MPIC recognized in Institutional Investor’s All-Asia Executive Team

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) was lauded as an Honored Company in the 11th Annual Asia Executive Team survey of the Institutional Investor Research, revealing Asia’s leading CEOs, CFOs, Investor Relations Officers and Investor Relations programs that best uphold corporate governance standards and facilitate investment into their company.

MPIC ranked first in the following Industrials Sector (Rest of Asia) categories as voted by the sell-side analysts: Best CEO for MPIC president and CEO Jose Ma. K. Lim; Best IR professional for MPIC vice president for investor relations Maricris Aldover – Ysmael; Best IR program, and Best ESG.

A total of 4,084 investors and portfolio managers and analysts from 1,285 voter firms participated in this survey, nominating a total of 1,438 companies and 2,690 individuals across 18 sectors. This included 3,503 buy-side professionals from 1,178 buy-side companies with an estimated $1,863 billion in Asia (ex-Japan) equities and 581 sell-side analysts from 107 companies. The companies were rated on several core areas, including Financial Disclosure, Services and Communication, COVID-19 responses and ESG. A total of 116 companies attained a published position to become an Honored company.

“We place high value on our engagements with investors and analysts in our efforts to align their interests with that of the company. We are grateful for this recognition from Institutional Investor and are committed to further strengthening our IR program,” said Lim. “With the appointment of our new chief finance officer and chief sustainability officer, Chaye Cabal – Revilla, we are elevating our disclosures and IR programs by incorporating global sustainability standards and addressing the most significant ESG concerns of our shareholders.”

“We are grateful to our sell-side analysts for their vote of confidence. They have been very instrumental in bringing our story to the market,” said Aldover-Ysmael. “This recognition would also not have been possible if not for the support that we receive from everyone in MPIC, including the management teams of our portfolio companies.”

2021 marks the first year that Mainland China and Rest of Asia results have been reported separately to the overall Asia-Pacific results. Furthermore, Small and Mid-Cap (SMID) results were published – companies with a market cap of $10B or below are eligible in this ranking.