"Rob has entered outstanding reports for many years but the judges considered the various features entered this year, especially about the Barry Tannenbaum investment scandal and his exceptional reports about the so-called KING III report, as the best of the many entries received," Citadel CEO Neil Brown said.
Winners
Cameron shared the consumer education prize with Personal Finance team members Laura du Preez and Neesa Moodley-Isaacs. "The scoring was so close that the judges recommended that a prize be awarded to the Personal Finance team. These titles, both the newspaper and magazine, have been rewarded regularly in the Citadel award and their dedication to providing quality information secured them another win today," Brown said.
Because the publications, especially the readership, are so different, the judges decided to also award a further prize in the consumer education category to Blaauw and Pieters. "Serious investor's are bombarded with investment and market news. So many consumers mostly select not to read business or finance publications. For this reason publications such as these family magazines should be encouraged to cover personal finance issues," Brown added.
The judging panel included representatives from the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) through CEO Godfrey Nti and board member Prem Govender, Robert Brand of Rhodes University's Pearson Chair of Economics Journalism and previous CEO of the FPI, John Arnesen now with the South African Qualifications Authority.
