To encourage public listed companies to be more transparent so as to help investors make informed decisions

The Most Transparent Company Award adopts industry categories from the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Companies are first evaluated and shortlisted using the scorecard developed for SIAS by CGIO of NUS Business School. The selection process takes into consideration the "Disclosure and Transparency" aspect based on publicly available information and the company's performance. SIAS has partnered with Thomson Reuters, using their Stock Report Plus, which scores are comprised of analyst ratings of earnings, fundamentals, relative valuations, risks, price momentum and insider trading as a screener to the shortlisted companies.

The companies are shortlisted by adopting the following process:

• Stage 1 - Companies shortlisted by CGIO based on the GICS categories using a scorecard developed for SIAS

• Stage 2 - Shortlisted companies are screened using the Thomson Reuters Stock Report Plus

• Stage 3 - Companies reviewed and nomination by Handshakes, industry partners and media

• Stage 4 - Selection Committee members meet to decide the winners based on the quantitative and qualitative inputs

• Quality of Annual Report

• Disclosure of Interested Party Transactions (IPT)

• Directorships/Chairmanships in Listed Companies

• Timeliness of Release of Results

• Executive Director/Top 5 Executives' Remuneration

• Non-Executive Director Fees

• Corporate Website

• Agriculture

• Commerce

• Construction

• Finance

• Hotel/Restaurants

• Manufacturing

• Mining/Quarrying

• Multi-Industries

• Properties

• Services

• Transportation/Storage/Communication

• Golden Circle

To encourage companies to adopt high levels of investor relation practices

• Big Cap - market capitalisation of $1 billion and above;

• Mid Cap - market capitalisation of $300 million to less than $1 billion;

• Small Cap - market capitalisation of less than $300 million;

The scorecard for the selection process is jointly developed by SIAS with the Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) of NUS Business School

* Shareholders' rights and equitable treatment

Transparency and disclosure

Accountability and audit

Responsibilities of the board

Stakeholders' roles

To encourage companies to adopt and report on environment, social and governance practices

The Sustainability Award Scorecard assesses companies in the following areas:

Drivers (companies are assessed on their leadership and culture)

Ingredients (companies are assessed on their ESG practices)

Pillars (companies are assessed on their framework, materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement)

To encourage brokerage firms to better their quality of service and information provided to ensure retail investors have a good understanding of what they invest in.

SIAS, in collaboration with Singapore Management University and Investment Trends have developed a set of criteria for the effective evaluation of brokerage firms in Singapore.

Brokers are shortlisted through the following processes:

To encourage financial journalists to uplift their reporting standards and provide information that are beneficial to the investing community at large.

Judging of entries is based on news value, originality, reportorial quality, analytical value and impact on the financial community and to the retail investors at large.

This award is open to career journalists only. Journalist from the local media, both print and broadcast, are eligible.

• Financial Journalist of the Year Award

  Based on news worthy contributions that had made substantial impact on the investing community in the period under review, he/she has to be a well-rounded journalist with the ability not only to break significant stories but is also able to write commentaries that take a clear position and provide insights for investors.

• Investor Education Award

  Focusing on education and the impact on the investing community, the journalist/programme must have displayed sound knowledge of the investment principles and the instruments discussed, produced and written consistently over a minimum period of at least six (6) months.

• Most Promising Journalist of the Year Award

  To qualify for this award, a candidate has to be a financial journalist for not more than three years and under the age of 30.

• Special Award

  The Special Award is presented for journalists who delivers ground-breaking, insightful, easy to understand, probing, news that has significant consequences and written with the proper context and background.

• Educational Content - Has to cover a wide range of topics not only products (features and risks) promoting importance of financial planning including retirement planning and how impactful it is on the investing community

• Target Audience - Articles must cover a wide range of audience

• Consistency - Demonstrate on-going interest, variety and standard

• Feedback - Must be strongly supported by the readers, listeners or viewers

• Track Record - Minimum of 3 years track record in community investor education