UnionBank, in partnership with the Philippine Stock Exchange, launched the first of its Thought Leadership Conference series with the theme, "Perspectives on the Global Economy and Philippine Banking," Aptly held at the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Ortigas Center, the conference served as a venue to exchange perspectives on global and emerging market credit trends and their impact on banking systems and sovereign creditworthiness in Asia, including the Philippines and discuss UnionBank's views about the challenges that lay ahead for the Philippine banking industry and its responses to these challenges.