The Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (“HKIRA”)revealed the winners of the 11th Investor Relations Awards 2025 (the “IR Awards” or the “Awards”) on 27 June, marking over a years of identifying impressive financier relations and business governance practices amongst Hong Kong noted business.
In its l lth successive year, the Awards identifies and honours financier relations (IR) quality and finest practices amongst Hong Kong noted business and IR specialists. Amidst continuous worldwide financial unpredictabilities, moving market characteristics, and quick technological improvements such as the advancement of AI, the function of financier relations specialists has actually never ever been more crucial. The IR Conference and Awards Ceremony collected professionals and specialists in the field to talk about and share their various point of views on methods, most current patterns, reliable procedures and finest practices in financier relations. HKIRA was especially honoured to have Dr Wong Tin Yau, Kelvin, SBS, JP, Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, as the visitor of honour and keynote speaker at the Awards Presentation Ceremony.
The 11th IR Awards 2025 got prevalent assistance from noted business and the financial investment neighborhood. An overall of 114 business took part in the Awards this year. As in previous years, the winners were very first chosen by the public and after that chosen through online ballot by certified citizens amongst buy-side and sell-side financiers. More than 503 financiers from over 388 banks voted this year. The ongoing assistance shows the acknowledgment the IR Awards enjoys in the financial investment neighborhood. As the significance of financier relations continues to grow in the market, HKIRA has actually continued to aim to raise the requirement of IR quality in Hong Kong by optimising the award system to make sure the quality of the awards.
Of all the award classifications,Total Best IR Companyis one of the most prominent, as the winner is chosen by the evaluating panel from amongst the winners of all the award classifications for its general excellent efficiency in financier relations. This year, the winners of Overall Best IR Company by business size– Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap– are China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited SF Real Estate Investment TrustProvided the fairly weak IPO market in Hong Kong in the previous 2 years, no IPO-related awards are given this time.
Dr Eva Chan, Founding Chairman of HKIRAstated, “As we go into the 11th IR Awards, we are honored and grateful for the strong assistance and involvement from experts throughout numerous markets. Regardless of the difficulties dealt with by Hong Kong’s monetary market in the last few years, the financier relations sector has actually played an essential function in reconstructing worldwide financiers’ self-confidence in Hong Kong stocks. With the fast improvement of AI, IR experts need to boost their market level of sensitivity and utilize AI innovations to enhance information analysis and interaction performance.
The Hong Kong IPO market is slowly recuperating in 2025, with the growing pattern of A-share double listings substantially increasing market vigor. This advancement has actually broadened liquidity and widened the financier base, even more enhancing Hong Kong’s position as a prominent worldwide monetary centre. We eagerly anticipate resuming our IPO-related acknowledgments in next year’s IR Awards, which will continue to identify efforts in financier relations and commemorates exceptional practices within the market.”
Strategic Public Relations Group is happy to when again be the Official Public Relations Partner and Sponsor of the HKIRA IR Awards 2025.
Pals from the financial investment neighborhood and market specialists participate in the 11th Investor Relations Awards Presentation Ceremony
The winners of the 11th IR Awards consist of the following business (in consecutive order of tickers):
5
HSBC Holdings plc
12
Henderson Land Development Company Limited
14
Hysan Development Company Limited
35
Far East Consortium International Limited
71
Miramar Hotel and Investment Company Limited
101
Hang Lung Properties Limited
135
Kunlun Energy Company Limited
165
China Everbright Limited
178
Sa International Holdings Limited
291
China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited
331
FSE Lifestyle Services Limited
341
Coffee shop de Coral Holdings Limited
511
Tv Broadcasts Limited
551
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
552
China Communications Services Corporation Limited
659
CTF Services Limited
700
Tencent Holdings Limited
778
Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust
823
Connect Real Estate Investment Trust
887
Emperor Watch & & Jewellery Limited
1044
Hengan International Group Company Limited
1070
TCL Electronics Holdings Limited
1199
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited
1313
China Resources Building Materials Technology Holdings Limited
1361
361 Degrees International Limited
1810
Xiaomi Corporation
1811
CGN New Energy Holdings Co., Limited
1880
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited
1929
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited
1988
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Limited
2020
ANTA Sports Products Limited
2191
SF Real Estate Investment Trust
2199
Regina Miracle International (Holdings) Limited
2232
Crystal International Group Limited
2313
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Limited
2388
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited
9636
JF SmartInvest Holdings Limited
For the total list of winners, go to:https://www.hkira.com/awards/ehall2025.php
Evaluating Panel
– Professor Louis Cheng (Chairman of Judging Panel): Dr S H Ho Professor of Banking and Finance, Associate Dean (Research) of School of Business, Director of Research Centre for ESG, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
– Mrs Amy Donati: EDICO Holdings Limited – Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
– Dr. Alvin Ho, CFA, CPA: CFA Society Hong Kong – President
– Mr Stephen Law, JP: Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Vice-President
– Mr Andrew Look: CITIC Resources Holdings Limited – Independent Non-Executive Director
– Ms Victoria Mio: Janus Henderson Investors – Portfolio Manager, Head of Greater China Equities
– Dr Maurice Ngai: General Committee and the Chairman of Membership Services of the Sub-Committees Chamber of Hong Listed Companies
About HKIRA
Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA) is a non-profit expert association consisting of financier relations professionals and business officers accountable for interaction in between business management and the financial investment neighborhood. HKIRA promotes the setting of global requirements in IR education, advances the very best IR practices and satisfies the expert advancement requirements of those thinking about pursuing the financier relations occupation.
HKIRA is committed to advancing the practice of IR in addition to the expert proficiency and status of its members. To date, HKIRA has more than 1,300 members the majority of whom are working for business mostly noted on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. About 64% of the Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock business are presently members of HKIRA. HKIRA’s members are from a broad spectrum of occupations consisting of IR, financing, accounting, business secretarial to business financial investment and hold positions at various business levels, consisting of magnates accountable for IR and management of noted business. To learn more about HKIRA information, please visit our site http://www.hkira.com.
About the IR Awards
The HKIRA Investor Relations Awards (the “IR Awards”) is a yearly project that intends to motivate, acknowledge and reward the quality in financier relations practices by people and business noted in Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Given that the launch in 2015, each year the Awards looks for and highlights the amazing accomplishments of people and business with high requirements in financier relations through their function modelling to the financial investment neighborhood.
The Awards event, including a conference in the early morning and discussion in the afternoon, is an incredible event of IR experts and market experts that praises and advertises the year’s accomplishments in financier relations. For information of the Awards and online elections, please go to http://www.hkira.com/awards.
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