2 BDO units named Philippines’ best

Asian publication The Asset has named BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) the Best Domestic Bank in the Philippines in the recently concluded The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2014 Southeast Asia.

This award from The Asset is a back-to-back win for BDO, which earlier also received recognition from other international publications such as Euromoney, Asiamoney, The Banker, The Asian Banker, Finance Asia and Alpha Southeast Asia, for being the country’s leading bank.

In the meantime, The Asset awarded the bank’s investment banking arm, BDO Capital & Investment Corp. (BDO Capital), its 9th consecutive Best Domestic Investment Bank accolade. It was also recognized in the Best Deal category following the citation of Century Pacific Food’s P3.2-billion Initial Public Offering (IPO), in which BDO Capital was among the joint lead underwriters.

The Asset Triple A Awards are Asia’s defining recognition for excellence in the industry. This reputation has been built upon the stringent methodology, combined with the rigorous approach to the selection of the winners of the coveted Triple A.

The awards are adjudicated by members of The Asset’s board of editors who have several decades of experience in evaluating industry awards in Asia.

In a related development, The Asset announced that BDO was among the 57 elite companies in Asia that would be honored next month in The Asset Corporate Awards 2014.

BDO and the other awardees were selected based on their outstanding financial performance, and sound corporate governance practices and investor relations. This is the fifth time BDO has been included in the list of Platinum Awardees.