The Edge Singapore won two awards at the State Street Institutional Press Awards Asia Pacific 2024 on April 8 with separate cover stories on reviving the Singapore bourse and impact investing trends.
The annual award recognises outstanding news reporting on institutional finance in the region. This year’s edition received 200 entries across 14 categories.
The Edge Singapore’s cover story, titled “Making the Singapore market great again” (Issue 1160: Where is the love?) won top prize in the “Investor Services” category for English language news.
A joint effort by past and present members of the editorial team, the cover story from October 2024 explored reasons behind a spate of delistings from the Singapore Exchange and market perspectives on what could be done to arrest the trend.
The full cover package also featured exclusive interviews with Bursa Malaysia’s chairman and CEO by former assistant editor Khairani Afifi Noordin and former senior writer Nicole Lim, along with sidebars on how Singapore’s spacs fizzled out (by Khairani), why firms choose to remain listed (by associate editor Felicia Tan) and various methods of privatising a listed company (by executive editor Goola Warden).
Separately, The Edge Singapore associate editor Jovi Ho was “highly commended” for his cover story from April 2024 on the evolution of the impact investing landscape in Singapore. Ho was selected as runner-up for the “Journalist of the Year – Sustainable Investments & Stewardship” award for English language news.
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Ho’s cover story, titled “Investing for impact? Learn these lessons from ESG investing” (Issue 1132: Impact investing: Hero or Zero) featured input from Temasek’s ecosystem, social investing networks, T Rowe Price and UBS. The same cover story also won at the SGX Orb Awards 2024.
This is Ho’s second consecutive win at State Street’s annual press awards. Last year, Ho was named runner-up in the same category with an article on sustainable aviation fuel production in Singapore.
State Street presented The Edge Singapore with three awards at last year’s edition, which saw associate editor Samantha Chiew take home the top prize in the “Investment” category for her deep dive into the co-living industry in Singapore.
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In addition to Ho’s win in 2024, Khairani also won a runner-up prize in the “Alternatives” category last year for her feature on late-stage private equity deals in the region.
About the awards
The State Street Institutional Press Awards were introduced into the Asia Pacific in 2012, an extension of the State Street Institutional Press Awards held annually in London since 2002.
The winning articles were chosen based on their style, content, accuracy and timeliness, and were judged by an independent panel of seven industry professionals led by William Mellor, former senior writer and Asia correspondent for Bloomberg News.
Mellor says: “This year’s entries once again demonstrated exceptional talent, creativity, and a commitment to the highest-quality of journalism. The judges were thoroughly impressed by the depth and diversity of the submissions, which made the selection process both inspiring and incredibly challenging. These awards are a testament to the enduring importance of journalism in our ever-evolving financial landscape.”
This year’s panel of judges also included:
- Raymond Li, professor of practice and head of department of journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University
- King Au, executive director, Financial Services Development Council (FSDC)
- Peter Stein, CEO, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA)
- Jenny Lee, deputy secretary general, Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA)
- Jame DiBiasio, author, journalist and media entrepreneur
- Alison Tudor, former journalist and multimedia editor
See also: The Edge Singapore scores hat trick — again — at SGX Orb Awards 2024
State Street presented the awards in Hong Kong on April 8. In total, State Street handed out 42 awards over 14 categories, along with a special award for “Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism”, presented to Bloomberg News’ Asia investing and real estate team leader Lulu Chen.
Stefan Gmür, head of Asia Pacific and head of strategic business growth at State Street, says: “Huge congratulations to this year’s award winners and highly commended journalists for their exemplary work and dedication to covering the most pressing issues in the financial world. With 200 entries this year, we are honored to recognise and celebrate the critical role journalists play in shaping understanding and driving meaningful conversations within the investment community and beyond.”
Read the award-winning cover stories in full:
