Deutsche Regis, ING Bank reap honors from fund managers
The local fund management community has voted Deutsche Regis Partners as “Best Equities House” and ING Bank as the “Best Fixed Income House” for 2012.
The Fund Managers Association of the Philippines (FMAP)—an influential institutional investor community with 46 members and a combined P4 trillion worth of assets under management—surveys its members each year to pick the best equities and fixed income houses. The 12th annual FMAP Awards took place Wednesday night.
For the first time, the fund management community also gave this year a “Company of the Year” Award, which was won by Ayala Corp. This award is based on the following criteria: corporate governance and transparency, access to shareholders and strong financial statements.
“The FMAP Awards gives recognition to the ‘sell side analysts’ and sales people who are judged by the fund management community as the best of the best in their respective sectors of coverage,” FMAP president Michael Ferrer said.
“The importance of the role of analysts grows as the Philippines emerges as a preferred inevstment destination in the global stage,” said Ferrer.
Winning second and third place in the “Best Equities House” category were ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc. and Macquarie Securities Phils. The runners-up for “Best Fixed Income House” were Citibank and Deutsche Bank.
Deutsche Regis, ATR Kim Eng and Macquarie also bagged top honors in research and equities sales.
Named as best equities strategists were: Rafa Garchitorena (Deutsche Regis); Alex Pomento (Macquarie) and Alfred Dy (CLSA). Deutsche Regis’ Gio Dela Rosa, Rafa Garchitorena and Iza Fernandez were likewise named as top equities analysts alongside Pomento of Macquarie.
Cited as the best economists in the equities category were: Luz Lorenzo (ATR Kim Eng), Jojo Gonzales (Philippine Equity Partners) and Pomento (Macquarie). Named as best equities salespersons were Jojo Aquino (ATR Kim Eng), Noli Legarda (Deustche Regis) and Gino Rojas (Macquarie).
For fixed income, named as the best in foreign market coverage were ING Bank, Deutsche Bank and Citibank.
Honored as top three fixed income strategists were Jun Trinidad (Citibank), Sameer Goel (Deutche) and Andre De Silva (HSBC). Cited as the best fixed income economists were Joey Cuyegkeng (ING), Jun Trinidad (Citibank) and Fred Neumann (HSBC).
ING’s Charles Chua and Noel Reyes won the first and second place, respectively, as best fixed income trader for foreign currency while Jerome Musico bagged the third place. The top three fixed income traders for local currency were: Michael Delfino (Deutsche Bank), Limer Quinnie Barbasa (China Bank) and Dave Estacio (First Metro Investment Corp.).
Named as the best fixed income salesperson was Pauline Clarin (Citibank), followed by Inuli Chaluyan (Philippine National Bank). Tied for third place were Michiko Dulay (Security Bank), Minuch Anson (HSBC) and Jessica Chico (ING).
