AYALA CORP. said it expanded its operations this 12 months through partnerships with foreign firms in retail, logistics, healthcare, and mobility sectors.
“This 12 months, Ayala entered into recent partnerships, recent ventures, and undertook historic firsts. That is the facility of a more connected Ayala. We enter the brand new 12 months with a renewed commitment to create value by supporting the country’s long-term growth,” Ayala Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Cezar P. Consing said in a press release on Thursday.
In retail, Ayala partnered with Spinneys, a United Arab Emirates-based premium fresh food supermarket chain, to open stores within the Philippines, marking Spinneys’ first expansion outside the Gulf region.
It also teamed up with Thailand’s CP AXTRA, operator of the Makro and Lotus’s chains, to pursue joint ventures in e-commerce, mall development, retail, and wholesale across the Philippines and Thailand. The deal includes Makro’s return to the Philippine market.
In logistics, Ayala partnered with Denmark’s AP Moller Capital, which is acquiring a 40% stake in AC Logistics to support the corporate’s growth and meet evolving market needs within the Philippines.
Singapore-based impact investor ABC Impact injected primary capital into AC Health, Ayala’s healthcare arm, to expand its network of hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies.
“Ayala also raised capital through revolutionary financing deals to drive business growth and support sustainability-focused ventures,” the corporate said.
In January, Ayala raised $100 million through a blended finance cope with the Asian Development Bank and the Canadian Climate and Nature Fund for the Private Sector in Asia to support ACMobility’s electric vehicle charging network.
In March, Ayala signed a 200-million yen-denominated term loan with Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for business growth, marking its first yen loan after receiving a rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency.
The corporate also received several awards in 2025 for corporate governance, financial innovation, and sustainability. It supported communities through initiatives for uniformed personnel, school repairs, disaster response, and a pledge to plant five million trees by 2028.
On Thursday, Ayala Corp.’s shares fell by 1.91% or P9 to P460 apiece. — Alexandria Grace C. Magno