Maybank ATR Kim Eng provides investors local influence with regional strength
Scoring favourable investment grade ratings from global industry experts has made the Philippines among the most attractive markets to invest in today. While opportunities are growing every day, the key to successful investments lies in partnering with a select few whose expertise encompasses local influence, regional strength and global access.
Scoring favourable investment grade ratings from global industry experts has made the Philippines among the most attractive markets to invest in today. While opportunities are growing every day, the key to successful investments lies in partnering with a select few whose expertise encompasses local influence, regional strength and global access.
Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital Partners (Maybank ATR Kim Eng) comes to the fore as the investment bank of choice for investors with a long-term view, not only for the Philippines, but also for the Asean region. Before its acquisition by the Maybank Group in 2011, the company already held a strong position in the local and Southeast Asian markets as ATR KimEng - the country's only investment bank serving local and foreign clients.
"If a foreign house wanted to do a local transaction, they would partner with us - as would local houses that wanted to transact with foreign entities," says Manuel Tordesillas, president and CEO of Maybank ATR Kim Eng. "This success has continued with Maybank, whose balance sheet, research capability and regional footprint enable us to reach and serve investors like no other competitor in the region."
Maybank ATR Kim Eng led the initial public offering transactions for Robinsons Retail Holdings, Travellers International Hotel Group and Concepcion Industrial Corp in 2013 as the sole domestic lead underwriter. Last year, it began diversifying into debt capital markets and pursuing the fixed-income segment through Maybank's nearly 80 local branches.
The bank was also the adviser to mainland-owned State Grid Corp of China, which bought a minority 40 per cent stake in the National Grid Corp of the Philippines in 2009 - the largest-ever investment made by China in the Philippines.
"Apart from energy, industries including business process outsourcing, mining and tourism are driving the economy," Tordesillas says. "Amid the Asean economic integration, Maybank ATR Kim Eng can especially help investors tap these and more intraregional investments as we are regionally integrated."
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