BT journalist Marissa Lee wins SGX Orb Award
Six awards are handed out in recognition of efforts to deliver broader, deeper coverage of financial news
Singapore
A JOURNALIST with The Business Times was among the winners in the second edition of the SGX (Singapore Exchange) Orb Awards, which honour efforts at delivering broader, deeper coverage of financial news.
Marissa Lee took home the prize in "The Hidden Gem" category for her report in May this year, headlined "Isetan needs more than a store refresh".
This award category is for news features or analyses of under-covered stocks listed on SGX, offering a fresh angle on them that investors or analysts may have missed.
It is the second time Ms Lee has won in this category; last year, her winning report was on Creative's new Super X-Fi headphone, which sent the company's otherwise-moribund share price to a decade-high.
Following a public vote on the shortlist of entries, the winners of awards in six categories were unveiled at SGX's annual media appreciation night on Wednesday.
Ben Paul from The Edge Singapore took home the "Story of the Year" on securities for his report, "Buffett's methods ought to be as much of an inspiration to corporate boards as to investors".
Another "Story of the Year" prize for derivatives went to Tan Huileng from CNBC.com, for her report, "A multi-trillion-dollar industry is getting turned on its head". The piece explained how commodity trading is on the cusp of a digital disruption.
Writer and illustrator pair He Ruiming and Goh Wei Choon from The Woke Salaryman, a Web site teaching the rudiments of personal finance, bagged a win in The Visual Treat" category; dollarsandsense.sg was crowned the winner in the "GoTo.com" category.
About 120 entries were received from local and overseas producers of content, demonstrating Singapore's relevance as an international financial hub, SGX said.
This year's edition of the awards also included a #SGX20 category, in a nod to the 20th anniversary of the formation of SGX.
Trinity Chua from The Edge Singapore won in this category for her report, "Sustainability is key to sustain a thriving SGX for the next 20 years".
The judges for this year's awards were Deloitte Singapore chief executive Cheung Pui Yuen, Associate Professor James Crabtree of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, World Federation of Exchanges chief executive Nandini Sukumar and Eastspring Investments' chief investment officer Virginie Maisonneuve.
