IR Magazine has released its ninth annual Global Investor Relations Practice report. This study is based on the...Read more
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1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN IR? I started my IR career in 2007 at Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s largest telecom...Read more
September 2016
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
The Investor Perception Study ‒ Brazil 2016 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
June 2016
ABB's head of IR Alanna Abrahamson discusses investor perception, team size and the challenges of a triple listing.Read more
Patrick Moeller, head of IR at small cap grand prix nominee XING, explains its proactive, in-house investor targeting strategyRead more
Watch all the IR Magazine Awards - Europe 2016 interviews Two minutes with Unilever at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2016 , the annual prestigious awards that celebrate...Read more
IR Magazine talks to Andrew Stephen, head of IR at Unilever, at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016, where the consumer...Read more
IR Magazine talks with Ana Fernandes, IR officer at REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe...Read more
Tim Human and Candice de Monts-Petit interview Andrew Stephen from Unilever, winner of best investor event, best...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
For the second year in a row, Danish healthcare major Novo Nordisk topped the charts at IR Magazine ’s Europe Awards, taking...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016 are now just a day away. Taking place on June 22 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, the event will...Read more
Episode 57 of The Ticker features interviews with organizers, speakers and attendees at the NIRI 2016 annual conference. Interviews...Read more
The IR Magazine team interviewed everyone from financial journalists and conference co-chairs to IR Charter holders and...Read more
After 16 years as general manager of German IR society Dirk, Kay Bommer talks to IR Magazine about his first NIRI experience...Read more
Rob Bradley, vice president of investor relations at remote access software provider LogMeIn, talks to IR Magazine about his...Read more
Don Scales, CEO of Investis in North America, talks to IR Magazine about ‘better story telling’ and putting IR data into...Read more
Jason Kelly, Bloomberg’s New York bureau chief, talks to IR Magazine about how the newsroom has changed, who is reading what...Read more
Victoria Sivrais, partner at Clermont Partners and president of NIRI’s Chicago chapter, on transaction communications – and what comes...Read more
Ibrey Woodall, vice president of web communications at Business Wire, talks web security and financial data, mobile access and...Read more
Chris Taylor, executive vice president of global research, thought leadership and partnerships at Ipreo, talks say on pay, proxy...Read more
Darrell Heaps, CEO and founder of Q4, chats about the latest trends in IR tech and Q4's expansion plans.Read more
Stacie Swanstrom, senior vice president of corporate solutions at Nasdaq, talks to IR Magazine ’s Tim Human about how...Read more
Jim Cudahy, CEO of NIRI, talks to IR Magazine ’s Tim Human about this year’s San Diego conference location and creating a ‘...Read more
Karen Fisher and Lee Ahlstrom, conference co-chairs at NIRI's 2016 annual conference, discuss key themes, troubled sectors and how to...Read more
Anne Guimard, founder and CEO of FINEO Investor Relations Advisors, chats at the NIRI annual conference about the sessions she is...Read more
John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg, chats about the '20 percent' world, how the IR role is changing and what's next for...Read more
Panelists from the buy side are always the most in demand at IR Magazine Think Tanks, including at the most recent one in Palo Alto,...Read more
It was a year of inevitable change at the IR Magazine Awards – US. Covidien ruled the large-cap roost for five consecutive years but...Read more
Picking up the grand prix for best overall investor relations (mid-cap), David Carey quoted a country and western lyric that sums up...Read more
May 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine ’s editorial director and global conference leader, will join Citi as vice president of investor...Read more
Episode 56 of The Ticker covers Poland as an emerging roadshow destination, the potential impact of Brexit on IR, and an in-depth...Read more
The short lists for the judged categories at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016 have been announced, with the winners to be revealed...Read more
This IR Magazine interview explores how artificial intelligence, including machine learning and natural language processing...Read more
Darrell Heaps, founder and CEO of Q4, a market intelligence and investor engagement firm based in Toronto, and Adam Frederick, Q4’s...Read more
This week, we discuss activism on the up in Asia and Europe and the launch of equity crowdfunding in the US. There are also highlights...Read more
Episode 54 of The Ticker covers feedback for IROs from our latest survey of Asia's investment community, the best online IR performers...Read more
Lou Thompson, the CEO of NIRI from 1982 to 2006, died in March, aged 77. In this video excerpt from the IR Magazine Awards in New York...Read more
Neil Stewart interviews Philip Morris' Nick Rolli, Citizens Financial Group's Ellen Taylor and Wright Medical's Julie Tracy live from...Read more
April 2016
Neil Stewart interviews CN's Janet Drysdale and WSP's Isabelle Adjahi at the IR Magazine Awards - Canada 2016 To subscribe to the...Read more
John Merrell, formerly co-head of listings at NYSE, is heading up corporate services at GTS, a high-speed trading firm that in January...Read more
Cole Lannum, senior vice president of investor strategy at Covidien spin-off Mallinckrodt, discusses the challenges brought on by the...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, we explore Norges Bank's latest divestment target for Norway's SWF, the Financial Conduct Authority's...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Jeannie Ong, head of IR and CSPO at StarHub, talks to IR Magazine's Neil Stewart about regulation, a packed travel schedule and...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, it's our 50th episode special! Join us for a longer chat as we pit star analysts vs top CEOs,...Read more
All the highlights from the IR Magazine Awards - US 2016 , where GE, Citizens Financial & Wright Medical won top billing...Read more
Companies in Europe now have more flexibility regarding the size and frequency of their financial reports , after the European Union...Read more
BASF's IR director, Florian Gregor, talks to Neil Stewart about keeping up a best-in-class sustainability practice and a challenging...Read more
Speaking ahead of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016 at the NYSE, IR Magazine 's CEO Dom Castley talks about the research...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
March 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, we find out how IR differs in a Sharia-compliant market, who the top brokers from the past 12 months...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
Both the old guard and the new left their mark on the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2015. Following a year of extreme stock...Read more
Highlights from the IR Magazine Awards - Canada 2016, where CN, ARC Resources and Alamos Gold were the big winners. See all the IR...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Brought to you in association with Bloomberg, a webinar took place last week focusing on how IROs are coping with limited resources...Read more
With the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016 only weeks away, you can now find out who has been nominated for best overall investor relations...Read more
February 2016
Stephanie Kniep, head of IR at Austrian cellulose-fiber maker Lenzing, discusses her company's approach to investor relations. She was...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The agenda for the IR Magazine Think Tank – West Coast 2016 has been released. The event, for senior-level IR professionals based the...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
Robinder Singh, investor relations director at Dana Gas, discusses how he juggles multiple roles at the natural gas company,...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Chris Wilson, head of IR at Aldar Properties, examines some of the macro-economic factors affecting the real estate market and talks...Read more
Winners and nominees of the 19th annual IR Magazine Awards - Canada, along with IR Magazine representatives, joined Loui...Read more
Patrick Kiss of Deutsche EuroShop and Dirk Winkels of Lanxess discuss their highlights from IR 2016, the one-day IR conference co-...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The agenda for the IR Magazine Think Tank – Euro Leaders 2016 has been released. The event, for senior-level IR professionals based in...Read more
Investor Perception Study ‒ Canada 2016 - This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Andreas Goldau, head of IR at Ooredoo, a Qatar-based telecoms firm, discusses some of the challenges that occur when managing an...Read more
January 2016
IR Magazine 's latest sector report focuses on the energy and utilities sectors, providing data, analysis and case studies on...Read more
Marwa Gouda, head of IR at Dubai Parks and Resorts, which went public in late 2014, discusses building a new IR program, the value of...Read more
IR Magazine 's latest sector report focuses on the technology and communications sectors, providing data, analysis and case...Read more
September 2016
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
The Investor Perception Study ‒ Brazil 2016 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
June 2016
ABB's head of IR Alanna Abrahamson discusses investor perception, team size and the challenges of a triple listing.Read more
Patrick Moeller, head of IR at small cap grand prix nominee XING, explains its proactive, in-house investor targeting strategyRead more
Watch all the IR Magazine Awards - Europe 2016 interviews Two minutes with Unilever at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2016 , the annual prestigious awards that celebrate...Read more
IR Magazine talks to Andrew Stephen, head of IR at Unilever, at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016, where the consumer...Read more
IR Magazine talks with Ana Fernandes, IR officer at REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe...Read more
Tim Human and Candice de Monts-Petit interview Andrew Stephen from Unilever, winner of best investor event, best...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
For the second year in a row, Danish healthcare major Novo Nordisk topped the charts at IR Magazine ’s Europe Awards, taking...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016 are now just a day away. Taking place on June 22 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, the event will...Read more
Episode 57 of The Ticker features interviews with organizers, speakers and attendees at the NIRI 2016 annual conference. Interviews...Read more
The IR Magazine team interviewed everyone from financial journalists and conference co-chairs to IR Charter holders and...Read more
After 16 years as general manager of German IR society Dirk, Kay Bommer talks to IR Magazine about his first NIRI experience...Read more
Rob Bradley, vice president of investor relations at remote access software provider LogMeIn, talks to IR Magazine about his...Read more
Don Scales, CEO of Investis in North America, talks to IR Magazine about ‘better story telling’ and putting IR data into...Read more
Jason Kelly, Bloomberg’s New York bureau chief, talks to IR Magazine about how the newsroom has changed, who is reading what...Read more
Victoria Sivrais, partner at Clermont Partners and president of NIRI’s Chicago chapter, on transaction communications – and what comes...Read more
Ibrey Woodall, vice president of web communications at Business Wire, talks web security and financial data, mobile access and...Read more
Chris Taylor, executive vice president of global research, thought leadership and partnerships at Ipreo, talks say on pay, proxy...Read more
Darrell Heaps, CEO and founder of Q4, chats about the latest trends in IR tech and Q4's expansion plans.Read more
Stacie Swanstrom, senior vice president of corporate solutions at Nasdaq, talks to IR Magazine ’s Tim Human about how...Read more
Jim Cudahy, CEO of NIRI, talks to IR Magazine ’s Tim Human about this year’s San Diego conference location and creating a ‘...Read more
Karen Fisher and Lee Ahlstrom, conference co-chairs at NIRI's 2016 annual conference, discuss key themes, troubled sectors and how to...Read more
Anne Guimard, founder and CEO of FINEO Investor Relations Advisors, chats at the NIRI annual conference about the sessions she is...Read more
John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg, chats about the '20 percent' world, how the IR role is changing and what's next for...Read more
Panelists from the buy side are always the most in demand at IR Magazine Think Tanks, including at the most recent one in Palo Alto,...Read more
It was a year of inevitable change at the IR Magazine Awards – US. Covidien ruled the large-cap roost for five consecutive years but...Read more
Picking up the grand prix for best overall investor relations (mid-cap), David Carey quoted a country and western lyric that sums up...Read more
May 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine ’s editorial director and global conference leader, will join Citi as vice president of investor...Read more
Episode 56 of The Ticker covers Poland as an emerging roadshow destination, the potential impact of Brexit on IR, and an in-depth...Read more
The short lists for the judged categories at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2016 have been announced, with the winners to be revealed...Read more
This IR Magazine interview explores how artificial intelligence, including machine learning and natural language processing...Read more
Darrell Heaps, founder and CEO of Q4, a market intelligence and investor engagement firm based in Toronto, and Adam Frederick, Q4’s...Read more
This week, we discuss activism on the up in Asia and Europe and the launch of equity crowdfunding in the US. There are also highlights...Read more
Episode 54 of The Ticker covers feedback for IROs from our latest survey of Asia's investment community, the best online IR performers...Read more
Lou Thompson, the CEO of NIRI from 1982 to 2006, died in March, aged 77. In this video excerpt from the IR Magazine Awards in New York...Read more
Neil Stewart interviews Philip Morris' Nick Rolli, Citizens Financial Group's Ellen Taylor and Wright Medical's Julie Tracy live from...Read more
April 2016
Neil Stewart interviews CN's Janet Drysdale and WSP's Isabelle Adjahi at the IR Magazine Awards - Canada 2016 To subscribe to the...Read more
John Merrell, formerly co-head of listings at NYSE, is heading up corporate services at GTS, a high-speed trading firm that in January...Read more
Cole Lannum, senior vice president of investor strategy at Covidien spin-off Mallinckrodt, discusses the challenges brought on by the...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, we explore Norges Bank's latest divestment target for Norway's SWF, the Financial Conduct Authority's...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Jeannie Ong, head of IR and CSPO at StarHub, talks to IR Magazine's Neil Stewart about regulation, a packed travel schedule and...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, it's our 50th episode special! Join us for a longer chat as we pit star analysts vs top CEOs,...Read more
All the highlights from the IR Magazine Awards - US 2016 , where GE, Citizens Financial & Wright Medical won top billing...Read more
Companies in Europe now have more flexibility regarding the size and frequency of their financial reports , after the European Union...Read more
BASF's IR director, Florian Gregor, talks to Neil Stewart about keeping up a best-in-class sustainability practice and a challenging...Read more
Speaking ahead of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016 at the NYSE, IR Magazine 's CEO Dom Castley talks about the research...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
March 2016
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
This week on the Ticker podcast, we find out how IR differs in a Sharia-compliant market, who the top brokers from the past 12 months...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. As...Read more
Both the old guard and the new left their mark on the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2015. Following a year of extreme stock...Read more
Highlights from the IR Magazine Awards - Canada 2016, where CN, ARC Resources and Alamos Gold were the big winners. See all the IR...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Brought to you in association with Bloomberg, a webinar took place last week focusing on how IROs are coping with limited resources...Read more
With the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016 only weeks away, you can now find out who has been nominated for best overall investor relations...Read more
February 2016
Stephanie Kniep, head of IR at Austrian cellulose-fiber maker Lenzing, discusses her company's approach to investor relations. She was...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The agenda for the IR Magazine Think Tank – West Coast 2016 has been released. The event, for senior-level IR professionals based the...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform. The...Read more
Robinder Singh, investor relations director at Dana Gas, discusses how he juggles multiple roles at the natural gas company,...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Chris Wilson, head of IR at Aldar Properties, examines some of the macro-economic factors affecting the real estate market and talks...Read more
Winners and nominees of the 19th annual IR Magazine Awards - Canada, along with IR Magazine representatives, joined Loui...Read more
Patrick Kiss of Deutsche EuroShop and Dirk Winkels of Lanxess discuss their highlights from IR 2016, the one-day IR conference co-...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
The agenda for the IR Magazine Think Tank – Euro Leaders 2016 has been released. The event, for senior-level IR professionals based in...Read more
Investor Perception Study ‒ Canada 2016 - This report features interactive features like videos and page links. For these to work...Read more
This article was produced in association with ELITE Connect. It was originally published on the ELITE Connect platform....Read more
Andreas Goldau, head of IR at Ooredoo, a Qatar-based telecoms firm, discusses some of the challenges that occur when managing an...Read more
January 2016
IR Magazine 's latest sector report focuses on the energy and utilities sectors, providing data, analysis and case studies on...Read more
Marwa Gouda, head of IR at Dubai Parks and Resorts, which went public in late 2014, discusses building a new IR program, the value of...Read more
IR Magazine 's latest sector report focuses on the technology and communications sectors, providing data, analysis and case...Read more