The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), through its Standards Service (SS), has formally granted clearance to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for the conduct of the “Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)”.

The CPIS is being conducted semi-annually to collect comprehensive information on resident’s outstanding portfolio investments in equity and debt securities issued by nonresidents. Data from the survey serve as inputs for compiling the country’s international investment position statistics. CPIS data are also used to assess the volatility of capital flows over time and estimate income flows from residents’ portfolio investments abroad for purposes of compiling balance of payments statistics.

The major data items for this survey covers residents' outstanding portfolio investments in: (1) equity securities; and (2) debt securities with an original maturity of over one year (long-term) and one year or less (short-term) that are issued by nonresidents.

The survey will be conducted across 150 enterprises that are financial companies and selected non-financial corporations, which have been identified through a screening survey. The target respondents were taken from the top 500 corporations, representing 53.4 percent of gross revenues reported by the top 25,000 corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The timeline for survey data collection and the corresponding release of results is outlined as follows:

The CPIS has been reviewed and cleared under the Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS), a mechanism implemented by the PSA pursuant to Rule 28 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10625.

The SSRCS covers statistical surveys conducted and/or funded by government agencies, government-owned- and/or -controlled corporations, and local government units. It aims to:

    1. Ensure a sound design for data collection
    2. Minimize the burden placed upon respondents 
    3. Effect economy in statistical data collection 
    4. Eliminate unnecessary duplication of statistical data collection efforts 
    5. Achieve better coordination of government statistical activities

The PSA strongly encourages all sampled enterprises to actively participate in the “Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey” by providing accurate and truthful information for data-driven analysis of capital flow volatility and income estimation from residents’ portfolio investments abroad, in support of compiling balance of payments statistics.

For more information on th

e SSRCS, visit https://psa.gov.ph/ssrcs or contact the PSA SS Statistical Standards Division via email at ssd.ssrcs@psa.gov.ph.




CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, PhD
Undersecretary 
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General