The AfrAsian - Issue 30

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 2017

PWC Corporate Reporting Awards

The biggest field of golf pros in the history of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

will gather at The Heritage Golf Club this November for the 2017 edition of the

golf tournament that will now also take up a premier place on the international

golf calendar. The 3rd edition was officially launched at the Heritage Le Telfair

Golf and Spa Resort on Domaine De Bel Ombre in March.

This year, the tri-sanctioned tournament with the European Tour, Asian Tour

and Sunshine Tour will feature an increased field of 156 golf professionals. With

a prize fund of €1 million and contested by players from over 30 countries, this

edition will be held from 30 November to 3 December, making it the second

counting event on The 2018 Race to Dubai.

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AfrAsia won 3 Awards at the PWC Corporate Reporting Awards ceremony at the

Hennessy Park Hotel, Ebene, in 3 categories namely: Financial Institutions, Risk

Management and Online Reporting. PWC had initially shortlisted 175 companies,

reviewed 64 annual reports and 62 websites before making a selection of 3-5 by

category for the designation of winners.

AfrAsiaBank has beenadoptingprinciples of IntegratedReporting standards and is

constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of its disclosures, transparency

being one of the cornerstone of good governance. Quality reporting contributes

significantly to ensuring that financial information shared with all stakeholders is

reliable and enables investors to make informed investment decisions.

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