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IR Magazine has announced the winners of the Global Awards 2019.  Each year IR Magazine undertakes regional surveys of fund managers, buy-side analysts and sell-side analysts to find out which companies and individuals are the best at investor relations.  Then, once a year, we combine our regional research to analyze IR best practice on a global basis. The result is a list of the 50 best companies for IR around the world. Prizes are awarde...

– Airbnb, the home rental company, has announced plans to publicly list shares next year, reports Reuters. The firm has not revealed the kind of listing it will pursue, but it is widely expected to do a direct listing, where no new shares are made available, according to the story. The announcement comes shortly after WeWork, another member of the sharing ec...

Equiniti Group has continued to build out its corporate services offering with the acquisition of UK-based IR firm Richard Davies Investor Relations (RD:IR). Founded in 2002, RD:IR offers a range of IR services such as shareholder analysis, IR consulting and CRM software. The purchase will provide Equiniti with a proprietary platform for offering IR and corporate governance services to its clients, says the company in a statement.  RD:IR’s management team,...

At the start of the week and for the first time since 2009, the S&P 500’s dividend was yielding more than 30-year Treasury bonds, reported CNBC. Bespoke Investment’s Paul Hickey noted that for an investor looking to the long term, it makes equities attractive. The combined market value of Altria and Philip Morris International fell on Tuesday by $13...