Companies lead award nominees despite appearing on only one short list between them last year
The short lists for the upcoming IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2014 are dominated by two companies that were largely absent from last year’s nominations: PetroChina, which picked up one short list spot in 2013, and MediaTek, which did not feature on any, have each been nominated for seven awards this year.
PetroChina last won an IR Magazine Award in 2012, when the Beijing-based energy firm finished fourth in the Greater China Top 30 and was short-listed for eight awards. But 2014 marks the first time MediaTek, a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer that ranked joint 72nd last year, has appeared on the short lists.
Close behind these two comes Chinese energy company Sinopec with six nominations to its name. The firm went home with the award for best IR in the energy sector in 2013, and will hope to defend its title and contest several new ones, including the trophy for best investor relations by senior management in Greater China, for which its president Li Chunguang is nominated.
All three of the most-nominated companies will also compete for the grand prix for best overall investor relations at a large-cap company, along with Lenovo and TSMC.
Lenovo is one of a quartet of companies that includes China Everbright International, Sa Sa International and Anton Oilfield Services, which have all been short-listed four times. The latter three companies will also contend for the grand prix for best overall investor relations at a small or mid-cap company, along with transport firm Pacific Basin Shipping, which ranked 19th overall last year.
TSMC, meanwhile, has five award nominations in 2014, including for best IR by a Taiwanese company and best use of technology. There’s also an opportunity for the technology firm’s head of IR, Elizabeth Sun, to defend her title as the best IRO in Taiwan.
China Telecom, the only company to outperform TSMC in 2013 and 2012, is one of several companies to pick up three nominations. The company has ranked top of both the Greater China Top 30 and the Pan-Asia Top 50 for the past two years, and in 2013 won six of the 10 awards it was nominated for.
The IR Magazine Greater China Top 30, which ranks the best companies for IR in the region, will be revealed in the IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Asia 2014/2015, which will be published soon after the IR Magazine Awards & Conference – Greater China 2014 on December 4.
Below are the full short lists for this year’s IR Magazine Awards – Greater China
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap)
Lenovo
MediaTek
PetroChina
Sinopec
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Grand prix for best overall investor relations (small or mid-cap)
Anton Oilfield Services
China Everbright International
Pacific Basin Shipping
Sa Sa International
Best IR by a mainland Chinese company
China Telecom
Lenovo
PetroChina
Sinopec
Best IR by a Hong Kong company
Anton Oilfield Services
China Everbright International
Sa Sa International
Best IR by a Taiwanese company
Delta Electronics
MediaTek
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Best investor relations officer ‒ mainland China
China Telecom – Lisa Lai & Ivan Wong
KWG Property Holding – Linda Wu
PetroChina – Wei Fang & Mao Zefeng
Sinopec – Chen Yang
Best investor relations officer ‒ Hong Kong
Anton Oilfield Services – Queenie Siu
China Everbright International – Grace Lee
China Resources Enterprise – Vincent Tse
Sa Sa International – Tiffany Cheung
Best investor relations officer ‒ Taiwan
Delta Electronics – Rodney Liu
MediaTek – Jessie Wang
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company – Elizabeth Sun
Uni-President Enterprises – Sharon Chang & Vicki Huang
Best IR by a CEO/CFO in Greater China
Lenovo – Wong Wai Ming
MediaTek – David Ku
PetroChina – Yu Yibo
Sinopec – Li Chunguang
Best use of technology
MediaTek
PetroChina
SOHO China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Most progress in IR
GOME Electrical Appliances
MediaTek
PetroChina
Sinopec
Best IR for an IPO
Boyaa Interactive (November 2013)
China Conch Venture Holdings (December 2013)
IGG (October 2013)
Iron Force (November 2013)
SECTOR AWARDS
Communications
Baidu
China Telecom
Far EasTone
Tencent Holdings
Consumer discretionary
Anta Sports
Galaxy Entertainment
Gome Electrical Appliances
Sa Sa International
Samsonite Asia
Consumer staples (including healthcare)
China Resources Enterprise
Sino Biopharmaceutical
Tingyi
Uni-President Enterprises
Energy & utilities
Anton Oilfield Services
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
China Oilfield Services
ENN Energy
PetroChina
Sinopec
Financials (excluding real estate)
AIA Group
Bank of East Asia
China Everbright Bank
Hang Seng Bank
Industrials (including materials)
China Everbright International
China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Pacific Basin Shipping
The Wharf (Holdings)
Real estate
China Overseas Land and Investment
China Vanke
Franshion Properties
Longfor Properties
Technology
Delta Electronics
Lenovo
MediaTek
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
