MANILA, Philippines - The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia & the Pacific and Auckland-based Pacific Islands Trade & Invest (PT&I) has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) recently at the ADFIAP headquarters to promote trade and investment among countries in the region through joint business forums, matching and partnerships, institutional capacity-building programs and project pipeline database-sharing. Shown signing the memorandum are: (from left, seated) ADFIAP secretary general Octavio B. Peralta, and PT&I chief operating officer and investments head Manuel Valdez; (from left, standing) ADFIAP officer and staff Victor Avainza, Sandra Honrado and Enrique Florencio.