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Andrew Holt
Investors bullish on rates, reveals BofAML survey
Investors are bullish on rates, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) fund manager survey for August. The survey highlights that 43 percent of investors surveyed expect lower short-term rates and...Read more
Andrew Holt
Asian investors optimistic on economic outlook
Asian investors are upbeat when it comes to economic optimism, ranking the second highest globally, according to a new survey. The latest UBS Global Wealth Management quarterly Investor Sentiment survey reveals that in...Read more
Andrew Holt
Global asset management industry has hit wall, warns report
The global asset management industry has reached a tipping point, warns a new study, stating that last year, after roughly a decade of positive momentum, the industry hit a wall amid concerns over...Read more

Case studies

Andrew Holt
The week in IR: Macy’s and Citigroup among shares that tank and We Company reveals IPO details
US stocks and Treasury yields fell Monday, in a deluge of negative sentiment covering not only the on-going trade war with China, but political developments in Argentina and Hong Kong and wider fears...Read more
Andrew Holt
The week in investor relations: A week of market turmoil
It was a week dominated by market turmoil. The week began with a market rout. You know it was significant because major players in the market system consistently referred to it as a...Read more
Ben Ashwell
MEIRA CEO discusses spread of IR in Middle East
John Gollifer, MEIRA’s (the Middle East Investor Relations Association) new CEO, has praised Oman’s Muscat Securities Market for championing IR among its public companies. The Muscat Securities Market, which is the only stock...Read more
Andrew Holt
The week in investor relations: Global markets in a spin over Trump’s tariffs
At the start of the week, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index suffered its worst fall in a week based upon growing worries among investors over how the city’s massive protests could hurt the...Read more

Activism

Andrew Holt
This year becomes year of improving the share price, reveals activist report
An array of trends are revealed in financial advisory firm Lazard’s first-half 2019 Review of Shareholder Activism. These include: – Global shareholder campaign activity is in line with a multi-year pace – An...Read more
Garnet Roach
Active managers ‘overwhelmingly’ support shareholder activism
Almost nine in 10 active managers (87 percent) say shareholder activism is a useful force in the market, according to a new study from SquareWell Partners. The survey takes in the views of...Read more
Ben Maiden
Canadian activism seen as ongoing despite slowdown
Industry advisers say activist investing in Canada is very much still on the agenda despite a drop-off from last year’s mini boom, a new report finds. A record 75 Canada-based companies faced public...Read more
Garnet Roach
Shareholder activism down 15 percent globally so far this year
Worldwide, there has been a 15 percent drop in the number of companies publicly subjected to activist demands so far this year, according to Activist Insight data on campaigns to the end of...Read more

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