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SEC OKs China Bank investment house

By Lawrence Agcaoili | December 4, 2015 - 9:00am

China Banking Corp. got the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set up a P500-million investment...

Business

FMIC income drops 46% to P1.24 B in 1st qtr

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | May 16, 2014 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp., (FMIC) the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, posted a 46 percent drop in its consolidated net income to P1.24 billion in the first quarter from P2.29 billion in the same...

Business

FMIC profit more than triples to P11.5 B

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 27, 2014 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment house of the Metrobank Group, more than tripled its net income to P11.54...

Business

FMIC posts 134% profit hike to P2.3 B in Q1

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 24, 2013 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment house of the Metrobank Group, posted a 134 percent increase in its consolidated net income in the first quarter to P2.3 billion, from P979 million in the same period...

Business

FMIC profit jumps 46%

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, said its consolidated net income jumped 46 percent to P2.6 billion at the end of the third quarter, from P1.8 billion in the...

Business

First Metro posts P431.4-M net income in first quarter

By Ted P. Torres | May 13, 2011 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) reported a net income of P431.4 million in the first quarter, up 11 percent from the P389.8 million reported in the same quarter last year.

Business

First Metro Investment income hits P1 billion in 2009

By Ted P. Torres | April 13, 2010 - 12:00am

The First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group, recorded an impressive consolidated net income of P1 billion in 2009.

Banking

First Metro Investment resources up 70%

May 16, 2006 - 12:00am

First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), the investment banking subsidiary of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank), has reported a 70-percent growth in total resources from P16.8 billion in 2004 to P28.3 billion...

Banking

Araneta won’t seek new term as RCBC president

June 14, 2003 - 12:00am

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) president Valentin Araneta will not stand for re-election as director at the bank’s forthcoming annual stockholders’ meeting on June 30, 2003, and as president/COO...

Business