EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING: MURRAY & ROBERTS BAGS ANOTHER SQUIRREL

The Investment Analysts Society of South Africa (IAS) began in 1968 with three primary objectives: to improve the quality of investment analysis and analytical techniques; to establish and maintain professional standards in the profession; and to foster the exchange of ideas with a view to solving common problems within the industry.

The IAS represents investment professionals throughout South Africa and hosts an annual award to recognise public companies that have excelled in demonstrating expertise and transparency in financial disclosure and communications. The society hosted its 36th awards ceremony this year – although due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions in place, the event was held online.

Murray & Roberts was voted by the IAS and its members as the leader in communications and financial reporting in the industrials sector. This is the fourth time since 2009 that Murray & Roberts has received an award, affectionately known as a “squirrel” due to the fact that these awards are made in the likeness of the IAS logo.

Says Ed Jardim, Murray & Roberts Group investor relations and media executive, “Maintaining stakeholder trust given intensifying activism, public scrutiny and expectations of greater transparency and reporting is critical to the Group’s resilience and sustainability and we are delighted to be recognised again for our financial reporting and communication.”