MEMBERS: DIPALING, MARY AILEEN DUGONG, RUBIELYN P. DURAN, JUSHUA KYLE L. GROUP 7 Constitute the largest group, in terms of resources in the (PNBI Offers a wide array of financial services, such as planning and consultancy, portfolio management, raising of equity and loan capital and obtaining funds from external sources Are primarily engaged in investing or trading securities 2 types of investment companies Open-end companies Closed-end companies Partnerships or Corporations which are organized to extend credit lines to consumers and individuals Companies which buy and sell securities of others Acquire securities to resell or offer them for sale to the public Engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities from commissions received Authorize to conduct life or non-life insurance business Are business establishments engaged in lending money or personal property Organized as proprietorships, partnerships and corporations Provide short-term loans to members Main sources of income are savings and time deposits Mutually owned stock companies Specialize in extending long-term mortgage loans to members Cooperatives composed of small producers and consumers who voluntarily join together to form their business Institutional and personal administrations of funds Created for the benefit of others Pertain to individuals or entities engaged exclusively Secured direct loans to individuals and enterprises Setting minimum margin requirement on the purchase stock Describes variety of informal methods used by the Bangko Sentral to persuade its member banks to behave in a particular manner Buy new securities from issuing company & resells them to the public thru the process of underwriting Individuals/ institutions that buy original stock issues of new companies, expecting to make enough profits on one successful issue Buy & sell securities for clients while completing all the documentation each transaction requires Voluntary association of brokerage houses that are formed to provide organized, indoor market place for trading securities