Metrobank is PDS Awards’ biggest winner for 7 straight years

METROPOLITAN Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has bagged 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 toward 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

One of the branches of Metrobank fuel our passion to maintain the Bank’s leadership as one of the top securities dealers in the country,” Tansingco concluded.