BPI Wealth Singapore opens at Marina Bay

Singapore is where the next generation of wealth conversations are happening, said Zobel de Ayala.

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has opened BPI Wealth Singapore, with an office at Marina Bay.

BPI Wealth Singapore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the bank, and will operate in 1851 Wealth, touted as an “exclusive space for meaningful conversations.”

Attending the launch include Medardo Macaraig, ambassador of the Philippines to Singapore; and Phua Wee Ling, executive director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

They were joined by Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman of BPI; Lim Chow Kiat, Chairman of the Wealth Management Institute; Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, President and CEO of BPI; and Maria Theresa D. Marcial, Deputy Chairman of BPI Wealth Singapore and President and CEO of BPI Wealth.

Janet Guat Har Ang, board director of BPI Wealth Singapore; and Christmas Sevilla, CEO of BPI Wealth Singapore, were also in attendance.

Zobel de Ayala highlighted Singapore as the place “where next-generation wealth conversations are happening.”

“To serve our clients well, and to serve them for generations, we must be present in this ecosystem,” Zobel de Ayala said in a statement.