
No safe harbor for financial fraud
MFT Group, which later rebranded as Foundry Ventures I Inc., lured investors with guaranteed returns of 12 to 18 percent.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 2 min read


MFT Group, which later rebranded as Foundry Ventures I Inc., lured investors with guaranteed returns of 12 to 18 percent.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 2 min read

What the Sripetch ruling is, however, is powerfully persuasive authority, and in our legal tradition, that matters.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

The uncomfortable truth is that Philippine corporate governance progress has been largely disclosure-driven rather than substance-integrated.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

The reform is straightforward: the SEC Certificate of Incorporation should be sufficient for a business to commence operations.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 2 min read

Effective governance frameworks recognize that a concentration of influence may create structural risks regardless of who occupies positions of authority.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

Term limits exist because independence has to be structural, not aspirational.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 2 min read

Global companies do not invest on sentiment or simply because Pinoys speak good English. They invest where they find cheap and reliable power, fast approvals,…
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

Representation without power is theater. Participation without enforcement is aspiration.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

Familiarity breeds not contempt, but something far more dangerous in a boardroom: comfort.
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 3 min read

The legal standard is not whether a director has heard of nature-related risk. It is whether a director exercised the judgment and diligence that the situation…
Rogelio V. Quevedo · · 2 min read
