East West Bancorp Expands Investor Relations, Retains the Financial Relations Board
SAN MARINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1999--East West Bancorp (Nasdaq:EWBC), one of the nations best performing community banks and a leading financial institution focused on the Chinese-American market, today announced that it is expanding its communications with the investment community and has retained the Financial Relations Board Inc. (FRB) as part of that program.
Commenting on the announcement, Dominic Ng, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of East West said, "We have retained the Financial Relations Board because of their outstanding reputation and track record of enhancing shareholder value for financial services companies. Because of our consistent record earnings and strong outlook for business operations and continued growth, we feel that now is the opportune time to heighten our visibility within the investment community."
As part of its expanded investor relations program, East West also recently launched a new Web site, www.eastwestbank.com, that features extensive investor information, including a current stock quote, company news, fundamentals, SEC filings, stock reports and analyst information.
East West Bancorp is a publicly owned company with over $2 billion in assets whose stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EWBC" and belongs to the Russell 2000 Index. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the fourth largest commercial bank headquartered in Southern California with 22 branches throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. |
