that the lineup of activities during the Investment Expo will equip the attendees with proper investing know-how and strategies,” he added.

Panelists for the outlook include AIA Philippines chief investment officer Lee C. Longa, COL Financial Group Inc. chief customer experience officer Juanis G. Barredo, and Philippine Equity Partners Inc. managing director Jojo D. Gonzales.

On March 10, the expo will feature webinar sessions from event partners.

The featured topics and speakers in the morning are How to Achieve Your Financial Goal through Life hosted by COL Financial’s wealth trainer and fund expert Zane Pulumbarit and their investment advocate Jasmine Marzo; and Stock Market 101: The Beginner’s Guide in Entering the Stock Market to be facilitated by GCash customer success head Mark Jasson C. Ilao.

The afternoon webinars will feature Tools of the Trade You Wish You Knew Earlier hosted by First Metro Securities Brokerage Corp. business development and market education section head for Mindanao John Philip T. Billones; and Choosing the Right Stocks Tailored for You to be facilitated by Abacus Securities Corp. investment analyst Rainer Yu.

A personal finance game, PSE CSS Battle of the Bulls Quiz Bee and closing ceremony are the activities lined up on Saturday, March 11.

The top three teams from the Campus Expo 2022 Stock Research Competition will be up for a pre-event market portfolio competition. Judges of the event include RCBC trust and investments group head and PSE certified securities specialist course portfolio management lecturer Dr. Robert Ramos; First Metro Securities Brokerage Corp. consultant for market education and PSE certified securities specialist course fundamental and technical analysis lecturer Aaron Say; and PSE market data department head Regina R. Crisostomo.

PSE Investment Expo 2023 event presenters are Abacus Securities Corp. (MyTrade), COL Financial Group Inc., First Metro Securities Brokerage Corp., G-Xchange, Inc. (GCash), DoubleDragon Corp., MerryMart Consumer Corp. and Premier Island Power REIT Corp.

Platinum sponsors include BPI Securities Corp., ACEN Corp., AREIT, Inc., BDO Unibank, Inc., Citicore Energy REIT Corp., DDMP REIT, Inc., DLSU-CSB SPaCE, Filinvest REIT Corp., Filinvest Land, Inc. First Gen Corp., RL Commercial REIT Inc., SM Prime Holdings, Inc., Union Bank of the Philippines, and Wilcon Depot, Inc.

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