MATRKE Securities tops in corporate governance

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), at its 2014 Bell Awards, has cited Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc. (MATRKE Securities) for excellence in corporate governance for the second year in a row. Trading participants are put through a rigorous 3-phase screening and evaluation process, including an initial regulatory screening, a regulatory validation phase and then the selection of finalists and awardees by an independent panel of judges. Securities and Exchange Commission chairperson Teresita Herbosa heads the 2014 PSE Bell Awards panel of judges, which includes British Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines Asif Ahmad, Rep. Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo of the 3rd District of Camarines Sur, Capital Markets Integrity Corp. president and chief executive officer Cornelio Guison, and College of Saint Benilde president and chancellor Brother Dennis Magbanua, FSC. MATRKE Securities consistently ranks among the top securities firms in the PSE in terms of annual value traded.