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Ayala looks to benefit from Philippine resurgence

The Ayala family has been at the forefront of business in the Philippines for over 180 years. Jaime Zobel de Ayala is the current head of the Ayala Corporation, one of the country's biggest conglomerates which accounts for almost 20 per cent of the Philippine stock market. He talks to David Pilling, the FT's Asia editor, about politics, the economy and doing business in the Philippines.