The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) will now have to decide on whether to pursue a bid to take over Philippine Dealing System Holdings, Inc. (PDS) after failing to meet regulatory ownership thresholds.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday said that a PSE follow-on offering aimed at raising funds for the PDS purchase did not achieve a complementary goal of reducing brokerage firms’ ownership of the bourse to 20 percent.

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