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Andrew Holt
Japanese share buybacks hit record high
Japanese share buybacks have hit a record for the current fiscal year, which closes at the end of March, with the trend set to continue as cash-rich companies increasingly focus on shareholders, spurred...Read more
Andrew Holt
BofAML reveals secular stagnation outlook among investors
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) fund manager survey for February reveals that investors are still downbeat on global growth. Forty-six percent of investors expect global growth to weaken over the next...Read more
Judith Ugwumadu
The week in IR: Investors pull $25 bn from US ETFs, and QSE-listed companies to appoint an IRO under new rules
The Wall Street Journal reported that investors pulled a record $25 bn from US exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January, despite the market climbing. It described the departure – the first in...Read more

Case studies

Ben Ashwell
Inside the numbers: IR Magazine Awards – US 2019
New York City will play host to the IR Magazine Awards – US 2019 next month and, ahead of the announcement of the short lists, we take a look at the numbers behind...Read more
Staff Writers
Award-Winning IR – Asia 2018 is now available
This report documents the highest-ranked companies in Asia across a range of IR-related categories, as nominated for the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2018, which took place in Hong Kong on November...Read more
Andrew Holt
The CII view of Mifid II
Council of Institutional Investors general counsel Jeff Mahoney talks to Andrew Holt about what the US group thinks of Mifid II and how it would like the SEC to address the European...Read more
Judith Ugwumadu
Study: Reporting to CEO gives IR heads more senior management access
IR heads have greater access to senior management members if they report to the CEO than to the CFO, according to new IR Magazine research. The IR Function 2019 report looks...Read more

Activism

Judith Ugwumadu
Activist investors targeted 922 companies in 2018, report highlights
More than 900 companies were targeted with activist campaigns last year and 417 of those were outside the US, according to a new report. The Activist Investing Annual Review 2019, produced by Activist...Read more
Andrew Holt
UK shareholder activism rose significantly in 2018
UK shareholder activism saw a sharp increase last year as investors launched campaigns at 25 companies, spending $7.35 bn on stocks, according to research by the investment bank Lazard. Just 11 UK companies...Read more
Bruce Goldfarb
A year in activism: Looking ahead to 2019
When stocks take the kind of nosedive they did in December 2018, market prognosticators tend to pronounce slowdowns in all types of activity from M&A to IPOs and debt financing. Shareholder activism often...Read more
Andrew Holt
M&A activity, ESG and director nominations top activist issues
The key activist trends of 2018 have been around M&A activity, ESG and activist director nominations, according to a leading expert. Josh Black, editor-in-chief at Activist Insight, in an interview with IR Magazine...Read more

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