Honoring contributions of journalists in English and Chinese categories covering pensions, investment, alternatives, ESG and technology topics over the past year.
HONG KONG, June 20, 2023 -- State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today the call for entries for its 2023 Asia Pacific Institutional Press Awards which aims to recognize outstanding performance in institutional financial services reporting across publications in the Asia Pacific region.
Returning after an interval stemming from the global pandemic, the Awards were introduced into Asia in 2012, leveraging the success of the State Street UK Institutional Press Awards that started in 2002. The 2023 Awards mark the eighth iteration in the region and twenty-second globally recognizing outstanding efforts by journalists in producing in-depth features and daily news across the financial services sector.
The Awards are open to journalists, including freelancers, from online, wire, trade, and daily newspaper and magazine publications that are based or have a bureau in Asia Pacific, including but not limited to Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, mainland China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
An independent judging panel of respected figures from the investment, financial services and journalism industries will choose the winner in each category. The results will be announced at the Awards ceremony in Hong Kong in November.
With more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist in the region, William Mellor will again be the lead judge for the State Street 2023 Institutional Press Awards Asia Pacific. He said, “The return of these press awards after the pandemic is really good news. Past entries showcased the high - and rising - quality of journalism in the region and the increasingly wide range of backgrounds and experience of the entrants. This year, I am sure that trend will continue.”
To submit an entry, please complete the entry form, which can be found on the State Street APAC Institutional Press Awards website, and submit one article published over the last 12 months (August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023) by Thursday, August 31, 2023. A separate entry should be submitted for each category entered.
For the English language awards, articles should be submitted in English. Articles originally published in other languages must be translated into English of a standard best reflecting the original article. For the Chinese language awards, only articles in Chinese are accepted. The same article cannot be submitted in multiple categories or languages.
The Awards recognize excellence in journalism in the following English and Chinese categories:
English Language Award Categories
- Journalist of the Year – Pensions
Submissions should include articles covering pensions developments in the Asia Pacific, institutional investment management or the region's pension policy developments.
- Journalist of the Year – Investment
Submissions should include articles covering investment issues within institutional fund management, financial markets or economic research.
- Journalist of the Year – Investor Services
Submissions should include articles covering any services and technology trends relating to custody, cash management, securities lending, settlement and safekeeping services, derivatives servicing and collateral management, treasury services, risk management, fund accounting, fund administration and shareholder recordkeeping.
- Journalist of the Year – Technology
Submissions should include articles covering the latest developments and issues surrounding the use of new technology and innovation in the delivery of financial services, including but not limited to Fintech ecosystems and FinTech deals, robo-advice, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, tokenization, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, mobile banking, digital wallets, O2O, as well as regulatory issues surrounding their use via news stories and/or feature length articles.
- Journalist of the Year – Alternatives
Submissions should include articles specifically covering the alternative asset class: real estate, hedge funds and/or private equity. Journalists will be awarded for demonstrating an understanding of how Asian institutional investors are using alternatives, and the servicing and regulatory issues surrounding the asset class via news stories and/or feature length articles.
- Journalist of the Year – Regulation
Submissions for this award should include articles specifically covering financial regulatory issues or policy developments within institutional investment in the Asia Pacific region.
- Journalist of the Year – ESG
Submissions should include articles specifically covering the topic of ESG in the financial services industry. This includes trends in ESG integration in investments, pros and cons analyses of ESG investing, and profiles of leaders/innovators in the field. Submissions can focus on ESG as a whole, or look at a specific aspect of each (E,S or G) in closer detail.
- Award for Best Newcomer
Submissions should include one article demonstrating depth of understanding of institutional issues in a variety of styles. This is for journalists who have spent less than two years working in the financial journalism industry.
- Award for Best Editorial Comment
Submissions should be made by editors/senior reporters and include one leader/comment piece that demonstrates original, timely and interesting thought on key institutional issues.
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism
To be awarded at the discretion of the judging panel.
Chinese Language Award Categories
- Journalist of the Year – Investment
Submissions should include articles covering investment issues within institutional fund management, financial markets or economic research.
- Journalist of the Year – Alternatives
Submissions should include articles specifically covering the alternative asset class: real estate, hedge funds and/or private equity.
- Journalist of the Year – Technology
Submissions should include articles covering the latest developments and issues surrounding the use of new technology and innovation in the delivery of financial services, including but not limited to Fintech ecosystems and FinTech deals, robo-advice, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, tokenization, big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, mobile banking, digital wallets, O2O, as well as regulatory issues surrounding their use via news stories and/or feature length articles.
- Journalist of the Year – ESG
Submissions should include articles specifically covering the topic of ESG in the financial services industry. This includes trends in ESG integration in investments, pros and cons analyses of ESG investing, and profiles of leaders/innovators in the field. Submissions can focus on ESG as a whole, or look at a specific aspect of each (E,S or G) in closer detail.
- Award for Best Newcomer
Submissions should include one article demonstrating depth of understanding of institutional issues in a variety of styles. This is for journalists who have spent less than two years working in the financial journalism industry.
About State Street Corporation
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