Orange County Professional Joel N Barretto To Receive Prestigious Award

Financial Professional from Orange County Joel N Barretto to be recognized for 2010 Outstanding Businessman of the Year by Pamana Awards, USA. End Quote

Orange County, CA (1888PressRelease) July 27, 2010 - Irvine based Joel N Barretto, of Abacus Financial Network has been selected by Pamana Awards, USA to be the recipient of their 2010 Outstanding Businessman of the Year Award.

The handing of the award is to take place during the 2010 Stylefest / Pamana Awards USA ceremony on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Studio City, California, an event which also benefits his choice of charitable organization the "Missionaries of Jesus."

Launched for the first time in the United States in August 1983, the prestigious Pamana Awards honors individuals of Filipino ancestry for their accomplishments in their chosen profession or career and their contributions to the community.

Joel N Barretto, who works as a Certifed Financial Planner® and a registered representative of ING Financial Partners in the heart of the Irvine Spectrum business district, has been helping people toward the achievement of their financial goals for almost 20 years through his company Abacus Financial Network (http://www.abacus-financial.com) which he founded in 1999.

As a person of Filipino heritage, Barretto has also worked tirelessly to contribute to the Filipino-American community over the decades. In 1992 he helped found and develop the Holy Family Filipino Choir in Glendale. Since then he has helped to advance the goals of non-profit organizations such as the Philippine Medical Association of Southern California and is now working closely with Missionaries of Jesus. Furthermore, in 2006 Barretto also helped found the Senior Solutions Networking Group in Orange County, a non-profit group dedicated to educating professionals about issues confronting the senior citizen community.

Given these contributions, it has become the will and desire of the awards committee of Pamana Awards, USA to recognize Joel N Barretto's achievements in and enhancements to the Filipino-American community and to Southern California's society in general by presenting him with the 2010 Outstanding Businessman of the Year Award.

Securities and investment advisory services offered through ING Financial Partners, member SIPC. Abacus Financial Network is not a subsidiary of nor controlled by ING Financial Partners.

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