Sydney, Nov 30, 2007 AEST (ABN Newswire) - The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) is delighted to announce the winners of the thirteen awards that were conferred at its annual awards and gala dinner held in Sydney.
These Awards, now in their 8th year, are designed to acknowledge companies, both large and small, and individual investor relations practitioners from listed entities who have excelled in investor communications with the investment market over the past 12 months.
The Awards are solely determined by domestic and international equities analysts and fund managers with the exception of one award, Best IRO by Peer Vote, which was voted by industry peers.
Award winners are:
OVERALL BEST IR BY A 1 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group LimitedCOMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 200 2 Westpac Banking Corporation 3 Oxiana LimitedOVERALL BEST 1 BHP Billiton LimitedINTERNATIONAL IR BY AN 2 StocklandAUSTRALASIAN COMPANY 3 Telecom Corporation of New ZealandBEST IRO BY PEER VOTE 1 STEPHEN HIGGINS ANZ Banking Group Limited 2 ANDREW BOWDEN Westpac Banking Corporation 3 JOHANNA KEATING StocklandBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group LimitedTHE S&P/ASX 50 2 Westpac Banking Corporation 3 StocklandBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Oxiana LimitedTHE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50 2 Lion-Nathan Limited 3 Symbion Health LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Australian Infrastructure FundTHE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100” 2 Iluka Resources Limited 3 DUET GroupBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Flexigroup LimitedTHE ASX 201 – 300 2 Charter Hall Group 3 Macquarie Leisure Trust GroupBEST IR BY A COMPANY 1 WEBJET LimitedOUTSIDE THE ASX 300 2 Arasor Limited 3 Cash Converters LimitedBEST IR BY A NEW ZEALAND 1 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand LimitedCOMPANY 2 Fletcher Building Limited 3 Infratil LimitedBEST IRO FROM A COMPANY 1 STEPHEN HIGGINS IN THE S&P/ASX 50 ANZ Banking Group Limited 2 ANDREW BOWDEN Westpac Banking Corporation 3 MARK FLESHER Telecom Corporation of New Zealand LimitedBEST IRO FROM A COMPANY 1 RICHARD HEDSTROM Oxiana LimitedIN THE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50 2 REBECCA THOMPSON Valad Property Group 3 MICHAEL ROBERTS Lion-Nathan LimitedBEST IRO BY A COMPANY IN 1 SIMON ONDAATJE Australian Infrastructure FundTHE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100” 2 ROBERT PORTER Iluka Resources Limited 3 KEONG CHOW Austar United Communications LimitedBEST IRO FROM A NEW 1 MARK FLESHER ZEALAND COMPANY Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited 2 JONATHAN SIMPSON Goodman Property Trust 3 ALISTAIR RYAN SKYCITY Entertainment Group LimitedRESULTS BY AWARD CATEGORYOVERALL BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 200RANK COMPANY NAME1 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited2 Westpac Banking Corporation3 Oxiana Limited4 Stockland5 Australian Infrastructure Fund6 BHP Billiton Limited7 AMP Limited8 Woolworths Limited9 BlueScope Steel Limited10 Babcock & Brown Limited11 Commonwealth Bank of Australia12 Macquarie Airports13 Macquarie Infrastructure Group14 Origin Energy Limited15 Lion Nathan Limited16 Symbion Health Limited17 Macquarie Group Limited18 Valad Property Group19 Goodman Group20 Fairfax Media LimitedBEST INTERNATIONAL IR BY AN AUSTRALASIAN COMPANYRANK COMPANY NAME1 BHP Billiton Limited2 Stockland3 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited4 AMP NZ Office Trust5 Oxiana Limited6 Goodman Group7 Valad Property Group8 Amcor Ltd9 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited10 Iluka Resources Limited11 Westpac Banking Corporation12 National Australia Bank Limited13 Rio Tinto Limited14 Foster's Group Limited15 GPT Group16 Billabong International Limited17 Goodman Property Trust18 PaperlinX Limited19 Transurban Group20 Lend Lease Corporation LimitedBEST IRO BY PEER VOTERANK NAME COMPANY NAME1 Stephen Higgins Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited2 Andrew Bowden Westpac Banking Corporation3 Johanna Keating Stockland4 John Murray Amcor Ltd5 Frank Sufferini Fairfax Media Limited6 Mark Flesher Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited7 Alexandra Johnston Air New Zealand Ltd8 Stuart Green Macquarie Infrastructure Group9 Geoff Bryant Woolworths Limited10 Warwick Bryan Commonwealth Bank of Australia11 Julian Nixon Kiwi Income Property Trust12 Warren Boothman APN/UKA European Retail Trust13 Kelly Hibbins Babcock & Brown Limited14 Owen Davies Bendigo Bank Limited15 Jane Belcher BHP Billiton Limited16 John Knowles BlueScope Steel Limited17 Sally Cameron Lend Lease Corporation Limited18 Joe Dowling Lihir Gold Limited19 Angus Guthrie Origin Energy Limited20 Richard Hedstrom Oxiana LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 50RANK COMPANY NAME1 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited2 Westpac Banking Corporation3 Stockland4 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited5 BHP Billiton Limited6 AMP Limited7 Woolworths Limited8 BlueScope Steel Limited9 Babcock & Brown Limited10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia11 Macquarie Airports12 Macquarie Infrastructure Group13 Origin Energy Limited14 Macquarie Group Limited15 Goodman Group16 Fairfax Media Limited17 Wesfarmers Limited18 Transurban Group19 CSL Limited20 AGL Energy LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50RANK COMPANY NAME1 Oxiana Limited2 Lion Nathan Limited3 Symbion Health Limited4 Valad Property Group5 Challenger Financial Services Group Limited6 James Hardie Industries N.V.7 OneSteel Limited8 Leighton Holdings Limited9 Coca-Cola Amatil Limited10 Caltex Australia Limited11 David Jones Limited12 Oil Search Limited13 Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group14 Incitec Pivot Limited15 Commonwealth Property Office Fund16 United Group Limited17 Metcash Limited18 Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group19 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd20 Futuris Corporation LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100”RANK COMPANY NAME1 Australian Infrastructure Fund2 Iluka Resources Limited3 DUET Group4 Flight Centre Limited5 Spark Infrastructure Group6 Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund7 Singapore Telecommunications8 JB Hi-Fi Limited9 Austar United Communications Limited10 Roc Oil Company Limited11 Nufarm Limited12 Macarthur Coal Limited13 Sally Malay Mining Limited14 Seek Limited15 Mincor Resources NL16 Just Group Limited17 Seven Network Limited18 Sunland Group Limited19 Babcock & Brown Wind Partners Group20 MFS Group LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE ASX 201 – 300RANK CÒMPANY NAME1 Flexigroup Limited2 Charter Hall Group3 Macquarie Leisure Trust Group4 OceanaGold Corporation5 Abacus Property Group6 Pharmaxis Ltd7 CBH Resources Limited8 Challenger Diversified Property Group9 Rubicon America Trust10 Challenger Infrastructure Fund11 Becton Property Group12 Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited13 ING Real Estate Community Living Group14 Rubicon Europe Trust Group15 Oakton Limited16 Ventracor Limited17 ARC Energy Limited18 Reckson New York Property Trust19 Programmed Maintenance Services Limited20 SMS Management & Technology LimitedBEST IR BY A COMPANY OUTSIDE THE ASX 300RANK COMPANY NAME1 WEBJET Ltd2 Arasor3 Cash Converters (CCV)4 Eastern Star Gas5 Equinox Minerals6 Resource Pacific7 RR Australia
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AIRA’s Australasian Investor Relations
Ian Matheson
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