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IR Magazine reports on the who, where, how and why of corporate roadshow activity, based on a survey of 456 IR professionals...Read more
May 2017
June 11-13 Kelowna, British Columbia Shine bright CIRI enjoys...Read more
Sherwin-Williams and Jack in the Box walked away with the biggest smiles after the IR Magazine Awards US – 2017 in March. Both...Read more
What do infrastructure giant Ferrovial, bookmaker William Hill, pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca and exclusive ski brand Moncler all...Read more
What does small-cap IR look like? It’s perhaps harder to define than other company size, given the range of approaches taken to...Read more
June 4-7 Orlando, Florida Twitter #NIRI New model IR This year...Read more
IR Magazine has won the prize for investment publication of the year at the Willis Towers Watson Media Awards. The awards,...Read more
Edward Hill-Wood has joined Naspers, a South African group that transformed itself through an investment in Tencent 16 years ago, as...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform In the last in our series...Read more
April 2017
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Following on from our...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Effectively responding to...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform While the US and Europe...Read more
The agenda for IR Magazine ’s new one-day event for small-cap IROs, CFOs, CEOs and advisers has now been published, covering...Read more
Research is under way for the IR Magazine Awards in Asia this year. IR Magazine has sent out emails inviting investors and...Read more
IR Magazine has announced a new event in New York for IR professionals, CEOs, CFOs and advisers at small-cap companies. The...Read more
Last year saw a new type of category added to the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, one that allows companies to nominate themselves or be...Read more
The panel of judges has been announced for the self-entry categories at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2017 . Senior investment...Read more
March 2017
Don’t have time to read all the longer features in your new copy of IR Magazine ? Or simply want to listen to the latest in...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform There’s no doubt that the...Read more
At a glance New conference In late October, IR professionals gathered at the London Stock Exchange...Read more
Go back 10 years and most winners at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia hailed from Singapore. Over the last decade, however,...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2017 . T he awards were voted for by an independent...Read more
This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work effectively, the report needs to be downloaded...Read more
Last night IR Magazine celebrated the best and brightest in the US IR community at our 22nd IR Magazine Awards – US ...Read more
Pay for IR heads in 2016 was broadly consistent with 2015, but salaries for IROs and IR managers fell. That’s according to the IR...Read more
IR professionals from three markets – mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan – came together in December for the final IR Magazine...Read more
At a glance Governance focus South Korea’s chaebol model – where the largest firms are...Read more
It’s largely expected that while Mifid II , due to come into effect in January 2018, is designed to bring transparency to the world of...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Good corporate governance...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As investors and the...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As a...Read more
February 2017
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
Good news about the IR job market in Germany greeted delegates who traveled to Frankfurt’s Jumeriah hotel for the IR 2017 conference...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
Or will his protectionist policies lead to a slump? Share your views belowRead more
Last year was a fitting one for IR Magazine to hold a new conference for the UK and Ireland . The vote by the UK to leave...Read more
The Investor Perception Study – Canada 2017 is the most thorough study of the IR industry ever produced in Canada. 228 buy-...Read more
January 2017
The growing number of sustainability indices highlights the stronger focus investors are placing on ESG issues. According to a recent...Read more
The IR Magazine Global Investor Relations Practice Report 2016 brings together data from more than 1,300 IROs worldwide...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As we...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
Over the years, IR has grown from a financial communications channel to a key adviser to management teams and boards. Nowhere is that...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work effectively, the report needs to be downloaded...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
December 2016
Global IR Practice Report Based on a survey of more than 1,300 corporate IR professionals, the results have been segmented by region,...Read more
IR Magazine recently surveyed the investment community to find the top companies across South East Asia and Greater China...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
IR Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2016 , recognizing...Read more
Want to know which cities your peers have been visiting? Which brokers have put on the best roadshows or what events other IROs find...Read more
KASIKORNBANK and Metro Pacific Investments claimed the spoils at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2016 , which took place on...Read more
November 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? More than 20 years: five in the US and nearly 16 in France. 2. What did you...Read more
Thomas Rosenmayr, CEO and co-founder at nexxar, discusses the findings of a study into the user statistics of online annual reports...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the sister publication of IR Magazine , has announced the winners of the Corporate Governance...Read more
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has maintained its position as the broker companies are most likely to go on the road with, according to...Read more
Anna Clauser, head of product development at ELITE Connect, speaks about virtual meetings at the IR Magazine Conference – UK &...Read more
October 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
With results season in full swing, we’ve taken some sage advice from experienced IR professional Janet Craig and presented it in...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. It’s...Read more
Looking to learn more about your shareholder base? Want to know what an ‘ideal’ share register looks like or how to best communicate...Read more
This poll is now closed. Click here to find out at what threshold IRmagazine.com readers think investors should disclose shares held .Read more
Dr Fadi Khalaf, secretary general of the Arab Federation of Exchanges, discusses the state of IR in the Middle East at the Middle East...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Valerie Haertel, global head of investor relations at BNY Mellon, has been elected chair of NIRI’s national board for 2017. She will...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. For...Read more
Wondering how to kick-start your sustainability communications? Or maybe you already have an ESG communications program but want to...Read more
The following articles are scheduled to appear in the Winter 2016 print issue of IR Magazine . Please note, all content is...Read more
September 2016
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses the value of meeting global listing standards at the Middle East...Read more
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses how to balance transparency with protecting your business at the...Read more
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses the value of quarterly reporting at the Middle East Investor...Read more
A total of 814 IR professionals responded to the Q1 2016 Global IRO Survey asking for their perspective on their company’s sellside...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The results are in from our latest online poll, with more than two fifths of respondents saying they have used an alternative...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
August 2016
From general market issues – such as global oil prices and regulation – to more company-specific problems such as shareholder activism...Read more
On Episode 62 of The Ticker podcast: •Macroeconomic uncertainty on the agenda with Bloomberg’s Richard Yamarone •Texas A&M...Read more
As the number of alternative corporate access options grows and evolves, IR Magazine would like to hear whether you’ve used...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
The latest research report from IR Magazine , soon to be published in the fall issue, looks at direct targeting, asking...Read more
On Episode 61 of The Ticker podcast: • Canadian investors complain of an ESG communications gap • Webinar highlights: panelists,...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
July 2016
Brazil’s IR community is toughing out another fraught year. The country continues to grapple with a deep recession and huge political...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2016, held in São Paulo in June, saw hundreds of top IROs from across Brazil come together to...Read more
Asian listed companies are choosing to spend more time on roadshows in their home region, according to findings from the latest IR...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
Welcome to IR Magazine 's careers newsletter, packed with tools to supercharge your job prospects, including: • ...Read more
For the second year in a row, Danish healthcare major Novo Nordisk topped the charts at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, taking home...Read more
Episode 60: Jeff Cossette talks to Black Sun about new reporting guidelines around corporate culture and the role IR should play in...Read more
Novo Nordisk might have been named number one in the IR Magazine Euro Top 100 for the second year running but what did the buy side...Read more
At the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016, Unilever won the prize for best investor event for its Unilever Investor Event...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Episode 59 – Catch up with the discussion and debate from CIRI's annual conference in Quebec City. Includes interviews with attendees...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. When...Read more
May 2017
June 11-13 Kelowna, British Columbia Shine bright CIRI enjoys...Read more
Sherwin-Williams and Jack in the Box walked away with the biggest smiles after the IR Magazine Awards US – 2017 in March. Both...Read more
What do infrastructure giant Ferrovial, bookmaker William Hill, pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca and exclusive ski brand Moncler all...Read more
What does small-cap IR look like? It’s perhaps harder to define than other company size, given the range of approaches taken to...Read more
June 4-7 Orlando, Florida Twitter #NIRI New model IR This year...Read more
IR Magazine has won the prize for investment publication of the year at the Willis Towers Watson Media Awards. The awards,...Read more
Edward Hill-Wood has joined Naspers, a South African group that transformed itself through an investment in Tencent 16 years ago, as...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform In the last in our series...Read more
April 2017
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Following on from our...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Effectively responding to...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform While the US and Europe...Read more
The agenda for IR Magazine ’s new one-day event for small-cap IROs, CFOs, CEOs and advisers has now been published, covering...Read more
Research is under way for the IR Magazine Awards in Asia this year. IR Magazine has sent out emails inviting investors and...Read more
IR Magazine has announced a new event in New York for IR professionals, CEOs, CFOs and advisers at small-cap companies. The...Read more
Last year saw a new type of category added to the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, one that allows companies to nominate themselves or be...Read more
The panel of judges has been announced for the self-entry categories at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2017 . Senior investment...Read more
March 2017
Don’t have time to read all the longer features in your new copy of IR Magazine ? Or simply want to listen to the latest in...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform There’s no doubt that the...Read more
At a glance New conference In late October, IR professionals gathered at the London Stock Exchange...Read more
Go back 10 years and most winners at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia hailed from Singapore. Over the last decade, however,...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2017 . T he awards were voted for by an independent...Read more
This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work effectively, the report needs to be downloaded...Read more
Last night IR Magazine celebrated the best and brightest in the US IR community at our 22nd IR Magazine Awards – US ...Read more
Pay for IR heads in 2016 was broadly consistent with 2015, but salaries for IROs and IR managers fell. That’s according to the IR...Read more
IR professionals from three markets – mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan – came together in December for the final IR Magazine...Read more
At a glance Governance focus South Korea’s chaebol model – where the largest firms are...Read more
It’s largely expected that while Mifid II , due to come into effect in January 2018, is designed to bring transparency to the world of...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform Good corporate governance...Read more
This article was produced by ELITE Connect and originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As investors and the...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As a...Read more
February 2017
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
Good news about the IR job market in Germany greeted delegates who traveled to Frankfurt’s Jumeriah hotel for the IR 2017 conference...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
Or will his protectionist policies lead to a slump? Share your views belowRead more
Last year was a fitting one for IR Magazine to hold a new conference for the UK and Ireland . The vote by the UK to leave...Read more
The Investor Perception Study – Canada 2017 is the most thorough study of the IR industry ever produced in Canada. 228 buy-...Read more
January 2017
The growing number of sustainability indices highlights the stronger focus investors are placing on ESG issues. According to a recent...Read more
The IR Magazine Global Investor Relations Practice Report 2016 brings together data from more than 1,300 IROs worldwide...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform As we...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
Over the years, IR has grown from a financial communications channel to a key adviser to management teams and boards. Nowhere is that...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work effectively, the report needs to be downloaded...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform...Read more
December 2016
Global IR Practice Report Based on a survey of more than 1,300 corporate IR professionals, the results have been segmented by region,...Read more
IR Magazine recently surveyed the investment community to find the top companies across South East Asia and Greater China...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
IR Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2016 , recognizing...Read more
Want to know which cities your peers have been visiting? Which brokers have put on the best roadshows or what events other IROs find...Read more
KASIKORNBANK and Metro Pacific Investments claimed the spoils at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2016 , which took place on...Read more
November 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? More than 20 years: five in the US and nearly 16 in France. 2. What did you...Read more
Thomas Rosenmayr, CEO and co-founder at nexxar, discusses the findings of a study into the user statistics of online annual reports...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the sister publication of IR Magazine , has announced the winners of the Corporate Governance...Read more
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has maintained its position as the broker companies are most likely to go on the road with, according to...Read more
Anna Clauser, head of product development at ELITE Connect, speaks about virtual meetings at the IR Magazine Conference – UK &...Read more
October 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
With results season in full swing, we’ve taken some sage advice from experienced IR professional Janet Craig and presented it in...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. It’s...Read more
Looking to learn more about your shareholder base? Want to know what an ‘ideal’ share register looks like or how to best communicate...Read more
This poll is now closed. Click here to find out at what threshold IRmagazine.com readers think investors should disclose shares held .Read more
Dr Fadi Khalaf, secretary general of the Arab Federation of Exchanges, discusses the state of IR in the Middle East at the Middle East...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Valerie Haertel, global head of investor relations at BNY Mellon, has been elected chair of NIRI’s national board for 2017. She will...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. For...Read more
Wondering how to kick-start your sustainability communications? Or maybe you already have an ESG communications program but want to...Read more
The following articles are scheduled to appear in the Winter 2016 print issue of IR Magazine . Please note, all content is...Read more
September 2016
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses the value of meeting global listing standards at the Middle East...Read more
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses how to balance transparency with protecting your business at the...Read more
Redwan Ahmed, director of investor relations at DP World, discusses the value of quarterly reporting at the Middle East Investor...Read more
A total of 814 IR professionals responded to the Q1 2016 Global IRO Survey asking for their perspective on their company’s sellside...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The results are in from our latest online poll, with more than two fifths of respondents saying they have used an alternative...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
August 2016
From general market issues – such as global oil prices and regulation – to more company-specific problems such as shareholder activism...Read more
On Episode 62 of The Ticker podcast: •Macroeconomic uncertainty on the agenda with Bloomberg’s Richard Yamarone •Texas A&M...Read more
As the number of alternative corporate access options grows and evolves, IR Magazine would like to hear whether you’ve used...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
The latest research report from IR Magazine , soon to be published in the fall issue, looks at direct targeting, asking...Read more
On Episode 61 of The Ticker podcast: • Canadian investors complain of an ESG communications gap • Webinar highlights: panelists,...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
July 2016
Brazil’s IR community is toughing out another fraught year. The country continues to grapple with a deep recession and huge political...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2016, held in São Paulo in June, saw hundreds of top IROs from across Brazil come together to...Read more
Asian listed companies are choosing to spend more time on roadshows in their home region, according to findings from the latest IR...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
Welcome to IR Magazine 's careers newsletter, packed with tools to supercharge your job prospects, including: • ...Read more
For the second year in a row, Danish healthcare major Novo Nordisk topped the charts at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, taking home...Read more
Episode 60: Jeff Cossette talks to Black Sun about new reporting guidelines around corporate culture and the role IR should play in...Read more
Novo Nordisk might have been named number one in the IR Magazine Euro Top 100 for the second year running but what did the buy side...Read more
At the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016, Unilever won the prize for best investor event for its Unilever Investor Event...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Episode 59 – Catch up with the discussion and debate from CIRI's annual conference in Quebec City. Includes interviews with attendees...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. When...Read more