Manila, Philippines - Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc. was named the Philippines’ best broker recently by Alpha Southeast Asia for its sixth annual Best Financial Institution Awards. Maybank ATR KE Securities also won the award in 2011. A regional investments magazine, Alpha Southeast Asia recognizes the continent’s best banks and financial corporations on the basis of their performance and growth. The securities brokerage arm of publicly-listed diversified financial services group Maybank ATR Kim Eng Financial Corp., Maybank ATR KE Securities provides research, sales, and execution capabilities to a broad range of institutional and retail clients, both foreign and domestic. Through the Maybank Kim Eng Group, it enjoys equity distribution access throughout Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. Maybank ATR KE Securities consistently ranks among the top securities firms in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). The company was the top-ranked broker at the PSE for the full year 2011 with a total turnover value of P265.13 billion.