Institutions tapped for financial literacy drive

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has tapped institutional partners to expand the reach of a financial literacy campaign aimed at encouraging Filipinos to invest.

SEC Chairman Emil Aquino, in a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd, said network included the Philippine Stock Exchange Inc., Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Clark Development Corp., National Youth Commission, Philippine Investment Fund Association, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Practice.