State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, in recognition of outstanding institutional financial news reporting across the region.

A record number of submissions were received this year. Publications across Asia Pacific (APAC) submitted nearly 150 entries, including those from Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Two new categories were added to this year's awards: a Regulation category to highlight the contribution of the institutional press in the quickly evolving financial regulatory landscape in APAC; and a Financial Literacy category to recognise efforts by the media in educating institutional investors about the complexities of investing and new financial terms, instruments or issues.

The winners were chosen by an independent panel of six industry professionals led by Tom Leander, editor-in-chief, Asia at Lloyd's List. The jury included:

  • Lead judge for the Chinese language categories: Professor Anthony Fung, director, School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Mr. Barrie Dunstan, a veteran financial journalist
  • Mr. Paul Smith, president and chief executive officer (CEO), The CFA Institute
  • Ms. Sally Wong, CEO, Hong Kong Investment Funds Association
  • Mr. Wu Chen,Editorial Director, The Economist Global Business Review

The outstanding contribution to institutional journalism recognition was awarded to Lifen Zhang, associate editor at the Financial Times, and founding editor of FTChinese.com, Financial Times' Chinese language website. The judges determined Zhang had made a significant impact on developing the media scene and maintaining a high standard of journalism in an important market in APAC.

The 2015 winners and highly commended are as follows:

Journalist of the Year - Pensions Issues

Winner

Enoch Yiu

South China Morning Post

Highly Commended

Lin Jing

Ignites Asia

Highly Commended

Kate Cowling

Australian Financial Review

Journalist of the Year - Investment

Winner

Lucy Hornby and Miles Johnson

Financial Times

Highly Commended

Hugo Cox

AsianInvestor

Highly Commended

Allen T. Cheng

Institutional Investor

Journalist of the Year - Investor Services & Technology

Winner

Viren Vaghela

AsiaRisk

Highly Commended

John Sedgwick

Ignites Asia

Highly Commended

Enoch Yiu

South China Morning Post

Journalist of the Year - Alternatives

Winner

Benjamin Robertson

South China Morning Post

Highly Commended

Tim Burroughs

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Highly Commended

Holden Mann

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Journalist of the Year - Regulation

Winner

Tim Burroughs

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Highly Commended

Jeanny Yu

South China Morning Post

Highly Commended

Carrie Xiaoyan Hong

Global RMB

Journalist of the Year - Financial Literacy

Winner

Winnie Liu

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Highly Commended

Jame DiBiasio

AsianInvestor

Highly Commended

Tim Burroughs

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Award for Best Newcomer

Winner

Holden Mann

Asian Venture Capital Journal

Highly Commended

Shabrina Paramacitra

PT Jawa Pos Koran

Highly Commended

Tae-jun Kang

Ignites Asia

Award for Best Editorial Comment

Winner

Peter Guy

South China Morning Post

Highly Commended

Jonathan Brasse

PERE

Highly Commended

Paolo Danese

Global RMB

Journalist of the Year - Investment (Chinese category)

Winner

Wu Hongyuran

Caixin

Highly Commended

May Lee

East Week

Highly Commended

Pan Xiaojuan

China Economic Herald

Journalist of the Year - Alternatives (Chinese category)

Winner

Zhao Na

21st Century Business Herald

Highly Commended

Bryony Wong

East Week

Highly Commended

Alex Kwong

Hong Kong Commercial Daily

Journalist of the Year - Regulation (Chinese category)

Winner

Alex Kwong

Hong Kong Commercial Daily

Highly Commended

May Lee

East Week

Highly Commended

Wendy Chan

Hong Kong Economic Times

Award for Best Newcomer (Chinese category)

Winner

Kelly Mak

iMoney

Highly Commended

Chialing Hsia

Business Weekly

Highly Commended

Chan Wing Yu

iMoney

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism

Winner

Lifen Zhang

Financial Times

Wai-Kwong Seck, State Street's chief executive officer, APAC, acknowledged the active participation and the role of the media in the financial industry. 'We are proud to honour and recognize excellence in institutional financial news reporting. We congratulate all the award winners and the highly-commended journalists.'

Hosting the journalists at a luncheon in Hong Kong, Mr. Seck added, 'The financial services landscape in APAC is evolving at a rapid pace as regulators are introducing new cross-border funds initiatives to increase capital flow in the region. Global and APAC investors are also looking at investing in new markets and asset classes. Journalists play an important role in helping industry practitioners keep abreast of the new opportunities and gain a better understanding of the region's investment environment and regulatory structure.'

Lloyd's List's Leander, the lead judge for the press awards, said, 'We're very impressed with this year's submissions, both in terms of the record number and the quality of entries. We have espoused the press awards as a vehicle to mark the best in regional financial news coverage, with the idea that journalists can continuously raise this benchmark. The quality of entries in 2015 suggests that this is indeed a plausible goal.'

To read the winners' articles and learn more about the awards, please visit http://statestreetpressawards.com/.

About State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $27.3 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.2 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2015, State Street operates in more than 100 geographic markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, visit State Street's website at www.statestreet.com.

* Assets under management include approximately $25 billion as of September 30, 2015, for which State Street Global Markets, LLC, an affiliate of SSGA, serves as the distribution agent.

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