{"id":53823,"date":"2026-04-17T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=53823"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:30:00","slug":"financeasia-names-sm-companies-among-asias-best-companies-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=53823","title":{"rendered":"FinanceAsia names SM companies among Asia&#8217;s Best Companies for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1880730\/Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">PASAY CITY, Philippines<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">April 17, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Hong Kong-based publication FinanceAsia has recognized four SM companies in its Asia&#8217;s Best Companies 2026 poll, reflecting the views of institutional investors and financial analysts across the region after they assessed corporate performance and governance over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p>These companies included SM Investments Corporation, the parent company of the SM Group, SM Retail, Inc. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and BDO Unibank, Inc. which garnered a combined eight awards.<\/p>\n<p>SM Investments received Gold for Best Large Cap Company and Most Committed to ESG, and Silver for Best Managed Company in the Conglomerates category in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the recognition. It reflects our continued focus on delivering consistent results and creating long-term value for our stakeholders through disciplined execution,&#8221; said SM Investments President and CEO Frederic C. DyBuncio.<\/p>\n<p>SM Retail was recognized as Best Managed Company in both Retail and Consumer Durables &amp; Apparel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This recognition reflects our team&#8217;s ability to execute consistently across our retail platforms, anchored on serving Filipino consumers while delivering sustainable long\u2011term value,&#8221; said SM Retail President Jonathan Ng.<\/p>\n<p>SM Prime was recognized as Best Managed Company in Real Estate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earning the trust of the investment community affirms the discipline and consistency of our execution,&#8221; said Jeffrey C. Lim, President of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. &#8220;We are grateful for this vote of confidence and remain focused on strengthening the business and creating long-term value for our stakeholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BDO was recognized as Best Managed Company in Financials, while BDO President and CEO Nestor V. Tan received Bronze in the Best CEO (Philippines) category.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These recognitions underscore BDO&#8217;s disciplined pursuit of operational excellence, enabled by managers across the organization who consistently lead with accountability and keep our customers&#8217; needs firmly in mind,&#8221; said BDO President and CEO Nestor V. Tan.<\/p>\n<p>FinanceAsia is a leading capital markets publication covering Asia&#8217;s business, sustainability, technology, and financial landscape.<\/p>\n<p><b>About SM Investments Corporation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SM Investments Corporation is one of the leading Philippine companies that is invested in market-leading businesses in retail, banking, and property. It also invests in ventures that capture high growth opportunities in the emerging Philippine economy.<\/p>\n<p>SM&#8217;s retail operations are the country&#8217;s largest and most diversified, consisting of grocery stores, department stores and specialty retail stores. SM&#8217;s property arm, SM Prime Holdings, Inc., is the largest integrated property developer in the Philippines with interests in malls, residences, offices, hotels, and convention centers as well as tourism-related property developments. SM&#8217;s interests in banking are in BDO Unibank, Inc., the country&#8217;s largest bank, and China Banking Corporation, the fourth largest private domestic bank.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.sminvestments.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1880730\/Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">PASAY CITY, Philippines<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">April 17, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Hong Kong-based publication FinanceAsia has recognized four SM companies in its Asia&#8217;s Best Companies 2026 poll, reflecting the views of institutional investors and financial analysts across the region after they assessed corporate performance and governance over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p>These companies included SM Investments Corporation, the parent company of the SM Group, SM Retail, Inc. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and BDO Unibank, Inc. which garnered a combined eight awards.<\/p>\n<p>SM Investments received Gold for Best Large Cap Company and Most Committed to ESG, and Silver for Best Managed Company in the Conglomerates category in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the recognition. It reflects our continued focus on delivering consistent results and creating long-term value for our stakeholders through disciplined execution,&#8221; said SM Investments President and CEO Frederic C. DyBuncio.<\/p>\n<p>SM Retail was recognized as Best Managed Company in both Retail and Consumer Durables &amp; Apparel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This recognition reflects our team&#8217;s ability to execute consistently across our retail platforms, anchored on serving Filipino consumers while delivering sustainable long\u2011term value,&#8221; said SM Retail President Jonathan Ng.<\/p>\n<p>SM Prime was recognized as Best Managed Company in Real Estate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earning the trust of the investment community affirms the discipline and consistency of our execution,&#8221; said Jeffrey C. Lim, President of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. &#8220;We are grateful for this vote of confidence and remain focused on strengthening the business and creating long-term value for our stakeholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BDO was recognized as Best Managed Company in Financials, while BDO President and CEO Nestor V. Tan received Bronze in the Best CEO (Philippines) category.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These recognitions underscore BDO&#8217;s disciplined pursuit of operational excellence, enabled by managers across the organization who consistently lead with accountability and keep our customers&#8217; needs firmly in mind,&#8221; said BDO President and CEO Nestor V. Tan.<\/p>\n<p>FinanceAsia is a leading capital markets publication covering Asia&#8217;s business, sustainability, technology, and financial landscape.<\/p>\n<p><b>About SM Investments Corporation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SM Investments Corporation is one of the leading Philippine companies that is invested in market-leading businesses in retail, banking, and property. It also invests in ventures that capture high growth opportunities in the emerging Philippine economy.<\/p>\n<p>SM&#8217;s retail operations are the country&#8217;s largest and most diversified, consisting of grocery stores, department stores and specialty retail stores. SM&#8217;s property arm, SM Prime Holdings, Inc., is the largest integrated property developer in the Philippines with interests in malls, residences, offices, hotels, and convention centers as well as tourism-related property developments. SM&#8217;s interests in banking are in BDO Unibank, Inc., the country&#8217;s largest bank, and China Banking Corporation, the fourth largest private domestic bank.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.sminvestments.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}