KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Alpha Southeast Asia revealed the results of their third annual poll to find Southeast Asia's top companies. The awards are based on tallied votes among 473 investors, pension funds, hedge funds, equity and fixed income brokers and analysts with investment interests in the Southeast Asia region. Companies in each country were ranked on their financial management, adherence to corporate governance, CSR and investor relations' strategy, transparency and disclosure.
In Malaysia, the nine leading companies preferred by investors included regional powerhouses, CIMB Group, Maybank, Public Bank and RHB Capital, energy giants Petronas Gas, Petronas Dagangan, real estate company KLCC Property Holdings, Asian focused telecoms group TM and conglomerate YTL Corp.
Former corporate finance executive and career banker, Kenny Kim transpired as the Best CFO in Malaysia.
Across the region, the award for Best CFO in Southeast Asia went to Kenny Kim, Group CFO at CIMB responsible for managing the financial resources of its growing regional footprint. The award for the Best Annual Report in Southeast Asia went to Adaro Energy, an aspiring Indonesian mining giant in the making, while the award for the Strongest Commitment to Sustainable Energy in Southeast Asia once again went to Thai Oil for its clear, transparent and consistent CSR goals and aspirations.
A key distinguishing feature of the poll is that it not only names investor favourites, but adventurously publishes names of companies that are perceived to have "Poor Management Access & IR" by this same group of investors. In Malaysia, Glenealy, MAS and BursaMalaysia were noted for their poor and unpredictable investor relations' strategy.
Results for Malaysia are as follows (alphabetical order):
Notes to Editors
Now in its seventh year of publication, Alpha Southeast Asia, published 10 times a year - is the first and only HK-based institutional investment magazine focused on Southeast Asia's banking and capital markets, written for professional investors and corporates. Please visit our website: http://www.alphasoutheastasia.com for details.
