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Hanger has had many ups and downs since it was founded in 1861. But when Seth Frank joined as vice president of treasury and investor relations in 2018, the company had fallen from grace. Between 2014 and 2016, the company detected accounting errors that led to ...

For many executives, going public signals to the world that your business has grown and is now ready for the bright lights of a national exchange. Ironically, the largest obstacle to achieving this objective can be the IPO process itself – time, expense, market conditions and global events can often combine to discourage even the most promising candidates from pursuing a public listing via the traditional route.  Covid-19 has added new layers of uncertainty to th...

In my more than 25 years as an investor relations professional – having survived the dotcom bust, 2008 recession and 9/11 – I thought I had seen everything. Fast forward to March 2020 when it became clear Covid-19 was gaining strength and poised to become a global pandemic of epic proportions. In short order, the status quo was turned upside down and, ever since, people have been grappling with how to live and conduct business within what has quickly become the cli...

With companies and investors working from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual investment conferences have witnessed a boom in interest. OTC Markets Group says it is putting on additional events under its Virtual Investment Conferences (VIC) brand to keep up with demand. The financial market, which hosted 20 online conferences over the whole of last year, has run five in just the last three weeks.  Corporate and investor involvement is also up. For examp...