The Vienna Stock Exchange award 2015, the most important domestic award for listed companies, has been presented. An expert panel from the Austrian Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (ÖVFA) announced the winners in the three categories of ATX, Small & Mid Cap and Corporate Bond.

“Companies that prioritise transparency and go out of their way to offer professional insights into the organisation, its strategy and its direction can expect more than just positive price performance. The Vienna Stock Exchange award is our way of highlighting and rewarding the exemplary commitment of listed companies on our domestic market,” explained Birgit Kuras and Michael Buhl, co-CEOs of Wiener Börse AG.

The prizewinners in the ATX, Small & Mid Cap and Corporate Bond categories were chosen by a widely representative ÖVFA panel. Jury members rated candidate companies for the ATX and Small & Mid Cap awards according to the following criteria: financial reporting, investor relations, strategy, corporate management, corporate governance and sustainability (plus market-related factors).

About the Vienna Stock Exchange award

The Vienna Stock Exchange award is a joint initiative of the following players on the Austrian capital market: Aktienforum, APA-Finance, Cercle Investor Relations Austria (C.I.R.A.), Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Austrian Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (ÖVFA), Association of Austrian Investment Companies (VÖIG), Büro des Kapitalmarktbeauftragten and the Vienna Stock Exchange. For more information on the Vienna Stock Exchange award and the prizewinners for 2015, please visit: http://www.wienerborse.at/about/press/pressrelease/wiener-boerse-preis-2015.html