IS A SAVINGS PROGRAM RIGHT FOR YOU?

Click on this link to take a short, interactive assessment.  

Is a Savings Program Right for You?

TEN REASONS TO SET UP A FAMI MONTHLY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

A Monthly Investment Program is a facility that FAMI will set up in your company whereby your employees can voluntarily request your company to make a salary deduction and forward these deductions to FAMI to be invested in a “Save and Learn” mutual fund of the employee’s choice.  This way employees enjoy hassle-free saving on a regular basis, plus have their savings gain from the power of mutual fund long-term value growth. Read more

SHOULD YOU JOIN THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT PROGRAM?

If your company has set up, together with FAMI, a  Monthly Investment Program (MIP), you should know that this MIP is a voluntary salary savings program that can help you save in a disciplined and automatic way.  This MIP involves a voluntary salary deduction Read more

SAFE AT LAST

For those persons whose company or school has participated in the FAMI Monthly Investment Program (MIP), here’s an interesting and delightful fictional presentation entitled, “SAFE AT LAST”. Read more

SAVE & LEARN EQUITY FUND OUTPERFORMS ALL

From the time the fund was launched in October 12, 2005 to the present, the Save & Learn Equity Fund (SALEF) has consistently outperformed all the equity mutual funds in the Philippine mutual fund industry.  This is testament to FAMI’s capability to create value not just during the good times, but at all times. Read more

FAMI creates Save-and-Learn blogsite

In order to promote the habit of saving and to help the general public understand important finance and investment terms, instruments, and practices, First Metro Asset Management has launched a user-friendly blogsite: www.save-and-learn.com. Read more

First Metro signs joint venture with CEAP and Marist Brothers

The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) signed a joint venture agreement with the Marist Development Foundation and First Metro Investment Corporation to establish First Metro Asset Management, Inc. (FAMI), as asset management company set up to manage the “Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund” and “Save & Learn Equity Fund”.

The “Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund” and “Save & Learn Equity Fund” are mutual funds that target investors in the education sector, specifically the institutions as well as the constituents under the CEAP umbrella. CEAP is a national association of around 1,200 Catholic schools, colleges and universities of the Philippines. Marist Development Foundation on the other hand is an international Catholic religious congregation with around 5,000 members in more than 70 countries.

First Metro Investment is the investment banking arm of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank), the largest universal bank in the country. It currently supervises the Metro Capital Fund, a common trust fund that has been leading all other equity funds on its year-to-date and 12-month performance. First Metro Investment was recently awarded by Finance Asia as the Best Investment Bank and Best Bond House in the country, having played a major role in eight of the nine fixed income deals executed in the Philippines from July 2004 to June 2005. Some of these deals were Ayala Corporation’s P7 Billion Retail Corporate Bonds, Unilever’s 3 Billion Floating Rate Notes, the P41 Billion Retail Treasury Bonds and Pag-IBIG Fund’s P7 Billion Housing Bonds, among others.

First Metro Investment President Mr. Francisco C. Sebastian said that the name “Save & Learn” demonstrates the alignment of vision by the joint venture partners. It is further envisioned that First Metro Investment and its partners will collaborate to offer financial literacy programs to CEAP’s constituents to promote the values and skills in savings and money management among students, teahers, parents and administrators of CEAP member institutions.