Best Plain English Investor Document award
The Best Investor Document award recognises a document that helps New Zealanders to make an informed choice about an investment opportunity.
What you need to know
The judges will be looking for the best example of a document that provides New Zealanders with high quality, legally compliant, clear information. In particular, the judges will be looking for information which simply, frankly, and thoroughly describes the investment opportunity, the expected return, and the risks and costs involved.
Examples of document types you could enter:
- Prospectus
- Investment Statement
- Product Disclosure Statement
We are not looking for annual reports or other performance-reporting documents.
Examples of who could enter:
- Trustees of superannuation schemes
- Finance companies
- Mortgage brokers
- Fund managers
- Financial advisors
- Banks
- Life insurance companies
- Issuers of debt or equity securities
Prizes for this award
The winner of the Best Plain English Investor Document award will receive:
- a stunning steel and bronze trophy produced for the Awards by Wellington sculptor Campbell Maud
- the latest StyleWriter plain English editing software — single-user licence (from Editor Software)
- a place on any of Write Limited's 1-day public workshops.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Judging process for the Plain English Awards