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A glittering extravaganza sees 450 guests celebrate best practice IR in the shadows of the Tower
On Tuesday 22nd November 450 guests discovered which companies had conquered the world of corporate reporting in the last twelve months.
It was a great evening for real estate with Land Securities winning the highly coveted Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) award in the FTSE 100 class for the second year running, while British Land took Best corporate website - FTSE 100 and Best use of a website to communicate and support a company’s investment proposition. Meanwhile, The Crown Estate walked away with the prize for best annual report by an unlisted entity prize.
Makinson Cowell’s Bob Cowell was named as the inaugural winner of The IR Society Fellowship Award for significant contribution to the development of the investor relations profession.
Many thanks to all our sponsors on the evening - BNY Mellon's Depositary Receipts, RD:IR, Capita Investor Relations, global3digital, Black Sun, Investis, Orient Capital, FULTON, World Television, Morningstar Investor Relations Services, Radley Yeldar, Deutsche Bank, Arkadin and Citi Depositary Receipt Services and IR Magazine and media partner Financial Times.
Thank you to everyone who attended the evening.
Chairman of The Investor Relations Society, John Dawson said:
“What an excellent array of winners this year. Last year saw a high standard set and we are pleased to see that the bar has been raised even further in 2011. The purpose of the best practice awards is to continually drive up standards in investor communications and we will continue to deliver this objective into next year and beyond”.
The winners:
Best Communication of strategy, performance and KPIs in the annual report - ARM Holdings
Best communication of governance and risk in the annual report - Tullow Oil
Best communication of corporate responsibility in the annual report - Xstrata
Most improved annual report - Pennon Group
Best use of a website to communicate and support a company’s investment proposition - British Land
Most effective use of innovative online technology to support investor relations communications - Wolters Kluwer
Best corporate website - FTSE 100 - British Land
Best corporate website - FTSE 250 - Catlin & Go-Ahead Group
Best corporate website - Small Cap & AIM - Trifast
Best corporate website - International - New World Resources
Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) - FTSE 100 - Land Securities
Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) - FTSE 250 - Halfords Group
Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) - Small Cap & AIM - TT Electronics
Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) - International - Wolters Kluwer
Best annual report by an unlisted entity - The Crown Estate
The IR Society Fellowship Award for significant contribution to the development of the investor relations profession - Bob Cowell
NB: Please note we have some lost property at the Society's office - please call 020 7379 1763 if you think you have lost something.
Published: 23 November, 2011