Singapore, Dec 15, 2010 - (ACN Newswire) - CapitaLand fought off stiff competition from OCBC Bank, SingTel and United Oversees Bank to win the grand prix for best overall investor relations at the IR Magazine South East Asia Conference & Awards 2010.
Harold Woo, winner of last year's pan-Asian award for best IR professional, collected the award, along with a gong on behalf of his CFO Olivier Lim, who won the best IR by a CFO category for the second year in a row. UOL won the grand prix award in the small or mid-cap category at the event, which was held at Singapore Exchange on December 14.
SingTel was also a big winner this year, winning two awards: Sin Yang Fong won best IR professional and the telecoms giant picked up a gong for best investment community meetings. Singapore Airlines' outgoing CEO Chew Choon Seng won both best CEO trophy and the prestigious pan-Asian award for best CEO.
DBS turned one of its five nominations into one award: best IR website/webcasting. Thrice-nominated OCBC won the award for best annual report, and five-times nominated United Overseas Bank won the award for best corporate governance.
The event was hosted in association with BNY Mellon Depositary Receipts, Singapore Exchange and the Investor Relations Professionals Association (Singapore), and co-sponsored by Extel Surveys, IPREO, PR Newswire, Standard Chartered Equities and the Wall Street Journal Asia.
Full list of winners:
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - large cap-- CapitaLand
Grand prix for best overall investor relations - small or mid-cap-- UOL Group
Best investor relations professional-- Sin Yang Fong, SingTel
Best investor relations by a CEO-- Chew Choon Seng, Singapore Airlines
Best investor relations by a CFO-- Olivier Lim, CapitaLand
Best annual reporting/formal disclosure-- OCBC Bank
Best investor relations website/webcasting-- DBS Group Holdings
Best investment meetings-- SingTel
Best corporate governance-- United Overseas Bank
Best investor relations for a corporate transaction-- Noble Group
Best investor relations by an Indonesian company-- Astra International
Best investor relations by a Malaysian company-- CIMB Group
Best investor relations by a Philippine company-- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co
Best investor relations by a Thai company-- PTT
Best investor relations by a CEO, Asia-Pacific-- Chew Choon Seng, Singapore Airlines
About IR Magazine & Awards
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Source: IR Magazine & Awards
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