TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IR Global Rankings (IRGR) announced 2011 Taiwan and Asia-Pacific awards yesterday at the IR Summit Taipei (taipei.theirsummit.com), which featured a series of keynote presentations and panel discussions, with over 200 corporate executives and IR professionals attending the event. The award winners are as follows:
| AWARDS BY TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS |
| Best Corporate Governance in Asia-Pacific: TSMC |
| Outstanding Corporate Governance in Asia-Pacific: Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Pacific Basin |
| Best Progress in Corporate Governance in Asia-Pacific: China Railway Group |
| Best Financial Disclosure in Asia-Pacific: Chunghwa Telecom |
| Outstanding Financial Disclosure in Asia-Pacific: China Telecom, Pacific Basin |
| Best Progress in Financial Disclosure in Asia-Pacific: Alibaba.com |
| Best Online Annual Report in Asia-Pacific: Bursa Malaysia Berhad |
| Outstanding Online Annual Report in Asia-Pacific: China Railway Group, China Telecom |
| Investor Relations Website in Asia-Pacific – Gold Award: China Telecom |
| Investor Relations Website in Asia-Pacific – Silver Award: ANZ |
| Investor Relations Website in Asia-Pacific – Bronze Award: Global Sources, Bursa Malaysia Berhad |
| Best Progress in Investor Relations Website in Asia-Pacific: China Railway Group |
| Investor Relations Website in Taiwan – Gold Award: Shin Kong Financial Holding |
| Investor Relations Website in Taiwan – Silver Award: Hua Nan Financial Holdings |
| Investor Relations Website in Taiwan – Bronze Award: HTC Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom |
| Best Progress in Investor Relations Website in Taiwan: Far EasTone Telecommunications |
| AWARDS BY INVESTORS' CHOICE |
| (Independent research sponsored by InsightXplorer) |
| Best Overall Investor Relations in Taiwan: TSMC |
| Outstanding Investor Relations in Taiwan: HTC Corporation, ASUSTEK Computer |
| Best Investor Relations Officer in Taiwan: TSMC - Elizabeth Sun |
| Outstanding Investor Relations Officer in Taiwan: HTC Corporation - Winston Yung, TPK Holding - Freddie Liu |
| Best Investor Relations by a CFO in Taiwan: TSMC - Lora Ho |
| Outstanding Investor Relations by a CFO in Taiwan: HTC Corporation - Winston Yung, TPK Holding - Freddie Liu |
| Best Investor Relations by a CEO in Taiwan: TSMC - Morris Chang |
| Outstanding Investor Relations by a CEO in Taiwan: HTC Corporation - Peter Chou, TPK Holding - Tom Sun |
| Best Investor Relations for an IPO in Taiwan: TPK Holding |
| Outstanding Investor Relations for an IPO in Taiwan: MStar Semiconductor, XPEC Entertainment, UBright Optronics |
| Best Progress in Investor Relations in Taiwan: HTC Corporation, ASUSTEK Computer |
| Outstanding Progress in Investor Relations in Taiwan: AU Optronics, Test Rite International, Career Technology |
ABOUT IRGR
Established in 1999, the IR Global Rankings (www.irglobalrankings.com) is the most comprehensive ranking system for investor relations websites, online annual report, corporate governance practices and financial disclosure procedures. The ranking is based on extensive technical proprietary research of publicly traded companies through a clear and transparent methodology and is supported by key global institutions such as Arnold & Porter, KPMG, MZ and Sodali.
ABOUT IR SUMMIT
The IR Summit (www.theirsummit.com) is one of the largest and most influential global IR conferences, covering North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, providing participants an exclusive platform to discuss and share experience with industry experts and practitioners, which has totaled 5,000 participants in the past 12 years.
The 2011 IR Summit Taipei is sponsored by Citibank, Polaris Securities, BoardVantage, NASDAQ OMX GlobeNewswire, InsightXplorer, USTV, Commercial Times, Chinatimes.com.