IF public investors are confused by the use of certain modifiers of listed companies to differentiate one from the other, so am I. As a matter of fact, if they were to be asked about the former identities of some public companies that got their shares listed via the backdoor, perhaps some would access the website of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) for the right answers.

For instance, what does “metro” mean when in corporate names? In the case of its use in Metrobank, the public knows that it is short for “metropolitan” in Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. Could the public easily recognize Metrobank by its market symbol, which is MBT? They will definitely not.

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