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.