EASTWEST Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Robert B. Ramos recently won the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society of the Philippines’s Outstanding Charterholder of the Year award for 2019.
This award recognizes Ramos’s significant contributions to the local investment and banking industry, as well as the valuable expertise he’s offered in the fields of wealth management, local markets and the Philippine economy. Other criteria for the award include exceptional leadership, the advancement of the investment management profession and exemplification of the highest standards of ethics, education and professional excellence.
“I am especially honored to receive this award from the CFA Society of the Philippines,” said Ramos. “I’m committed to the further growth of EastWest, while impacting the lives of our customers and clients we’ve partnered with through our quality services.”
Ramos, who earned his CFA charter in 2011, serves EastWest as its Trust Officer and Chief Investment Officer, providing customers and clients his expertise and experience when it comes to investment products the bank has to offer. He also regularly appears on various financial programs to give his opinions on trends and developments in the Philippines, Southeast Asia and around the world.
EastWest has seen a positive increase in its nine-month income this year with P4.6 billion through September 2019, a rise of 43 percent from the previous year. Part of this strong performance are excellent securities and foreign-exchange trading gains, clocking in at P1.4 billion, much higher than in 2018.
East West Banking Corp. is one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines, based on publicly available data. Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, EastWest has steadily grown beyond its years, building fruitful partnerships and acquiring key assets to cement its position as one of the country’s most consumer-focused banks today.