NEWS AND UPDATES

• BDO Private Bank wins award from The Asset

  HONG KONG-based investment journal The Asset has named BDO Private Bank (BDOPB) the Best Private Bank in the Philippines in the recently concluded The Asset Triple A Awards 2011.

• BDO Capital leads signing of facility agreement with FPHC

  First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPHC) recently signed a P4.8-billion corporate notes facility agreement with BDO Capital and Investment Corp. (as sole arranger) and four other banks, namely, BDO Unibank, Inc., Maybank Philippines, Inc., Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. and Union Bank of the Philippines.

• BDO 9M11 income at P7.6 billion

  Banco De Oro Unibank, Inc. (BDO) reported a net income of P7.6 billion for the first nine months of 2011, up 19 percent compared to the P6.4 billion it earned in the same period last year.

• Piolo's One and Only..

  "Kahit nasaan ka pa, kaya kang abutin ng BDO."

• Baker king shares unique banking experience

  In a recent forum for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), The French Baker founder and chief executive JohnLu Koa (in photo) talked about the importance of having a solid bank as a partner.

• BDO to issue additional Tier 2 Notes

  Banco De Oro Unibank, Inc. (“BDO”) announced plans to issue approximately Php 3 billion worth of Peso-denominated Unsecured Subordinated Notes qualifying as Tier 2 capital (“T2”). This will be BDO’s second offering of T2 notes in 2011, following the successful issuance of Php 8.5 billion in June 2011, and will form part of the Php 15 billion T2 program earlier approved by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The additional T2 notes will be used to supplement the Bank’s capital position and support its business expansion plans.

• BDO receives awards from FinanceAsia

  BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) took home three awards from FinanceAsia, one of the region’s leading financial publications: The Philippines’ Best Bank, Best Investment Bank, and Best Private Bank.