Thanks to all your enthusiastic support, the HKIRA 5th Investor Relations Awards has successfully completed the public nomination process and the next online voting phrase is going to start on 8 March and last for a month.  Buy-side, sell-side analysts and fund managers of the domestic and international investment community are eligible to vote for their desired listed companies.

Amazing entries have been received this year, especially for the newly added award category - "Best IR Team" - which is to publicly recognise the concerted team   effort   in   achieving  IR  goals  and

overcoming challenges as a team. On top of the 13 award categories open forpublic voting and selected by the Judging Panel, the companies awarded previously in our annual IR Awards for any 3 years will be received the "3 Years IR Awards Winning Company" in honouring their continuous practice of high standard in IR.

HKIRA will proudly announce all the award winners at the Awards Conference and Presentation Luncheon at Conrad Hotel on May 30 to recognise the continuous hard work and contribution of the listed companies. 


Online Voting Period

	8 March 2019 (Fri) - 8 April 2019 (Mon)
	http://hkira.com/awards/

	30 May 2019 (Thu)
	Grand Ballroom, Conrad Hong Kong

HKIRA was pleased to be interviewed by MingPao Finance in January, together with Award Panel Judges, Professor Louis Cheng, Professor of Finance of PolyU, and Ms. Victoria Mio, Co-Head Asia Pacific Equities & CIO China of Robeco HK Ltd, on the investor relations profession in Hong Kong.

Our founder Dr. Eva Chan shared with the reporters that with effective communication of investment proposition on the strategy, business and revenue models, plans and risks to investors, the IR department is able to assist investors to make well-informed investment decisions, rendering the company's stock price attaining its fair

value. Ms Mio also highlighted that the IR department of a listed company is in fact one of the main factors to consider when buyers plan to invest in a certain stock. Professor Cheng added that when the company is exposed to commercial or financial risks, or simply during times of political and economic fluctuations, IR plays a crucial role to reduce the risk associate with uncertainty, which is one of the factors that affects the company's stock price.

If you are interested in reading the news article in details, you can click on the news section of HKIRA.

The upcoming CIR examination will be held on 1 April 2019 and the optional revision class will be held on 23 March 2019.

Find out more here.
Seats are limited & will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.