CFA Society Pakistan has announced 9th Annual Excellence Awards at a ceremony held at a local hotel here on Wednesday. As many as thirteen awards were announced for the different categories. Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Yasin Anwar gave these awards to the winners.
According to the results, MCB Bank Limited won the Best Bank of the year 2011 Award in the large banks category. The President and CEO of MCB Bank M.U.A Usmani received the award. Habib Bank Limited was the runner up in this category.
Bank Al Habib won The Best Bank of year 2011 Award for medium banks while Soneri Bank was the runner up in this category. Deutsche Bank won The Best Bank of the year 2011 Award in the small banks category while HSBC was the runner up. MCB Bank also won the Most Stable Bank Award. The Best Islamic Bank of the Year 2011 Award won by Meezan Bank.
The Corporate Finance House of the Year 2011 Award (Fixed Income) won by National Bank of Pakistan while United Bank Limited was the runner up in this category. The Corporate Finance House for the year 2011 - Equity & Advisory (Banks) Award won by KASB Bank while ABL was the runner up in this category.
The Corporate Finance House for the year 2011 - Equity & Advisory (Security Firm) Award won by AKD Securities while Arif Habib Limited was the runner up in this category. Transaction of the year 2011 Award was won by Allied Bank Limited in Kohinoor Inter pool Debt Swap, NBP in offer of sale Engro Foods and UBL in offer for sale Engro Foods.
The Investor Relations Award was won by Engro Corporation. The Best Trader Award was won by Shaikh Zia-ur-Rehman while Mohammad Imran was the runner up in this category. The Best Brokerage House Award was won by KASB Securities while the runner up was AKD Securities in this category. The Best Analyst Award was given to Muhammad Fawad Khan while the runner up was Ayub Ansari. The other three analysts declared among the top five best analysts include Taha Khan Jeved, Farhan Mahmood and Khurram Schehzad.