Citadel-MAGNUS has been named as a finalist in the Holmes Report’s 2017 Asia-Pacific Corporate PR Consultancies of the Year, for the second year running, cementing its position as the leading independent corporate and financial communication firm in Australia.

The naming of the award finalists follows an exhaustive research process by the editors of the Holmes Report, involving more than 100 submissions and meetings with the best PR firms across the Asia-Pacific region.

The nomination comes on the back of an excellent year of M&A and IPO advisory work for Citadel-MAGNUS, which also saw it place 4th in the 2016 Asia-Pacific Mergermarket League Table of PR Firms by Deal Count, with 24 deals worth a combined $4 billion.

In its published summary of Citadel-MAGNUS, the Holmes Report highlighted the firm’s expertise in corporate communication, internal communication and change management, investor relations, and crisis and issues management. The summary also highlighted Citadel-MAGNUS’s increasing digital and social media capabilities. Much of the firm’s growth over the past 12 months has come from the increasing need for listed companies to outsource its investor relations function and in supporting clients manage increasing market activism.

Consultancy of the Year winners will be announced and honoured at the 2017 Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards, taking place on 14 September in Hong Kong.