HONG KONG, July 5, 2024 – (ACN Newswire) – The Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (“HKIRA”) today announced the winners of the 10th Investor Relations Awards 2024 (the “IR Awards” or the “Awards”).

In its tenth consecutive year, the Awards recognises and honours investor relations (“IR”) excellence and best practices among Hong Kong listed companies and IR professionals. In the complex global financial and investment environment this year, effective communication between companies and investors has become crucial. The Investor Relations Awards Conference and Awards Ceremony invited experts and professionals in the field to discuss and share their different perspectives on strategies, latest trends, effective processes and best practices in investor relations. HKIRA was particularly honoured to have Dr Kelvin Wong, SBS, JP, Chairman of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, as the guest of honour and keynote speaker at the Awards Presentation Ceremony.

The 10th IR Awards 2024 received widespread support from listed companies and the investment community. A total of 120 companies participated in the Awards this year. As in previous years, the winners were first nominated by the public and then selected via online polling by qualified voters among buy-side and sell-side investors. More than 480 investors from over 277 financial institutions voted this year. The continued support demonstrates the recognition the IR Awards enjoys in the investment community. As the importance of investor relations continues to grow in the industry, HKIRA has continued to strive to raise the standard of IR excellence in Hong Kong by optimising the award mechanism to ensure the quality of the awards.

Of all the award categories, “Overall Best IR Company” is the most prestigious, as the winner is selected by the judging panel from among the winners of all the award categories for its overall exemplary performance in investor relations. This year, the winners of Overall Best IR Company by company size – Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap – are China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited, Xtep International Holdings Limited and CGN New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd.

Dr Eva Chan, Founding Chairman of HKIRA, said, “The 10th IR Awards held this year is an important milestone for us. It not only acknowledges our efforts over the past decade, but also marks a significant step towards a new phase of development. We are honoured and grateful for the strong support and participation of professionals from various industries. Despite the highly uncertain global capital market conditions, including high inflation, high interest rates, and geopolitical volatility, we are privileged to have the support of regulators and government bodies such as the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Financial Development Council, member companies, investor relations professionals, and friends from the investment community, who have gathered together to share their diverse perspectives on investor relations strategies, latest trends, effective processes, and best practices. We hope this will inspire and drive more companies to achieve excellence in the field of investor relations.

“In the current complex and ever-changing global financial market, listed companies need to actively engage with investors, increase transparency, provide timely and accurate information, and strengthen relationships with various stakeholders. This is vital for the long-term development of companies. The organisation of the Investor Relations Awards not only recognises the efforts in investor relations work over the past year, but also celebrates outstanding practices within the industry, thus contributing to the prosperity and development of the Hong Kong capital market.”

Strategic Public Relations Group is proud to once again be the Official Public Relations Partner and Diamond Sponsor of the HKIRA IR Awards 2024.

The winners of the 10th IR Awards include the following companies (in sequential order of tickers):

1	CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
2	CLP Holdings Limited
12	Henderson Land Development Company Limited
13	HUTCHMED (China) Limited
17	New World Development Company Limited
101	Hang Lung Properties Limited
135	Kunlun Energy Company Limited
178	Sa Sa International Holdings Limited
272	Shui On Land Limited
291	China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited
331	FSE Lifestyle Services Limited
388	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
511	Television Broadcasts Limited
551	Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
659	NWS Holdings Limited
700	Tencent Holdings Limited
778	Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust
823	Link Real Estate Investment Trust
857	PetroChina Company Limited
887	Emperor Watch & Jewellery Limited
933	Viva Goods Co. Ltd.
1044	Hengan International Group Company Limited
1070	TCL Electronics Holdings Limited
1299	AIA Group Limited
1361	361 Degrees International Limited
1368	Xtep International Holdings Limited
1397	Baguio Green Group Limited
1810	Xiaomi Corporation
1811	CGN New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd.
1830	Perfect Medical Health Management Limited
1836	Stella International Holdings Limited
1929	Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited
2020	ANTA Sports Products Limited
2191	SF Real Estate Investment Trust
2199	Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited
2313	Shenzhou International Group Holdings Limited
2319	China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
2325	Yunkang Group Limited
3998	Bosideng International Holdings Limited
6110	Topsports International Holdings Limited

For the complete list of winners, please visit: https://www.hkira.com/awards/ehall2024.php  

Judging Panel

• Professor Louis Cheng (Chairman of Judging Panel)
  The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong; Dr. S H Ho Professor of Banking and Finance, Director of the Research Institute for Business, Director of the Research Centre for ESG
• Dato’ Seri CHEAH Cheng Hye MAoF
  Value Partners Group – Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer
• Mrs Amy Donati
  EDICO Holdings Limited – Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
• Ms Ashley Khoo, CFA, CPA
  CFA Society Hong Kong – Past President and Board Director
• Mr Stephen Law
  Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Council Member
• Mr Andrew Look
  CITIC Resources Holdings Limited – Independent Non-Executive Director
• Ms Victoria Mio, CFA, FRM
  FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited – Director, Asia Pacific Equity
• Dr Maurice Ngai
  General Committee and the Chairman of Membership Services of the Sub-Committees
  Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies

About HKIRA
Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA) is a non-profit professional association comprising investor relations practitioners and corporate officers responsible for communication between corporate management and the investment community. HKIRA advocates the setting of international standards in IR education, advances the best IR practices and meets the professional development needs of those interested in pursuing the investor relations profession.

HKIRA is dedicated to advancing the practice of IR as well as the professional competency and status of its members. To date, HKIRA has over 1,300 members most of whom are working for companies primarily listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. About 64% of the Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock companies are currently members of HKIRA. HKIRA’s members are from a wide spectrum of professions including IR, finance, accounting, company secretarial to corporate investment and hold positions at different corporate levels, including top executives responsible for IR and management of listed companies. For more information about HKIRA details, please visit our website http://www.hkira.com.

About the IR Awards
The HKIRA Investor Relations Awards (the “IR Awards”) is an annual campaign that aims to encourage, recognize and reward the excellence in investor relations practices by individuals and companies listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Since the launch in 2015, each year the Awards seeks out and highlights the incredible achievements of individuals and companies with high standards in investor relations through their role modelling to the investment community.

The Awards ceremony, consisting of a conference in the morning and presentation in the afternoon, is a spectacular gathering of IR specialists and industry professionals that applauds and publicizes the year’s achievements in investor relations. For details of the Awards and online nominations, please visit http://www.hkira.com/awards.

Media enquiries:
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Hong Kong Investor Relations Association

Scarlet Cheng	Tel: +852 2117 1846	Email: irawards@hkira.com
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MUMBAI, INDIA, Jan 19, 2024 – (ACN Newswire) – NSE Group (National Stock Exchange of India and NSE International Exchange) has once again emerged as the world’s largest derivatives exchange group in calendar year 2023 by number of contracts traded based on statistics published by Futures Industry Association (FIA), a derivatives trade body.

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is the world’s largest derivatives exchange for the fifth consecutive year in 2023. NSE is ranked 3rd in the world in equity segment by number of trades (electronic order book) in 2023, as per the statistics maintained by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

The year has witnessed many milestones such as market capitalization of listed companies surpass USD 4 trillion, SME listed companies surpassed the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark and the Nifty 50 index surpassed the 20,000 index levels for the first time. The number of unique registered investors on the exchange surpassed 8.5 crores at the end of the calendar year.

NSE has witnessed year on year growth in number of clients traded for the 10th consecutive year beginning 2014 to 2023 in its equity segment. The year also saw record high turnover on single day in equity segment of Rs 167,942.47 crores on November 30, 2023, and Rs 381,623.12 crores on December 2, 2023, in the equity derivatives segment. The equity derivatives to cash market turnover ratio marginally declined this year from 2.86 in calendar year 2022 to 2.64 in calendar year 2023.

The equity segment completed its transition for settlement of all securities on T+1 basis. In the primary market, the timeline for listing of securities has been shortened to T+3 days.

Exchange launched the Social Stock Exchange as a segment this year which will facilitate the social enterprises (NPO and FPE) to showcase their work to a wider audience & mobilize funds through issuance of instruments such as Zero Coupon Zero Principal Bonds, thereby allowing participants to participate in philanthropic causes and bring in efficiency & transparency in the overall ecosystem. The segment has seen registrations by 42 Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) and fund raising by one NPO.

In the commodity derivatives segment, the exchange has launched 21 new commodity derivatives contract including commodity options on futures contracts on underlying such as WTI Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, Silver, and Base metals. 

NSE International Exchange (NSE IX), commenced its full-scale operations of the NSE IX-SGX GIFT Connect from July 3, 2023, paving way for creating deeper liquidity pool for Nifty products at GIFT IFSC. GIFT NIFTY contracts are available for trading for almost 21 hours, which overlaps Asia, Europe, and US trading hours.

Shri Sriram Krishnan, Chief Business Development officer, NSE said, “Ranking 3rd in the equity segment and being the largest derivatives exchange demonstrates the strong capabilities of Indian capital market ecosystem on the global map. This will help attract new investors as well as fund flows to Indian markets, thereby aiding capital formation. I take this opportunity to thank Government of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reserve Bank of India, Trading members, Investors, and all other stakeholders for their continued support.”

About National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE):

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is the world’s largest derivatives exchange by trading volume (contracts) as per the statistics maintained by Futures Industry Association (FIA) for calendar year 2023. NSE is ranked 3rd in the world in equity segment by number of trades (electronic order book) in 2023, as per the statistics maintained by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).  NSE was the first exchange in India to implement electronic or screen-based trading. It began operations in 1994 and is ranked as the largest stock exchange in India in terms of total and average daily turnover for equity shares every year since 1995, based on SEBI data. NSE has a fully integrated business model comprising exchange listings, trading services, clearing and settlement services, indices, market data feeds, technology solutions and financial education offerings. NSE also oversees compliance by trading, clearing members and listed companies with the rules and regulations of SEBI and the exchange. NSE is a pioneer in technology and ensures the reliability and performance of its systems through a culture of innovation and investment in technology.

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