INFINZ Awards Recognises Excellence In Capital Markets

INFINZ Industry Awards Recognises Excellence In Capital Markets

Two Fellowships and 13 Awards were presented to finance professionals last night at the annual INFINZ awards.

More than 770 people attended the black tie dinner at The Langham Hotel in Auckland, held to recognise excellence in New Zealand’s capital markets.

“By highlighting the outstanding players in our industry, we hope to raise standards across the entire market place,” says Jim McElwain, Executive Director of INFINZ (the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc.).

“Our focus is on those actions and individuals who have added most value to corporate New Zealand and hence the economy.”

The Award Winners are as follows:

First NZ Capital  Market Leaders Best Corporate Communicator: Contact Energy Limited

NZX - Emerging Leaders Best Corporate Communicator: Abano Healthcare Group Limited

The Business - Institutional Banking Innovation: Citibank N.A. NZ, for the Ripple Platform for FX Trading

Trustees Executors - Debt Issue of the Year: NZ Local Government Funding Agency Limited (LGFA) Inaugural $300m Bond Issue:

•    Issuer: LGFA

•    Joint Lead Managers and Arrangers: Cameron Partners Limited and PwC (formerly Asia-Pacific Risk Management Limited)

PwC - Equity Issue of the Year: Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund $525m IPO:

•    Issuer: Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

•    Joint Lead Managers: Deutsche Bank AG NZ together with Craigs Investment Partners Limited, Goldman Sachs NZ Limited and UBS NZ Limited

•    Financial Adviser: Rothschild Australia Limited and Cameron Partners Limited

Massey University College of Business - Excellence in Treasury: Auckland Council

Chapman Tripp - Fund Manager of the Year – Equities: Milford Asset Management Limited

Chapman Tripp - Fund Manager of the Year – Bonds: OnePath (NZ) Limited

Milford Asset Management - Sharebroking Firm of the Year: First NZ Capital Securities Limited

Cameron Partners - Research Analyst of the Year: Arie Dekker, Craigs Investment Partners Limited

AUT Business School - Best Sharebroking Sector Analyst and Service Teams: will be announced in the Business Section of the NZ Herald on 9 May 2013.

Craigs Investment Partners - Independent Report of the Year: Korda Mentha (NZ) for Austron Limited’s partial take-over offer for 50.01% of the Shares in Acurity Health Group Limited (formerly Wakefield Health Limited)

Chapman Tripp - M&A Transaction of the Year: Telecom Corporation of NZ Limited demerger of Chorus Limited

•    Demerger entities: Chorus Limited and Telecom Corporation of NZ Limited

•    UFB M&A Advisor, Lead Demerger Advisor: Goldman Sachs Australia

•    UFB M&A Advisor: Cameron Partners Limited

•    Debt Demerger Advisor: Citibank N.A.

•    Demerger Advisor, Board Advisor on UFB: Credit Suisse (Australia) and First NZ Capital Securities Limited

Heidrick & Struggles - Leadership Award: Simon Challies, Managing Director of Ryman Healthcare Limited.

Two INFINZ Fellowships were also conferred - on Lloyd Kavanagh, a Partner with Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, and on Ross Pennington, a Partner with Chapman Tripp.

About INFINZ

INFINZ is the leading industry body for capital markets professionals in New Zealand.  INFINZ has a membership of over 700 individuals drawn from across the capital markets and includes treasury professionals, investment analysts, fund managers, bankers, lawyers and students. www.infinz.com

About the INFINZ Industry Awards

2013 is the eleventh year of the INFINZ Industry Awards. Their purpose is to recognise excellence in the NZ capital markets and to raise standards in the marketplace. Each Award has its own criteria and judging process – most are determined by judging submissions but some are determined by voting. Thirty-one individual judges, 16 fund managers and six broking firms were involved in judging the 2013 awards. INFINZ Fellowships are also conferred to recognise those who have made an outstanding contribution to the NZ capital markets. INFINZ wishes to acknowledge APN NZ Media as the INFINZ Industry Awards Media Sponsor in 2013.

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