ABOITIZ POWER, DEUTSCHE REGIS WIN AWARDS

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) named Aboitiz Power Corp. (AP) and Deutsche Regis Partners, Inc. as winners of the 2017 PSE Bell Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance for listed companies (LCs) and trading participants (TPs), respectively. For listed companies, the finalists were Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc., China Banking Corp., Globe Telecom, Inc. and Philex Mining Corp. The finalists for trading participants were Credit Suisse Securities (Philippines), Inc., CLSA Philippines, Inc., Macquarie Capital Securities (Philippines), Inc. and PNB Securities, Inc. For the first time in the history of the PSE Bell Awards, special category awards were also given out. Deutsche Regis Partners, Inc. and BPI Securities, Inc. bagged the Best Compliance and Best Retail Investor Program for trading participants, respectively. For listed companies, the category winners include Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. for Best Compliance and Ethics Program, First Philippine Holdings Corp. for Best Sustainability Program and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. for Best Investor Relations Program. China Banking Corp. received a special citation for having been a PSE Bell Awardee for five consecutive years.