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Contact:
Kate Fields (02) 8249 1121
kfields@statestreet.com

State Street Announces Winners of 2014 Institutional Press Awards,

Asia Pacific
SYDNEY, November 27, 2014 State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), is pleased to announce the
winners of the third annual State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, in recognition of
outstanding performance in institutional financial services reporting across the region. This year, more
than 100 submissions from the regions publications were entered, including those from Hong Kong,
mainland China, Singapore and Australia.

Entries were judged by an independent panel of industry professionals led by Tom Leander, editor-inchief, Asia, Lloyds List and supported by respected figures from Asia-based journalism, investment and
financial services industries, including:

Professor Anthony Fung, director, School of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong

Mr. Barrie Dunstan, veteran financial journalist

Mr. Paul Smith, managing director, APAC, The CFA Institute

Ms. Sally Wong, CEO, Hong Kong Investment Funds Association

Mr. Wu Chen, Head of Editorial (Asia Pacific), EuroFinance

The 2014 winners and highly commended are as follows:

Journalist of the Year Pensions Issues
Winner

Enoch Yiu
Chief Reporter, South China Morning Post

Highly Commended

John Sedgwick
Reporter, Ignites Asia
Min Ho
Reporter, AsianInvestor

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Journalist of the Year Investment

Winner

Allen T. Cheng
Asia Bureau Chief, Institutional Investor

Highly Commended

Jonathan Shapiro
Finance Reporter, Australian Financial Review
Bayani Santiago Cruz
Executive Editor, The Asset
Tim Burroughs
Managing Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal

Journalist of the Year Investor Services & Technology

Winner

Allen T. Cheng
Asia Bureau Chief, Institutional Investor

Highly Commended

Viren Vaghela
Deputy Editor, Asia Risk
Dan Barnes
Managing Editor, Asia Etrader
John Sedgwick
Reporter, Ignites Asia

Journalist of the Year Alternatives

Winner

Jonathan Brasse
Editor, PERE

Highly Commended

Langi Chiang
Senior Property Correspondent, South China Morning Post
Sandy Li
Deputy Property Editor, South China Morning Post

Award for Best Newcomer

Winner

Min Ho
Reporter, Asian Investor

Highly Commended

Chen Liang
Reporter, MandateWire Asia
Michelle Phillips
Staff Writer, PERE

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Award for Best Editorial Comment

Winner

Sally Patten
Personal Finance Editor, Australian Financial Review

Highly Commended

Enoch Yiu
Chief Reporter, South China Morning Post
Aaron Woolner
Editor, Asia Risk

Journalist of the Year Investment (Chinese category)

Winner

Lydia Guo
Senior Hong Kong Correspondent, China Business News

Highly Commended

Hongjuan Sun
Financial Reporter, China Business News
Christina Chen
Deputy Director, Senior Reporter, Commercial Times

Journalist of the Year Alternatives (Chinese category)

Winner

May Lee
Senior Reporter, East Week

Highly Commended

He Huang
Economic Reporter, Southern Weekend
Alex Kwong
Financial Reporter, Hong Kong Commercial Daily

Award for Best Newcomer (Chinese category)

Winner

Hongyuran Wu
Reporter, Caixin Media

Highly Commended

Summer Zhen
Reporter, Ming Pao
Xiaoyue Zhao
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Reporter, 21 Century Business Herald

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Journalism
Winner

Shuo Wang
Managing Editor, Caixin Media

Hosting the journalists at a luncheon in Hong Kong, Wai-Kwong Seck, executive vice president and head
of State Street Global Services and Global Markets, Asia Pacific, acknowledged the active participation of
the media in the financial industry. We are proud to honour and recognize excellence in institutional
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financial services reporting. And we congratulate all the award winners as well as the highly-commended
journalists.
Journalists play an important role in enhancing transparency and generating constructive debate about
the many issues and challenges facing the financial industry. The quality of reporting evident in the State
Street Press Awards submissions is excellent and exemplifies how this level of reporting helps investors
and stakeholders gain a better understanding of the increasing complexities in the global financial
industry, markets and economies.
Tom Leander, head judge for the Press Awards, and Asia editor-in-chief for Lloyds List said, The 2014
State Street Institutional Press Awards showed evidence that a strong competitive spirit is growing in
coverage of Asian investment and markets. We were able to grow our entries substantially for this year's
contest. A majority of the entries demonstrated enterprise, imagination and professionalism in their
coverage. Thankfully, this made the judges' challenge more difficult. Many entries competed for the top
prize, and much debate was required to identify the winners.
Asia is rapidly gaining stature as a global financial centre. Strong, fair and insightful reporting keeps
markets honest, regulators on their toes and gives investors knowledge and better choices. I am pleased
to report that the 2014 field of competitors have done just that."
To read the winners articles and learn more about the Awards, please visit
http://statestreetpressawards.com

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About State Street
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institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research
and trading. With $28.47 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.42 trillion* in assets
under management as of September 30, 2014, State Street operates in more than 100 geographic
markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information,
visit State Streets web site at www.statestreet.com.
* Assets under management include the assets of the SPDR Gold ETF (approximately $30 billion as of September 30, 2014), for
which State Street Global Markets, LLC, an affiliate of SSgA, serves as the distribution agent.

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