An empirical study on the determinant factors of key management compensation in all publicly listed companies in the Philippines

Because of the significance of the role of key management personnel, numerous studies have emphasized the manner in which they are compensated. However, these studies have only focused on one variable and have not analyzed it on a time series basis. As such, the change in compensation from year to year is often overlooked. This study will revolve around the determinants that affect the change in compensation of key management personnel across a five-year period among all Philippine-listed companies. We focused on seven independent variables in a quantitative approach. These variables are: firm size, firm age, and quick ratio under firm characteristic return on invested capital, and corporate income tax under performance stock price changes under equity characteristics and the extent of disclosure under corporate transparency. Through the panel data regression model, we determined that capital returns cause significant impact on key management compensation

Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography: Where are we headed?

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is an essential endoscopic tool within the diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. EUS-guided tissue acquisition will develop towards facilitating personalized treatment by obtaining large representative tissue specimens for elaborate immunohistochemical and biomolecular typing of the tumor. Intratumoral or intravascular delivery of drugs potentially offers many advantages over systemic injection. Intratumoral application of radiofrequency ablation and photodynamic therapy show promise but need to be explored further. Appositioning and connecting luminal structures within the gastrointestinal tract using fully covered expandable lumen-apposing stents will expand its indication far beyond the drainage of (infected) fluid collections and EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy is a particularly exciting development that could have significant impact on the management of gastric outlet obstruction