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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