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                    [Title] => Asian markets climb as double-dip fears ease
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Stocks in Asia advanced Monday following solid gains in the US as fears eased that the global economy could slip back into recession.

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The transaction is expected to be the first to make it through under the new law and sources said Metrobank was close to polishing the deal with Rabobank in order to apply for incentives.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198001 [Title] => Metrobank sets aside P3-B for loan losses [Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) will set aside P3 billion in loan-loss provision as it awaits the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) law.

Likewise, Metrobank is looking for ways to trim the level of its non-performing loans (NPL) which reportedly stood at 16.27 percent of total loan portfolio as of December 2002. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) indicate that in terms of absolute amount, the bank’s bad loans stood at P31.4 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182205 [Title] => Metrobank net income up 65% in Q3 [Summary] => Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank), the country’s largest bank, registered a net income of P791.28 million during the third quarter of the year, up by 65 percent from the year ago level of P480.05 million.

The uptick in the third quarter was driven by trading gains in the debt and foreign exchange markets. The bank was benefiting from investments in government securities.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180295 [Title] => Lehman Bros eyes NPLs of Landbank [Summary] => After losing its Metrobank deal to Ravo Bank, Lehman Brothers is now eyeing the non-performing loans (NPLs) of Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank), pending the approval of the proposed law on asset management companies. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176668 [Title] => RP posts trade surplus in July for third month in a row [Summary] => The country posted a trade surplus in July, its third in a row, confirming a gradual recovery in the manufacturing sector, but with the US economy looking fragile, economists kept their optimism in check.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday that the trade surplus in July stood at $168 million, a sharp turnaroud from a deficit of $66 million in the same period last year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690110 [AuthorName] => Rica Delfinado [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173342 [Title] => Metrobank signs deal with Rabobank [Summary] => Metrobank, the country’s largest bank, has concluded an agreement for the sale of over P16 billion worth of non-performing loans (NPLs) to Asia Recovery Corp.–an asset management company (AMC) set up on the basis of investments by a foreign group led by Rabobank Nederland.

The sale and purchase agreement, the first ever in the banking industry, and probably the largest in amount, has been submitted to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for approval by the Monetary Board. Metrobank said that pending its approval, details of the agreement cannot be disclosed.
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                    [ArticleID] => 609308
                    [Title] => Asian markets climb as double-dip fears ease
                    [Summary] => 

Stocks in Asia advanced Monday following solid gains in the US as fears eased that the global economy could slip back into recession.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-06 14:42:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 6236 [Title] => Euro eases from peak against dollar in Asian trade [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-16 10:25:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222759 [Title] => Metrobank repackages sale of bad loans to Rabobank of Netherlands [Summary] => Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) is repackaging the planned sale of its bad loans to Rabobank of the Netherlands and will re-apply it for approval by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) under the new Special Purpose Vehicles Act.

The transaction is expected to be the first to make it through under the new law and sources said Metrobank was close to polishing the deal with Rabobank in order to apply for incentives.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198001 [Title] => Metrobank sets aside P3-B for loan losses [Summary] => Industry leader Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) will set aside P3 billion in loan-loss provision as it awaits the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) law.

Likewise, Metrobank is looking for ways to trim the level of its non-performing loans (NPL) which reportedly stood at 16.27 percent of total loan portfolio as of December 2002. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) indicate that in terms of absolute amount, the bank’s bad loans stood at P31.4 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182205 [Title] => Metrobank net income up 65% in Q3 [Summary] => Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank), the country’s largest bank, registered a net income of P791.28 million during the third quarter of the year, up by 65 percent from the year ago level of P480.05 million.

The uptick in the third quarter was driven by trading gains in the debt and foreign exchange markets. The bank was benefiting from investments in government securities.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180295 [Title] => Lehman Bros eyes NPLs of Landbank [Summary] => After losing its Metrobank deal to Ravo Bank, Lehman Brothers is now eyeing the non-performing loans (NPLs) of Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank), pending the approval of the proposed law on asset management companies. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176668 [Title] => RP posts trade surplus in July for third month in a row [Summary] => The country posted a trade surplus in July, its third in a row, confirming a gradual recovery in the manufacturing sector, but with the US economy looking fragile, economists kept their optimism in check.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday that the trade surplus in July stood at $168 million, a sharp turnaroud from a deficit of $66 million in the same period last year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1690110 [AuthorName] => Rica Delfinado [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173342 [Title] => Metrobank signs deal with Rabobank [Summary] => Metrobank, the country’s largest bank, has concluded an agreement for the sale of over P16 billion worth of non-performing loans (NPLs) to Asia Recovery Corp.–an asset management company (AMC) set up on the basis of investments by a foreign group led by Rabobank Nederland.

The sale and purchase agreement, the first ever in the banking industry, and probably the largest in amount, has been submitted to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for approval by the Monetary Board. Metrobank said that pending its approval, details of the agreement cannot be disclosed.
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