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Spotlight on: The IPO dream team
The prospect of an IPO, though often exciting, can be daunting to any company seeking to go public. So who are the key players that will help companies get an IPO started and...Read more
Andrew Holt
Clock ticking for UK asset managers to launch ETFs
UK asset managers have three years to launch exchange-traded fund (ETF) strategies or run the risk of failing to get new products off the ground, London-based ETF provider HANetf warns. As the UK...Read more
Andrew Holt
Global equity market shrinks as buybacks grow
The global equity market is shrinking at its fastest pace in the last two decades, as a wave of corporate share buybacks overwhelms the overall volume of companies going public, issuing new stock...Read more

Case studies

Oliver Schutzmann
What the longest bull run in history means for IR
A major milestone was passed on August 22, 2018 when the S&P 500 Index achieved the longest bull run in history. The index of leading US stocks recorded 3,453 days during which the...Read more
Garnet Roach
IR30: A look back to November 2006 – Capital destination
When Clare Harrison wrote the November 2006 IR Magazine cover story Capital destination – covering how and why London was leading ‘the battle for listings’ – the City was well ahead...Read more
Staff Writers
Spotlight on a top IRO: Oliver Stratmann, Lanxess
Oliver Stratmann, head of treasury & IR at German specialty chemicals company Lanxess, scooped the award for best investor relations officer (small & mid-cap) at 2018’s IR Magazine Awards – Europe, held last...Read more
Andrew Holt
Second half of 2018 sees decline in global IPO activity, reveals EY
The risks and uncertainties from geopolitical frictions and shifting trade policies have contributed to declines in global IPO activity in the second quarter of this year, resulting in a first-half total of 660...Read more

Activism

Garnet Roach
Shareholder activism sees uptick in Asia
Asian companies have seen the most shareholder activism campaigns so far this year, outside of the US, according to new data from Activist Insight. The research provider’s numbers for August show a notable...Read more
Ben Richardson
Activists are rebranding as a ‘force for good’
The image of the activist shareholder has changed, especially in Asia. Accused of being short term, secretive corporate raiders in the past, activists are now careful to position themselves as ‘change agents’, helping...Read more
Oliver Schutzmann
Are institutional investors becoming universal activists?
The popular image of the activist investor is a slick and merciless Wall Street financier, relentlessly pursuing financial reward, perhaps best epitomized by Gordon Gekko and his philosophy that ‘greed is good’ in...Read more
Andrew Holt
Proxy season 2018 sees proposals focus on shareholder rights
The 2018 proxy season saw shareholder proposals focus more on shareholder rights than ever before, but with less success than in past years. Investors submitted 138 shareholder rights proposals at US-headquartered companies during...Read more

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