BDO Capital & Investment Corporation (BDO Capital), the investment banking arm of BDO Unibank, garnered the top honors at last year’s virtual ceremony of the Investment House Association of the Philippines (IHAP) Awards.
Awards received were:
Investment House of the Year (4 years in a row)
Best Equity House (3 years in a row)
Best Fixed Income House (5 years in a row)
Best Project Finance House (3 years in a row)
Best Advisory House
Best Equity Deal (Small-Mid Cap) - Fruitas Holdings, Inc. Php1.011 billion initial public offering
“We in the BDO Group are honored to be recognized and strive to find ways to assist our customers even during a pandemic,” said Ed V. Francisco, President of BDO Capital.
IHAP is a non-stock, non-profit organization established on July 19, 1974 to promote better understanding of the roles and functions of the country’s investment houses, as well as enhance the contribution of investment houses in the growth of Philippine businesses and the economy through the development of the capital markets.
Five years ago, the IHAP Awards was instituted to recognize the outstanding performances of Philippine investment houses in terms of league table ranking, innovativeness and expertise in structuring, distribution and execution of capital market deals, as well as the ability of the investment house to generate value for the market and its clients.
The participants were evaluated by IHAP members and a third-party panel of judges composed of representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippine Stock Exchange, Philippine Dealing Systems Group, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Fund Managers Association of the Philippines, Shareholders Association of the Philippines, and CFA Society Philippines.
BDO Capital is a full service investment house that performs securities underwriting and trading; loan syndication; financial advisory; and private placement of debt and equity, among others.
It has been doing an active role in supporting various public-private sector undertakings and a number of initial public offerings of diverse Filipino companies.
About BDO Unibank, Inc.
BDO UNIBANK is a full-service universal bank which provides a wide range of corporate and retail banking services. These services include traditional loan and deposit products, as well as treasury, trust and investments, investment banking, private banking, rural banking, cash management, leasing and finance, remittance, insurance, retail cash cards, credit card services and stock brokerage services.
BDO has one of the largest distribution networks, with more than 1,400 operating branches and over 4,400 ATMs nationwide. It also has full-service branches in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as 13 overseas remittance and representative offices in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
BDO ranked as the largest bank in terms of total assets, loans, deposits and trust funds under management based on published statements of condition as of June 30, 2020. For more information, please visit www.bdo.com.ph.
BDO Unibank, Inc.
BDO Corporate Center
7899 Makati Avenue
Makati City 0726, Philippines
Tel +63(2) 8840-7000
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