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Investor relations has never faced such a challenging future. High-quality investor relations is now more important than ever before. The devastation wrought by the pandemic has seen a record number of companies raising new capital. Despite the £17 bn ($22 bn) injected by UK public markets to strengthen balance sheets, ensure growth and potentially buy weaker rivals, most players strongly suspect this represents the tip of a very deep capital requirements iceberg. ...

The investor relations team at Wix is used to remote communications with its management team. Although the IR team is US-based, the management team is at the company’s headquarters in Tel Aviv. In this video interview, Maggie O’Donnell, director of investor relations and joint winner of the rising star award at last year’s IR Magazine Awards – US, describes how her interactions with management have changed since the Covid-19 outbreak – including how theyâ€...

Virtual roadshows are now a mainstream IR practice amid the lockdowns and travel bans caused by Covid-19, according to new research from IR Magazine.  Three quarters of IR professionals say they have either been on a virtual roadshow or plan to do so during 2020, finds the Covid-19 and IR report.  The research is based on a survey of IROs, investors and sell-side analysts und...

IR teams are taking advantage of the flexibility offered by virtual outreach to broaden their investor targeting and include a more diverse mix of executives in meetings with the buy side.  Despite the lack of constraints, however, geography remains a key consideration in how companies approach their IR activities, with most sticking to roadshows focused on a particular city or region.  Overall, there has been a downtick in meeting activity year on year bet...