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[Title] => Vivant to issue P3-B notes
[Summary] => Vivant Corp., is set to issue P3 billion worth of fixed rate corporate notes on Feb. 3, proceeds of which would be used to fund its capital expenditures. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Vivant said it signed an agreement with local banks for the issuance of the corporate notes.
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[Title] => Fixed income exchange honors top trading institutions
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The Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. (PDEx) conferred the top award to Security Bank Corp. (Security Bank) for garnering the highest volume of trading among the Top Five Most Active Trading Participants of the Exchange for 2006 during the Exchange’s Second Annual Achievement Awards. It is the second consecutive instance that Security Bank won the award.
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[Title] => BdO income reaches P2.29B in first 9 months
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The consolidated net income of Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BdO) in the first nine months of 2006 has almost equalled the earnings achieved in the whole of 2005.
By the end of September, BdO posted a 23-percent growth in bottomline profits with a consolidated net income of P2.29 billion. Income for the whole of 2005 was P2.54 billion.
In the third quarter alone, net income ballooned to P1.03 billion, or 53 percent higher than the P672 million in the same period last year, and 85 percent higher than the P558 million for the second quarter of 2006.
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[Title] => BPI, two others get top awards
[Summary] => The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) was named the most outstanding participating financial institution (PFI) for its all around performance by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
Equitable PCI Bank in turn was named most outstanding PFI for the JBIC facilities for largescale and shipping industries.
The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) was cited for topping utilization of Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund (IGLF) funding. In fact, it has already been elevated to the hall of fame in 1997.
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[Title] => Metrobank income jumps 10.56% to P1.73B in 1st half
[Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) posted an unaudited net income of P1.73 billion in the first six months of the year, 10.56 percent better than the P1.56 billion earnings registered in the same period last year.
A major driver in the banks double-digit profit growth was the 26.77 percent increase in net interest income equivalent to P1.23 billion.
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[Title] => Banco de Oro to raise P8.3B for purchase of SSS stake in EPCIB
[Summary] => Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO) will raise P8.3 billion through a combination debt and rights offerings for the acquisition cost of the 27 percent shareholdings of the Social Security System (SSS) in Equitable PCI Bank.
A top BDO official said the bank’s board of directors and major stakeholders had already given their approval of the proposed capital raising schemes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Metrobank eyes P4-B net income this year
[Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) is looking at a net income growth of between 16.6 percent to 33 percent to hit as much as P4 billion this year, from P3.02 billion in 2003.
Last year, the bank’s net income was better by 19.93 percent from the P2.52 billion in 2002.
In the first three months of this year alone, net earnings grew by 20 percent to roughly P480 million, from the P400 million recorded in the same period in 2003.
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[Title] => Metrobank trust operations expand by 20%
[Summary] => The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) recorded the highest growth rate in the trust banking industry with a 20-percent increase in its assets under management (AUM) in the first six months of 2003.
From P71 billion, its AUM grew by another P14.7 billion. Thus its total trust assets stood at P85.7 billion as of end June.
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[Title] => EDSA body calls for 7-week fast
[Summary] => The EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC) asked Filipinos yesterday to forgo one meal a week for seven weeks as part of a campaign "to expel hard-to-cast-out demons."
The EPPC was a group formed by jailed President Joseph Estrada to institutionalize the celebration of the first people power uprising which ousted former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
Ironically, the EPPC campaign, dubbed Daily Prayer for Peace and Justice, will commence on Jan. 16, the first day of people power II that led to Estrada’s ouster last year.
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METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST CORP
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[Title] => Vivant to issue P3-B notes
[Summary] => Vivant Corp., is set to issue P3 billion worth of fixed rate corporate notes on Feb. 3, proceeds of which would be used to fund its capital expenditures. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Vivant said it signed an agreement with local banks for the issuance of the corporate notes.
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[Title] => Fixed income exchange honors top trading institutions
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The Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. (PDEx) conferred the top award to Security Bank Corp. (Security Bank) for garnering the highest volume of trading among the Top Five Most Active Trading Participants of the Exchange for 2006 during the Exchange’s Second Annual Achievement Awards. It is the second consecutive instance that Security Bank won the award.
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[Title] => BdO income reaches P2.29B in first 9 months
[Summary] =>
The consolidated net income of Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BdO) in the first nine months of 2006 has almost equalled the earnings achieved in the whole of 2005.
By the end of September, BdO posted a 23-percent growth in bottomline profits with a consolidated net income of P2.29 billion. Income for the whole of 2005 was P2.54 billion.
In the third quarter alone, net income ballooned to P1.03 billion, or 53 percent higher than the P672 million in the same period last year, and 85 percent higher than the P558 million for the second quarter of 2006.
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[Title] => BPI, two others get top awards
[Summary] => The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) was named the most outstanding participating financial institution (PFI) for its all around performance by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).
Equitable PCI Bank in turn was named most outstanding PFI for the JBIC facilities for largescale and shipping industries.
The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) was cited for topping utilization of Industrial Guarantee and Loan Fund (IGLF) funding. In fact, it has already been elevated to the hall of fame in 1997.
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[Title] => Metrobank income jumps 10.56% to P1.73B in 1st half
[Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) posted an unaudited net income of P1.73 billion in the first six months of the year, 10.56 percent better than the P1.56 billion earnings registered in the same period last year.
A major driver in the banks double-digit profit growth was the 26.77 percent increase in net interest income equivalent to P1.23 billion.
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[Title] => Banco de Oro to raise P8.3B for purchase of SSS stake in EPCIB
[Summary] => Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO) will raise P8.3 billion through a combination debt and rights offerings for the acquisition cost of the 27 percent shareholdings of the Social Security System (SSS) in Equitable PCI Bank.
A top BDO official said the bank’s board of directors and major stakeholders had already given their approval of the proposed capital raising schemes.
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[Title] => Metrobank eyes P4-B net income this year
[Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) is looking at a net income growth of between 16.6 percent to 33 percent to hit as much as P4 billion this year, from P3.02 billion in 2003.
Last year, the bank’s net income was better by 19.93 percent from the P2.52 billion in 2002.
In the first three months of this year alone, net earnings grew by 20 percent to roughly P480 million, from the P400 million recorded in the same period in 2003.
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[Title] => Metrobank trust operations expand by 20%
[Summary] => The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Corp. (Metrobank) recorded the highest growth rate in the trust banking industry with a 20-percent increase in its assets under management (AUM) in the first six months of 2003.
From P71 billion, its AUM grew by another P14.7 billion. Thus its total trust assets stood at P85.7 billion as of end June.
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[Title] => EDSA body calls for 7-week fast
[Summary] => The EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC) asked Filipinos yesterday to forgo one meal a week for seven weeks as part of a campaign "to expel hard-to-cast-out demons."
The EPPC was a group formed by jailed President Joseph Estrada to institutionalize the celebration of the first people power uprising which ousted former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
Ironically, the EPPC campaign, dubbed Daily Prayer for Peace and Justice, will commence on Jan. 16, the first day of people power II that led to Estrada’s ouster last year.
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