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Towering achievements as real estate cleans up

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