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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
Andrew Holt
US is most favorable region among fund managers, says BofA Merrill Lynch
The BofA Merrill Lynch August Fund Manager Survey finds the US is the most favorable region for the first time in five years, accompanied by record high investor sentiment around US profits. Allocation...Read more
Andrew Holt
Assets invested in global ETFs and ETPs reach new high
Assets invested in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded products (ETPs) listed globally reached a new high of $5.12 tn, following net  inflows of $41.13 bn in July, according to London-based research and...Read more

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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
Garnet Roach
IR30: Q&A with Oliver Schutzmann of Iridium Advisors
Oliver Schutzmann is a veteran of IR in the Middle East with a career spanning two decades and encompassing everything from roles at Euromoney and The Economist to establishing the IR...Read more
Andrew Holt
The changing face of IR: Digitization, regulation and globalization
As part of IR Magazine ’s 30th anniversary celebrations, Andrew Holt talks to Achim Weick, founder and CEO of EQS Group, a leading international provider of technology for investor relations, on how...Read more

Activism

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
Garnet Roach
Foreign activists push for change at Japan Inc
For the first time in six years, shareholder activism in Japan is largely being driven by outside activists, according to new data from Activist Insight Online. While the overall number of campaigns to...Read more

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