Sydney, Nov 30, 2007 (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 Limited
COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 200 2 Westpac Banking Corporation
3 Oxiana Limited
OVERALL BEST 1 BHP Billiton Limited
INTERNATIONAL IR BY AN 2 Stockland
AUSTRALASIAN COMPANY 3 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand
BEST IRO BY PEER VOTE 1 STEPHEN HIGGINS
ANZ Banking Group Limited
2 ANDREW BOWDEN
Westpac Banking Corporation
3 JOHANNA KEATING Stockland
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited
THE S&P/ASX 50 2 Westpac Banking Corporation
3 Stockland
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Oxiana Limited
THE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50 2 Lion-Nathan Limited
3 Symbion Health Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Australian Infrastructure Fund
THE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100” 2 Iluka Resources Limited
3 DUET Group
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN 1 Flexigroup Limited
THE ASX 201 – 300 2 Charter Hall Group
3 Macquarie Leisure Trust Group
BEST IR BY A COMPANY 1 WEBJET Limited
OUTSIDE THE ASX 300 2 Arasor Limited
3 Cash Converters Limited
BEST IR BY A NEW ZEALAND 1 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
COMPANY 2 Fletcher Building Limited
3 Infratil Limited
BEST 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 Limited
BEST IRO FROM A COMPANY 1 RICHARD HEDSTROM Oxiana Limited
IN THE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50 2 REBECCA THOMPSON Valad Property Group
3 MICHAEL ROBERTS Lion-Nathan Limited
BEST IRO BY A COMPANY IN 1 SIMON ONDAATJE Australian Infrastructure Fund
THE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100” 2 ROBERT PORTER Iluka Resources Limited
3 KEONG CHOW Austar United Communications Limited
BEST 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 Limited
RESULTS BY AWARD CATEGORY
OVERALL BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 200
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
2 Westpac Banking Corporation
3 Oxiana Limited
4 Stockland
5 Australian Infrastructure Fund
6 BHP Billiton Limited
7 AMP Limited
8 Woolworths Limited
9 BlueScope Steel Limited
10 Babcock & Brown Limited
11 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
12 Macquarie Airports
13 Macquarie Infrastructure Group
14 Origin Energy Limited
15 Lion Nathan Limited
16 Symbion Health Limited
17 Macquarie Group Limited
18 Valad Property Group
19 Goodman Group
20 Fairfax Media Limited
BEST INTERNATIONAL IR BY AN AUSTRALASIAN COMPANY
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 BHP Billiton Limited
2 Stockland
3 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
4 AMP NZ Office Trust
5 Oxiana Limited
6 Goodman Group
7 Valad Property Group
8 Amcor Ltd
9 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
10 Iluka Resources Limited
11 Westpac Banking Corporation
12 National Australia Bank Limited
13 Rio Tinto Limited
14 Foster's Group Limited
15 GPT Group
16 Billabong International Limited
17 Goodman Property Trust
18 PaperlinX Limited
19 Transurban Group
20 Lend Lease Corporation Limited
BEST IRO BY PEER VOTE
RANK NAME COMPANY NAME
1 Stephen Higgins Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
2 Andrew Bowden Westpac Banking Corporation
3 Johanna Keating Stockland
4 John Murray Amcor Ltd
5 Frank Sufferini Fairfax Media Limited
6 Mark Flesher Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
7 Alexandra Johnston Air New Zealand Ltd
8 Stuart Green Macquarie Infrastructure Group
9 Geoff Bryant Woolworths Limited
10 Warwick Bryan Commonwealth Bank of Australia
11 Julian Nixon Kiwi Income Property Trust
12 Warren Boothman APN/UKA European Retail Trust
13 Kelly Hibbins Babcock & Brown Limited
14 Owen Davies Bendigo Bank Limited
15 Jane Belcher BHP Billiton Limited
16 John Knowles BlueScope Steel Limited
17 Sally Cameron Lend Lease Corporation Limited
18 Joe Dowling Lihir Gold Limited
19 Angus Guthrie Origin Energy Limited
20 Richard Hedstrom Oxiana Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX 50
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
2 Westpac Banking Corporation
3 Stockland
4 Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited
5 BHP Billiton Limited
6 AMP Limited
7 Woolworths Limited
8 BlueScope Steel Limited
9 Babcock & Brown Limited
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia
11 Macquarie Airports
12 Macquarie Infrastructure Group
13 Origin Energy Limited
14 Macquarie Group Limited
15 Goodman Group
16 Fairfax Media Limited
17 Wesfarmers Limited
18 Transurban Group
19 CSL Limited
20 AGL Energy Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX MID-CAP 50
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 Oxiana Limited
2 Lion Nathan Limited
3 Symbion Health Limited
4 Valad Property Group
5 Challenger Financial Services Group Limited
6 James Hardie Industries N.V.
7 OneSteel Limited
8 Leighton Holdings Limited
9 Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
10 Caltex Australia Limited
11 David Jones Limited
12 Oil Search Limited
13 Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group
14 Incitec Pivot Limited
15 Commonwealth Property Office Fund
16 United Group Limited
17 Metcash Limited
18 Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group
19 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
20 Futuris Corporation Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE S&P/ASX “MID-CAP 100”
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 Australian Infrastructure Fund
2 Iluka Resources Limited
3 DUET Group
4 Flight Centre Limited
5 Spark Infrastructure Group
6 Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund
7 Singapore Telecommunications
8 JB Hi-Fi Limited
9 Austar United Communications Limited
10 Roc Oil Company Limited
11 Nufarm Limited
12 Macarthur Coal Limited
13 Sally Malay Mining Limited
14 Seek Limited
15 Mincor Resources NL
16 Just Group Limited
17 Seven Network Limited
18 Sunland Group Limited
19 Babcock & Brown Wind Partners Group
20 MFS Group Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY IN THE ASX 201 – 300
RANK CĂ’MPANY NAME
1 Flexigroup Limited
2 Charter Hall Group
3 Macquarie Leisure Trust Group
4 OceanaGold Corporation
5 Abacus Property Group
6 Pharmaxis Ltd
7 CBH Resources Limited
8 Challenger Diversified Property Group
9 Rubicon America Trust
10 Challenger Infrastructure Fund
11 Becton Property Group
12 Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
13 ING Real Estate Community Living Group
14 Rubicon Europe Trust Group
15 Oakton Limited
16 Ventracor Limited
17 ARC Energy Limited
18 Reckson New York Property Trust
19 Programmed Maintenance Services Limited
20 SMS Management & Technology Limited
BEST IR BY A COMPANY OUTSIDE THE ASX 300
RANK COMPANY NAME
1 WEBJET Ltd
2 Arasor
3 Cash Converters (CCV)
4 Eastern Star Gas
5 Equinox Minerals
6 Resource Pacific
7 RR Australia
