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General Criteria and Information for Nominations:

Stock Exchange Governance Excellence Award

Outstanding Customer Care in Financial Services Excellence Award

Financial Automation Excellence Award

Financial Analysis Content Excellence Award

Financial Market Challenge Management Excellence Award

Outstanding Financial Services Excellence Award

Capital Markets Best Practices Excellence Award

Portfolio Adviser Wealth Management Excellence Award

Financial Market Risk Management Excellence Award

Financial Asset Management Excellence Award

Securities Exchange Excellence Award

Outstanding Investment Management Excellence Award

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	The nominee should have redefined the regulatory function of stock exchanges in issuing rules and clarifying aspects of existing frameworks The nominee should have effectively shared their regulatory function with capital market and the supervisory agencies The nominee should have monitored the compliance with legislation and subsidiary securities regulation The nominee should have enlarged their regulatory role to embrace a wider palette of corporate governance concerns The nominee should have contributed to the development of corporate governance recommendations and encouraged their application to listed companies The nominee must have constantly redefined and refined the services on the basis of socio-economic changes occurring in the economy, such as disposable income, standard of living, level of education
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	The nominated trading system should be equipped with software package with a stock charting and analysis feature that offers a variety of chart types and accommodates different trader preferences The nominated system should possess tools that can be used to effectively manage stock portfolios The nominated system should be capable of searching the universe data of stocks for potential opportunities. The system should allow traders to identify stocks that align with their personal trading strategies. The nominee should be able to develop trading systems that can be tested over any time period, for performance and profitability The system needs to offer an abundance of technical studies and indicators to facilitate the locating of potential trade setups The flow and functionality of the software should facilitate a trader's stock analysis as well as the ability to easily come to a trading decision The nominee must have constantly redefined and refined the services on the basis of socio-economic changes occurring in the economy, such as disposable income, standard of living, level of education
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	The nominated financial content should have assessed and forecasted the financial viability of projects and their executing agencies in the sectoral context The nominated content should have recommended policies and practices to improve financial sustainability and enhance service delivery The content should have played a central role in structuring and monitoring the project components, financial conditionality, and loan covenants The content should have intended to improve the project sponsor’s and sector’s financial performance and viability The nominated financial analyses content should have done a thorough assessment of the existing structure, policy, and regulation of the sector against its capacity to support cost-effective service delivery The nominee should have done a thorough assessment of financial performance against appropriate benchmarks to identify scope for improvement The nominee should have made a clear and concise identification of policy and regulatory changes aimed at improving financial sustainability
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	The nominee should have initiated new strategies for dealing with the instability of financial markets The nominee should have laid a great emphasis and supervision on the ways financial markets work and the implications for more effective supervision The nominee should have shown smart capability of pooling and managing correlated risk on their own The nominee should have made use of index insurance contracts to shift natural disaster risk into the global markets The nominee should have allowed participants to protect common or correlated risks such as changing commodity prices, interest rates, and exchange rates The nominee should have explored and used new market instruments for sharing catastrophic risk The nominee must have constantly redefined and refined the services on the basis of socio-economic changes occurring in the economy, such as disposable income, standard of living, level of education
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	The nominated firm/service should have be customer-oriented and it should be adaptive to the changing economy The nominated firm and its financial services should be intangible in nature The nominee providing services must have a good image and the confidence of its clients The nominee’s quality and innovativeness of services should be the focal points for building credibility and gaining the trust of the clients The nominee should have studied the needs of the customers in detail The nominee should have initiated innovative financial strategies that give due regard to costs, liquidity, and maturity considerations for various financial products The nominee must have ensured a match between demand and supply The nominee must have constantly redefined and refined the services on the basis of socio-economic changes occurring in the economy, such as disposable income, standard of living, level of education
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	The nominee should have resolved and redefined critical issues such as risk management, compensation policies, valuation of assets, liquidity management, underwriting and the rating of structured products as well as boosting transparency and disclosure The committed to undertaking regular, critical self-assessment and to adjusting plans and policies accordingly The nominee should have promoted emerging consensus on the benefits of reinforcing efforts through effective regulatory incentives and structures The best practices of the nominee should have covered all areas and activities, with particular care not to limit risk management to specific business areas The nominee should have strived actively towards strengthening senior management engagement in both current risk issues and in forward-looking strategic risk management analysis The nominee should have initiated mandate to ascertain that the firm's risk level is consistent with its risk appetite and provided a thoughtful, integrated view of the overall risks the firm faces The nominee should have enlarged their regulatory role to embrace a wider palette of corporate governance concerns The nominee should have contributed to the development of corporate governance recommendations and encouraged their application to listed companies The nominee must have constantly redefined and refined the services on the basis of socio-economic changes occurring in the economy, such as disposable income, standard of living, level of education
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	The nominee should have efficiently designed the Portfolio in accordance to the investor's risk tolerance, time frame and investment objectives The nominee should have instigated appropriate corporate risk management system that can integrate the multicriteria objectives The nominee should have developed strategic alternatives and continuous monitoring procedures to mitigate the risk exposures at the corporate level The nominee should have strived towards obtaining and maximizing the expected return for considering optimal new projects The nominee should have achieved the highest efficiency and profitability from assets while keeping the capital as less as possible The nominee should have responded to the needs of investors and consumers of financial services to provide quality financial services at a reasonable price The nominee should have protected the rights of investors and consumers of financial services through the application of measures to prevent and end violations of the law in the financial market. The nominee should have effectively coordinated the activities of state regulation of the market and supervision of the financial institutions The nominee should have controlled the transparency and openness of the market
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	The nominee should have instigated appropriate corporate risk management system that can integrate the multi criteria objectives The nominee should have developed strategic alternatives and continuous monitoring procedures to mitigate the risk exposures at the corporate level The nominee should have showcased the significance of the asset management discipline and its relevance across all industries and sectors The nominee should have recognised the positive impacts asset management has on society and promote its progress as a discipline The nominee should have demonstrated innovation in asset management which has delivered financial, performance and risk reduction benefits. The nominee should have demonstrated emphasis on the contribution made to whole life asset management, risk management, impact on business performance, progress with implementation, integration into the business and the contribution to asset knowledge. The nominee should have demonstrated outstanding personal performance in the development or implementation of an aspect of asset management to deliver a successful outcome The nominee should have applied excellent understanding of asset management, including the relationship between the various elements The nominee should have demonstrated creativity in approach, which includes imagination, ingenuity, inspiration, inventiveness and originality
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	The nominee should have demonstrated unique set of capabilities and tools that are designed to drive down the cost of transactions, helping to meet the liquidity needs of asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs. The nominee should have provided the most efficient execution and the highest calibre of services, making markets more fair and accessible for all. The nominee should have demonstrated exceptional capabilities to meet the liquidity demands of the diverse group of clients in most market conditions The nominee should have provided a superior trading experience to broker-dealers and their customers The nominee should have delivered liquidity to institutional clients, including broker-dealers and asset managers The nominee should have demonstrated trading technologies that seamlessly connect broker-dealers to their liquidity ecosystem.
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	The nominee should have provided a wide range of investment advisory and investment fund management services to a substantial client base that includes listed and unlisted companies, financial and government institutions, and high net-worth individuals. The nominee should have demonstrated principles of integrity, transparency and professional excellence, and created enduring value for their stakeholders. The nominee should have created a position of leadership in the investment management and advisory industry, and delivered stable financial performance by developing sustainable and sufficiently diversified revenue streams. The nominee should have demonstrated focus on delivering consistently superior results in line with its growing reputation as a regional leader.
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