Vodafone 2004 INFINZ Industry Awards
Vodafone 2004 INFINZ Industry Awards
Wellington Friday 30th April 2004 The finance industry celebrated a good year at the Vodafone 2004 INFINZ Industry Awards held in Wellington last night.
³2003 could go down as the year of outside distractions and off-shore influences,² said Paul Hocking, Executive Director INFINZ.
³Yet despite all the external distractions, the industry as a whole has managed to finish the year in good form, and numerous organisations many of whom we have celebrated in these awards have demonstrated the measure of their professionalism and quality performances.
³In March there was of course global insecurity surrounding the war in Iraq and renewed international terrorism. Later came the effects of a rising Kiwi dollar. During the year there were a number of new regulatory challenges reviews of corporate governance and development of best practice codes, new accounting standards and now investigations into the funds management industry.²
³Each finalist organisation has clearly demonstrated that despite external distractions, they can remain focused on growing their core business and maintaining professional standards,² he said.
Winners of six awards were announced at the Vodafone 2004 INFINZ Industry Awards, they were:
The National Business Review
Bank of the Year awarded to Westpac Institutional Bank
Goldman Sachs JBWere Best Corporate Communicator Emerging
Leaders was awarded to Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings
Ltd. First NZ Capital Best Corporate Communicator Market
Leaders was awarded to Telecom Corporation of New Zealand
Ltd. Asia-Pacific Risk Management Excellence in Treasury
was awarded to NGC Holdings Ltd. Kiwi Income Property Trust
Sharebroking Firm of the Year awarded to First NZ Capital
Securities Chapman Tripp Fund Manager of the Year -awarded
to AMP Capitol Investors (New Zealand) Ltd.