For our part we look forward to making the necessary progress to ensure that the financial system plays its part in addressing the great challenge of our lifetimes. Thank you, and I look forward to the rest of the discussion. 1 With thanks to Phillip Brennan and Cian O’Laoide for their assistance in preparing these remarks.
* * * To the directors, officers, and members of the Trust Officers Association of the Philippines, guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon! I welcome this opportunity to address the membership of the TOAP once again and touch base on developments since I last spoke at your General Membership Meeting in March of this year.