2ND ANNUAL SOUTHEAST ASIA INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR CORPORATE AWARDS

These are the results of our second annual poll to find Southeast Asia’s top companies. Instead of ranking two-dozen odd companies, we have once again uniquely narrowed investor choices down to top 3 in each of the eight award categories: Most Organised Investor Relations; Best Senior Management IR Support; Strongest Adherence to Corporate Governance; Most Consistent Dividend Policy; Best Strategic CSR: Most Improved Investor Relations; Best CFO in Southeast Asia; & Best Annual Report in Southeast Asia;

A key distinguishing feature of this investor poll unlike any other poll is that we not only name investor favourites but adventurously put our potential advertising income on the line by publishing names of companies that are shall we just say,  not so well ranked, by this same group of investors by asking them about companies perceived to have Poor Management Access & IR as well as Unpredictable IR Strategy.

Additionally and instead of ranking companies in the sequence of the most number of votes, we have ranked the top three companies in each of the categories in alphabetical order.

For this annual poll of Southeast Asia’s top companies we successfully collected votes from more than 460 investors and analysts across the region, a slight increase from last year. The participants included fund managers with investment interests in Southeast Asia, large institutional investors, insurance companies, pension funds, funds of hedge funds, private banks, equity and fixed income brokers as well as buy and sell-side analysts. Voting by public-listed corporates were automatically discarded and excluded from the vote count. Over 3,000 qualified participants were sent questionnaires in mid-January 2012 and all responses were received by mid-May 2012.

The results are published country by country. This year, we have also nominated the Best CFO in Southeast Asia; Best Annual Report in Southeast Asia as well as Strongest Commitment to Sustainable Energy in Southeast Asia.

In Indonesia, eight publicly-listed companies with the best perception among investors include coal miner Adaro, conglomerate Astra International, banking giants Bank Mandiri and Bank Central Asia, nickel miner Antam, steel producer Krakatau Steel, telecoms behemoth Telkom and national airline
Garuda Indonesia.

In Malaysia, the ten companies include regional powerhouses CIMB Group, Maybank and Public Bank, Asian focused telecoms group TM and rival Maxis, efficiency-focused palm oil producer IOI Group, power producer Tenaga Nasional, conglomerate YTL Corp, low cost carrier AirAsia and recently listed Petronas Chemicals.

In Philippines, the eight companies include diversified conglomerate SM Investment Corp and Ayala Corp, predominantly real estate focused player Megaworld, rival banks BDO & BPI, telecoms players Globe Telecom & PLDT as well as consumer giant San Miguel.

In Singapore, eight companies most preferred by institutional investors include regionally diversified telecoms company SingTel and local telecoms player Starhub, global real estate player Capitaland, regional banks DBS Bank, OCBC & UOB, aeronautical engineering specialist SIA Engineering, and conglomerate Keppel Corp.

In Thailand, seven companies most favourably thought about, among investors include stock exchange market mover PTT Plc., industrial giant Siam Cement Group, fast growing beverage giant Thai Beverage, telecoms provider TAC, energy giants Ratchaburi and Thai Oil as well as globally renowned national airline Thai Airways

In Vietnam, five publicly-listed companies were ranked including FPT Corporation, PVD Drilling as well as highly ranked Vinamilk as well as Detergent Joint Stock, FPT Online Service Joint Stock and Vincom Joint Stock.

In terms of the Best CFO in Southeast Asia, the award goes to Jeann Low, CFO at SingTel. The award for the Best Annual Report in Southeast Asia goes to Keppel Corp while the award for the Strongest Commitment to Sustainable Energy in Southeast Asia goes to Thai Oil.

In all, 47 Southeast Asian publicly-listed companies were ranked and this list represents the crème-de-la crème of best practices whether it be corporate governance, investor relations, disclosure, transparency, financial management, CSR or dividend policy.

Congratulations to all the winners.

REGIONAL AWARDS

BEST CFO IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Jeann Low, CFO at SingTel

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Keppel Corp

STRONGEST COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Thai Oil

INDONESIA

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
Adaro
Astra International
Bank Mandiri

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
Antam
Bank Mandiri
Krakatau Steel

STRONGEST ADHERENCE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 
Adaro
Antam
Astra International

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
Astra International
Bank Central Asia
Telkom

BEST STRATEGIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 
Astra International
Bank Mandiri
Telkom

MOST IMPROVED INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Garuda Indonesia

BEST CFO IN INDONESIA:
Pahala Mansury, CFO, Bank Mandiri

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN INDONESIA:
Adaro Energy

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
Bumi Resources
Global Mediacom
Gudang Garam

MALAYSIA

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
CIMB
Maxis
TM

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
IOI
TNB
YTL Corporation

STRONGEST ADHERENCE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 
IOI
Public Bank
Maybank

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
Maybank
Public Bank
TM

BEST STRATEGIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 
Airasia
Petronas Chemicals
TM

MOST IMPROVED INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Maybank

BEST CFO IN MALAYSIA: 
Khairussaleh Ramli, Maybank

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN MALAYSIA:
TM

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
Berjaya
Digi.com
Genting

PHILIPPINES

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
BDO
Megaworld
SMIC

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
BPI
Globe Telecom
PLDT

STRONGEST ADHERENCE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 
Ayala Corp
Megaworld
SMIC

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
Globe
PLDT
San Miguel

BEST STRATEGIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 
Ayala
San Miguel Corp
SMIC

MOST IMPROVED INVESTOR RELATIONS:
San Miguel Corp

BEST CFO IN THE PHILIPPINES: 
Jose Sio, CFO, SM Investment Corp

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN THE PHILIPPINES:
Ayala Corp

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
Lepanto
Metrobank
Security Bank Corp

SINGAPORE

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
Capitaland
Starhub
SingTel

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
OCBC Bank
SingTel
SIA Engineering

STRONGEST ADHERENCE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 
Capitaland
Keppel Corp
SingTel

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
DBS Bank
SingTel
UOB

BEST STRATEGIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 
Capitaland
SingTel
Starhub

MOST IMPROVED INVESTOR RELATIONS:
OCBC Bank

BEST CFO IN SINGAPORE: 
Jeann Low, CFO, SingTel

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN SINGAPORE:
Keppel Corp

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
NOL
Singapore Press Holdings
SATS

THAILAND

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
PTT
SCG
Thai Beverage

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
Total Access Communication
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating
PTT

STRONGEST ADHERENCE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 
PTT
SCG
Thai Oil

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
Total Access Communication
PTT
SCG

BEST STRATEGIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 
PTT
SCG
Thai Oil

MOST IMPROVED INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Thai Airways

BEST CFO IN THAILAND:
Chaovalit Ekabut, CFO, SCG

BEST ANNUAL REPORT IN THAILAND:
Thai Beverage

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
Central Group
Padaeng Industry
Quality Houses

VIETNAM

MOST ORGANISED INVESTOR RELATIONS: 
FPT Corporation
PVD Drilling
Vinamilk

BEST SENIOR MANAGEMENT IR SUPPORT: 
FPT Corporation
PVD Drilling
Vinamilk

MOST CONSISTENT DIVIDEND POLICY: 
Detergent Joint Stock
FPT Online Service Joint Stock
Vincom Joint Stock

BEST CFO IN VIETNAM
Ms. Ngo Thi Thu Trang, CFO, Vinamilk

POOR & UNPREDICTABLE INVESTOR RELATIONS STRATEGY: 
La Nga Sugar Cane and Sugar
Song Da Urban & Industrial Zone Investment and Development
Vietnam Petroleum Transport Joint-stock Company

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