SharePHIL held its 1st General Membership Meeting (GMM) for this year on 18 March 2016 at the Narra-Yakal Meeting rooms at the Dusit Thani Hotel.
The theme for this GMM is “Navigating Global Markets in Turmoil”. SharePHIL invited two panelists to share their knowledge and insights on this topic.
Mr. Wilson Sy, Fund Manager at PhilEquity Fund, is the Past Chairman of the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. and Manila Stock Exchange, Inc. He has 41 years experience in the stock market, as a stockbroker (Wealth Securities, Inc.) and fund manager (PhilEquity Fund, Inc.). He is author of the book, Opportunity of a Lifetime, which was recently launched. He donated all proceeds from the sale of the book to Ateneo and Xavier School. Mr Sy is also a columnist in the Business Section
Mr. Jonathan “Jonas” Ravelas, First Vice President and Chief Market Strategist of BDO Unibank, Inc. He joined the Bank’s Treasury Group in 2002 to provide analysis on financial markets and macroeconomic developments in local and foreign economies. Mr. Ravelas has been a leading advocate in creating and running a wide range of educational programs for private and institutional investors, ranging from the basics of financial markets to advanced trading strategies, having worked in the financial markets for almost 20 years. He has delivered numerous lectures in the field of forecasting here and abroad and regularly provides economic commentaries in the Asian Wall Street Journal and in some of the country’s major dailies. He is also a regular commentator on economic and financial market issues on ANC, Bloomberg and BBC.of Philippine Star.
New members were inducted during this GMM. They are Mr. Gaudencio Hernandez, Asian Development Bank Executive Director for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines & Timor-Leste; Mr. Jonathan Ravelas, First Vice President and Chief Market Strategist of BDO Unibank, Inc. and Mr. Robert Ramos, Trust Officer and Chief Investment Officer of UnionBank of the Philippines.
