First Metro has perennially dominated the domestic fixed income market, accounting for the lion’s share of capital markets transactions and helping pillars of the industry address their funding requirements through bond issuances.

True to its mission to deepen the capital markets, the company has developed innovative products such as the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the country, the First Metro Philippine Equity Exchange-Traded Fund; project notes involving an SPV and non-bank institutions as investors; and the month fixed rate notes (for Toyota Financial Services and ORIX METRO), to name a few.

To entice more Filipinos to become investors and promote investment literacy, First Metro pioneered the issuance of financial market instruments such as the Retail Treasury Bonds (RTBs) and Retail Dollar Bonds (RDB) that help boost the National Government’s fiscal position in addition to encouraging small investors and savings mobilization.

First Metro supports the country’s infrastructure buildup program, particularly in power, transportation and airports, by raising much-needed capital and offering innovative project financing solutions to public-private partnerships, joint ventures, and private consortiums.

To further grow the capital markets, the company has also been introducing new names to the capital markets such as Wilcon Depot, Monde Nissin Corp., Balai Ni Fruitas, Inc., and Upson International Corp.