IR Magazine has released its third report into how Covid-19 has affected investor relations. It revisits the subject two years on from the Covid-19 and IR report, which looked at the early stages of the pandemic and one year on from the Covid-19 Update 2021, which looked at IR during the pandemic’s height.
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Seven of the top 10 companies in this year’s IR Magazine Euro Top 100 held top 10 places in last year’s Euro Top 100. Within the wider list, however, there has been significant change, with approaching half of companies in the ranking being new entrants for 2022 and the same proportion new to the top 50.
The top-ranked company, Italian banking group ...
At the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022, AstraZeneca was nominated for best IR in the healthcare sector. On the red carpet, IR Magazine caught up with global head of IR Andy Barnett to discuss the company’s work over the last year.
‘It’s been a remarkable year for AstraZeneca,’ said Barnett. ‘We’ve become a household name for vaccines against Covid. I’m pleased with the tremendous progress we have made against cancer – many, many types of ...
Chandler Benet joined Ocado in December 2018 as IR manager, becoming head of IR two years later.
During her time at the online supermarket and tech business, she has broadened relationships with the market – Ocado met with more than 1,500 investors last year – and taken up responsibility for the ESG program.
That hard work paid off at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022 where Benet won the rising star award, handed to an IR professional who has spent l...
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2022. Deadlines for admissions are midnight (HKT) and midnight (SGT) on Friday, August 19.
At last year’s awards, Christine Yang from Central China Real Estate took home the...
The founders of Clermont Partners say they believe IR and ESG will ‘come together’ as they lead a newly created ESG and strategic communications practice at Riveron.
Clermont, a female-owned consultancy specializing in ESG communications and strategy, IR and transaction communications, announced last week it had been acquired on undisclosed terms by Riveron, a national US business advisory firm.
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Xtep International Holdings, the Chinese sportswear company, walked away with two prizes at the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2021: best annual report (mid-cap) and best IR in the consumer discretionary sector.
The company was nominated in three further categories: best overall IR (mid-cap), best IR officer (mid-cap) and IR Magazine’s choice award for innovation.
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The Investor Perception Study – Europe 2022 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in Europe as voted for by the investment community.
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A total of 503 portfolio managers and analysts (buy side and sell side) took part in online and telephone surveys in ...
IR Magazine caught up with Jeremy Ulan, an internal hire appointed to the role of head of IR and treasury at MSCI this month, to talk about what excites him about IR, the key themes he expects to be talking about over the next 12-18 months and what he might be doing if he hadn’t gone into corporate finance.
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Companies that show the ‘courage of their convictions’ in times of societal change prompt investors to ask what other qualities those companies have, said Helena Foulkes, former CVS executive and Democratic governor candidate for Rhode Island, to the NIRI Conference audience.
Foulkes joined Jeffrey Solomon, chairman and chief executive at investment bank Cowen, and Yale’s Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld in a panel discussion at the NIRI 2022 Annual Conference las...