Metrobank is PDS Awards’ biggest winner for 7 straight years
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) bags multiple wins including the coveted Cesar E.A. Virata Award Best Securities House (Bank Category) in the recently concluded Philippine Dealing System Annual Awards. This marks the 7th year that Metrobank has achieved the grand recognition.
The Cesar E.A. Virata Award is the highest honor that the PDS Group bestows upon the top Bank in the country that had exceptional performance in trading, distribution, settlement, origination, underwriting, and market making activities for 2019.
“We are deeply honored and grateful to have been acclaimed by the PDS Group for the 7th year in a row. For more than five decades, Metrobank has been geared towards bringing the Philippine economy to the heights of growth and development and in sustaining the country’s robust financial markets,” said Metrobank Financial Markets Sector Head, Fernand Antonio Tansingco.
Apart from the top award, Metrobank also won the following accolades: Most Active PDDTS/PvP Participant (2nd Place); Most Active Corporate Securities Dealing Participant; Most Active Brokering Participant for Retail Transactions; and Most Active Dealing Participant.
“It has always been our thrust to work alongside the Philippine government in guarding the forts of our market-oriented economy, especially when volatility strikes. Now more than ever, these awards fuel our passion to maintain the Bank’s leadership as one of the top securities dealers in the country.” Tansingco concluded.
Now on its 15th year, the PDS Annual Awards continue to recognize industry leaders and market movers whose outstanding performance and leadership further the sustainable growth and development of the Philippine financial markets.
Metrobank is the country’s premier universal bank and has one of the largest domestic networks with over 950 branches and over 2,300 automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide, and over 30 foreign branches, subsidiaries and representative offices. For inquiries, please contact Corporate Communications Department at 8-857-5526, or Investor Relations Department at 8-857-9783 and investor.relations@metrobank.com.ph. Or call the Metrobank 24/7 Customer Hotline at 8-870-0700, or log on to www.metrobank.com.ph. For provincial areas, call toll-free 1-800-1888-5775.
