Asian stars

The setting for the inaugural Investor Relations Magazine Asia Awards, the Regent Hotel on the Kowloon peninsula, offers a stunning view of Hong Kong island, giving a sense of its staggering architecture that you could never get standing among the buildings themselves. Similarly, the first Asian IR awards provided a wholly new and objective perspective on the region's companies. Indeed there was a pleasant sense of surprise among the 300 guests, as if they were saying yes, there is good IR in Asia