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
June 2014
Calgary-based ARC Resources won best IR in the energy sector at this year’s IR Magazine Awards - Canada. David Carey, senior vice...Read more
TD has been the big winner at the Canadian IR Magazine Awards four years in a row. In 2014 the bank was shortlisted for a record 10...Read more
This report from theIRapp sets out data from its recent survey of more than 300 institutional investors on how they use mobile for...Read more
May 2014
IR Magazine today has announced the short lists for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2014, the industry’s most well-respected...Read more
The award for Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations is presented by IR Magazine after consulting with leading lights of the IR...Read more
Covidien, a medical device company with a market cap of around $32 bn, was voted number one for best overall investor relations four...Read more
Wright Medical, a $1.5 bn medical device company, won the number eight spot in IR Magazine's US Top 100 in 2014, as voted by...Read more
March 2014
Covidien has made it another year to remember after winning the grand prix for best overall IR by a large-cap company for the fourth...Read more
The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – US 2014 is the most thorough study of the IR industry in the...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their sector and market cap and sort by the number of points...Read more
February 2014
The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Canada 2014 is the most thorough study of the IR industry ever produced in...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their sector and market cap and sort by the number of points...Read more
January 2014
With the votes in from Canada’s stock analysts and portfolio managers, the results point to another dominating performance by TD Bank...Read more
December 2013
CP Cheng, head of IR at Franshion Properties and Randy Hung, executive director and CFO at China Fiber Optic Network System, talk...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their country, region, sector and market cap and sort by the...Read more
When IROs list ways to tell their stories to investors, they invariably turn to the usual suspects: sell-side analysts, conferences,...Read more
Justin Reynolds, managing director for Asia-Pacific at Ipreo, and Catherine Szeto, director and head of investor relations, Shun Tak,...Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine 's editorial and research director, explores what technology investors and analysts would like...Read more
Tim Craighead, head of Asia research at Bloomberg Industries, gives the keynote address at the IR Magazine Awards & Conference –...Read more
Neil Stewart, editorial and research director at IR Magazine , and Eva Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Investor Relations...Read more
To order, click here. The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Asia 2013/2014 is the most thorough study of the IR...Read more
Subject: Microsoft Reviewer: Bradley Scott, senior product manager, SNL Financial It’s rare when a corporate website...Read more
Back in July we held the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013 , where Itaú Unibanco, Kroton and Randon picked up an impressive four awards...Read more
Targeting in Canada and abroad ‘ Asia is a tough market to find investors. We go every year – but IROs only. That’s...Read more
November 2013
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IR Magazine , in partnership with BNY Mellon, is pleased to announce the winners of...Read more
Global IR Practice Report 2013 - download report Based on a survey of more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals, this year’s results...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the sister publication of IR Magazine , has announced the winners of the Corporate Governance...Read more
SingTel and StarHub each short-listed in seven award categories CapitaLand makes short list spot in six categories Five nominations...Read more
China Telecom nominated in 10 categories Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company named on eight short lists, followed closely by...Read more
October 2013
At the intersection of Wall Street & Washington, DC (comments are anonymous as IR Magazine Think Tanks take place under...Read more
PRESS RELEASE -- NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2013 / -- IR Magazine and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) are staging...Read more
September 2013
With global rankings and a range of benchmarking options to compare IR performance worldwide, IR Magazine 's new research...Read more
August 2013
Mastering market intelligence ‘There are various leading indicators depending on which industry you’re in. For...Read more
Kroton Educacional made its debut with one award at the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil in 2011; it returned last year to snatch six. This...Read more
July 2013
As Sanofi went through an ‘enormous transformation’, Christopher Viehbacher, CEO at the global pharmaceutical firm, says it was ‘...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013, the prestigious awards that celebrate...Read more
Proxy advisory firm ISS is likely to recommend shareholders in computer maker Dell reject a takeover bid by the company’s founder,...Read more
The Investor Perception Study ‒ Brazil 2013 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
According to Wouter van de Putte, IR director at Ziggo, a successful IPO is all about ‘preparation, preparation and again preparation...Read more
BASF is no stranger to IR Magazine Awards and, after relinquishing the top spot in the Euro Top 100 rankings to Allianz last year, the...Read more
June 2013
Silvia Scagnelli, head of IR at Yoox Group, says that while the company is focusing on IR best practice rather than doing anything...Read more
Lars Borup Jacobsen, IR manager at Novo Nordisk, says great investor relations is all about transparency and responsiveness. Taking...Read more
Since the beginning of the economic downturn, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have gone from almost complete obscurity to star status as...Read more
In late 2012, when the housing market began to recover, real estate investors needed as much help as possible navigating the market...Read more
After years of reluctance, a growing number of investor relations professionals, corporate boards and executive teams are adopting new...Read more
The planning that goes into a non-deal roadshow can be Herculean. Some IROs, however, go to the trouble of reserving management time...Read more
‘When I was an investor relations officer, I couldn’t get the shareholder data I needed or get it the way I wanted it, and I thought...Read more
Jim Delaney, who took over as CEO of Marketwired (formerly known as Marketwire) in May, speaks at NIRI's 2013 annual conference about...Read more
The Euro Top 100, along with the short lists and winners in 62 award categories, comes directly from a survey of 722 investors and...Read more
Rob Berick, managing director at Falls Communications, sensed a more upbeat mood at NIRI this year in Hollywood, Florida. Looking back...Read more
Hulus Alpay, chairman of NIRI and vice president of IR at Medidata Solutions, chats about the theme of this year's annual conference,...Read more
Jeff Morgan, NIRI's CEO and president, discusses what's new at the NIRI annual conference this year, hot topics under discussion among...Read more
Activism and other governance challenges ‘The magnitude of the capital flow into funds dedicated to activism is...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the short list for the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013 , the prestigious and highly coveted...Read more
May 2013
Value-added theme This year’s conference is all about building value: how companies can build value for investors,...Read more
Say hello to the new CEO... and the old one, too Yvette Lokker organized four past CIRI conferences but this is her...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2013 are set to take place on June 20 at the Brewery in the heart of London. The winners and nominees...Read more
IR Magazine today announced the short list for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2013 , the prestigious and highly coveted...Read more
April 2013
Investor relations professionals and vendors world-wide are invited to New York November 18-20, 2013 to discuss best practices for...Read more
Over 700 portfolio managers, buy-side and sell-side analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents...Read more
March 2013
Below you can follow the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 through the eyes of attendees. Covidien, Broadcom and ViroPharma walked away...Read more
Following last night's IR Magazine Awards – US 2013, winners and nominees gathered at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to ring the...Read more
More than 250 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
February 2013
In the summer of 2012, as part of IR Magazine ’s global IRO survey, we asked a number of questions relating to IR...Read more
Irene Bauer, a partner at Twenty20 Investments and panel speaker at the IR Magazine Think Tank – Europe, Winter 2012, explains why...Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine 's editorial and research director, explains to 680News why the investment community has once again...Read more
To order, click here . The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Asia 2012/2013 is the most thorough study of the IR...Read more
Following the 16th annual IR Magazine Awards – Canada , winners and nominees gathered at the Toronto Stock Exchange to open the market...Read more
For the third year in a row, TD Bank Group has won over the investment community to be named the number one Canadian company in...Read more
M: Communications consultant Nick Woods talks about how companies can take advantage of social media. Citing HSBC as an example, he...Read more
January 2013
Investors in the hot seat: changing buy-side perspectives in a harsh economy ‘You’re seeing the amount of money...Read more
John Deverell, CEO of reputation management firm Keyhaven, explains how the crisis scenario worked at the IR Magazine Think Tank –...Read more
IR Magazine has announced that the host of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 will be Ali Velshi, chief business correspondent of CNN...Read more
Garnering eight nominations each, Covidien and Intel are the two most-nominated companies for the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 . More...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the leading governance and compliance magazine, and sister publication of IR Magazine , has...Read more
December 2012
James Wong, chief executive officer at Computershare, talks at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2012 about the growing...Read more
Asian companies are becoming more strategic about their investors, Vivek Aranha tells the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2012 ...Read more
Tim Craighead, Bloomberg Industries’ director of Asian research, talks about the crucial role of trust in the investment community. As...Read more
Jeannie Ong, head of IR and corporate communications at StarHub, says the best IROs are accessible, approachable, financially sound…...Read more
Steven Tan, head of IR at financial services firm CIMB, picked up best IR by a Malaysian company at the IR Magazine Awards – South...Read more
Angela Tay, IR manager at SingTel, discusses what makes a great investor relations department at the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
When RWE plans its North American roadshows, there are a number of reasons why Toronto is a destination of choice. The city has well-...Read more
With the European debt crisis reaching epic proportions and the US economy continuing to sputter, IROs can hardly be faulted for a...Read more
Investor relations professionals in Greater China should watch out: a giant has arrived and awed the investment community with its...Read more
SingTel was the biggest winner at the IR Magazine Awards ‒ South East Asia 2012 , winning five awards including the grand prix for...Read more
November 2012
Women consistently earn less than men in investor relations, according to the IR Magazine Global Practice Report 2012 , a...Read more
October 2012
View the press release here: Women in investor relations profession earn less than men, new report finds Gender pay gap...Read more
August 2012
IR Magazine think tanks operate under Chatham House Rules so all quotes from the event are anonymous. Asia: Playing the long...Read more
July 2012
The Investor Perception Study, Brazil 2012 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
This year’s IR Society Conference, dubbed ‘The competition for capital’, was back at last year’s venue, King’s Place in London. And...Read more
Susanne Arheit, IR manager at Allianz, was on hand to pick up four awards for her company at the IR Magazine Europe Awards 2012 ,...Read more
Gunhild Grieve, IR manager at RWE, discusses the impact of the eurozone's debt crisis on the German company's investor relations...Read more
Angelika Horstmeier, director of global corporate advisory services at Ipreo, discusses the hot-button issues for continental European...Read more
David Powell, senior economist at Bloomberg, discusses the biggest issues facing European IR departments. He was speaking at the IR...Read more
More than 700 buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers took part in this year's survey to identify the best current...Read more
James Allison, head of IR and M&A at Unilever, talks about his company's approach to IR at the IR Magazine Europe Awards 2012 ,...Read more
Luca Borlini, IR officer at Nestlé, talks about keeping investors happy and how iPads have become a must-have tool for the food group'...Read more
Oliver Stratmann, head of IR at Lanxess, talks about his approach to IR after the German chemicals company won the grand prix for best...Read more
Kroton Educacional, a private education company in Brazil, was the biggest winner at the IR Magazine Brazil Awards 2012 . In a festive...Read more
June 2012
Allianz won the top prize to be Europe’s best company in investor relations. Beating last year’s winner BASF, Allianz won the grand...Read more
June 2014
Calgary-based ARC Resources won best IR in the energy sector at this year’s IR Magazine Awards - Canada. David Carey, senior vice...Read more
TD has been the big winner at the Canadian IR Magazine Awards four years in a row. In 2014 the bank was shortlisted for a record 10...Read more
This report from theIRapp sets out data from its recent survey of more than 300 institutional investors on how they use mobile for...Read more
May 2014
IR Magazine today has announced the short lists for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2014, the industry’s most well-respected...Read more
The award for Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations is presented by IR Magazine after consulting with leading lights of the IR...Read more
Covidien, a medical device company with a market cap of around $32 bn, was voted number one for best overall investor relations four...Read more
Wright Medical, a $1.5 bn medical device company, won the number eight spot in IR Magazine's US Top 100 in 2014, as voted by...Read more
March 2014
Covidien has made it another year to remember after winning the grand prix for best overall IR by a large-cap company for the fourth...Read more
The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – US 2014 is the most thorough study of the IR industry in the...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their sector and market cap and sort by the number of points...Read more
February 2014
The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Canada 2014 is the most thorough study of the IR industry ever produced in...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their sector and market cap and sort by the number of points...Read more
January 2014
With the votes in from Canada’s stock analysts and portfolio managers, the results point to another dominating performance by TD Bank...Read more
December 2013
CP Cheng, head of IR at Franshion Properties and Randy Hung, executive director and CFO at China Fiber Optic Network System, talk...Read more
Using the benchmarking datasheet you can filter each company according to their country, region, sector and market cap and sort by the...Read more
When IROs list ways to tell their stories to investors, they invariably turn to the usual suspects: sell-side analysts, conferences,...Read more
Justin Reynolds, managing director for Asia-Pacific at Ipreo, and Catherine Szeto, director and head of investor relations, Shun Tak,...Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine 's editorial and research director, explores what technology investors and analysts would like...Read more
Tim Craighead, head of Asia research at Bloomberg Industries, gives the keynote address at the IR Magazine Awards & Conference –...Read more
Neil Stewart, editorial and research director at IR Magazine , and Eva Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Investor Relations...Read more
To order, click here. The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Asia 2013/2014 is the most thorough study of the IR...Read more
Subject: Microsoft Reviewer: Bradley Scott, senior product manager, SNL Financial It’s rare when a corporate website...Read more
Back in July we held the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013 , where Itaú Unibanco, Kroton and Randon picked up an impressive four awards...Read more
Targeting in Canada and abroad ‘ Asia is a tough market to find investors. We go every year – but IROs only. That’s...Read more
November 2013
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IR Magazine , in partnership with BNY Mellon, is pleased to announce the winners of...Read more
Global IR Practice Report 2013 - download report Based on a survey of more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals, this year’s results...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the sister publication of IR Magazine , has announced the winners of the Corporate Governance...Read more
SingTel and StarHub each short-listed in seven award categories CapitaLand makes short list spot in six categories Five nominations...Read more
China Telecom nominated in 10 categories Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company named on eight short lists, followed closely by...Read more
October 2013
At the intersection of Wall Street & Washington, DC (comments are anonymous as IR Magazine Think Tanks take place under...Read more
PRESS RELEASE -- NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2013 / -- IR Magazine and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) are staging...Read more
September 2013
With global rankings and a range of benchmarking options to compare IR performance worldwide, IR Magazine 's new research...Read more
August 2013
Mastering market intelligence ‘There are various leading indicators depending on which industry you’re in. For...Read more
Kroton Educacional made its debut with one award at the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil in 2011; it returned last year to snatch six. This...Read more
July 2013
As Sanofi went through an ‘enormous transformation’, Christopher Viehbacher, CEO at the global pharmaceutical firm, says it was ‘...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013, the prestigious awards that celebrate...Read more
Proxy advisory firm ISS is likely to recommend shareholders in computer maker Dell reject a takeover bid by the company’s founder,...Read more
The Investor Perception Study ‒ Brazil 2013 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
According to Wouter van de Putte, IR director at Ziggo, a successful IPO is all about ‘preparation, preparation and again preparation...Read more
BASF is no stranger to IR Magazine Awards and, after relinquishing the top spot in the Euro Top 100 rankings to Allianz last year, the...Read more
June 2013
Silvia Scagnelli, head of IR at Yoox Group, says that while the company is focusing on IR best practice rather than doing anything...Read more
Lars Borup Jacobsen, IR manager at Novo Nordisk, says great investor relations is all about transparency and responsiveness. Taking...Read more
Since the beginning of the economic downturn, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have gone from almost complete obscurity to star status as...Read more
In late 2012, when the housing market began to recover, real estate investors needed as much help as possible navigating the market...Read more
After years of reluctance, a growing number of investor relations professionals, corporate boards and executive teams are adopting new...Read more
The planning that goes into a non-deal roadshow can be Herculean. Some IROs, however, go to the trouble of reserving management time...Read more
‘When I was an investor relations officer, I couldn’t get the shareholder data I needed or get it the way I wanted it, and I thought...Read more
Jim Delaney, who took over as CEO of Marketwired (formerly known as Marketwire) in May, speaks at NIRI's 2013 annual conference about...Read more
The Euro Top 100, along with the short lists and winners in 62 award categories, comes directly from a survey of 722 investors and...Read more
Rob Berick, managing director at Falls Communications, sensed a more upbeat mood at NIRI this year in Hollywood, Florida. Looking back...Read more
Hulus Alpay, chairman of NIRI and vice president of IR at Medidata Solutions, chats about the theme of this year's annual conference,...Read more
Jeff Morgan, NIRI's CEO and president, discusses what's new at the NIRI annual conference this year, hot topics under discussion among...Read more
Activism and other governance challenges ‘The magnitude of the capital flow into funds dedicated to activism is...Read more
IR Magazine has announced the short list for the IR Magazine Awards – Brazil 2013 , the prestigious and highly coveted...Read more
May 2013
Value-added theme This year’s conference is all about building value: how companies can build value for investors,...Read more
Say hello to the new CEO... and the old one, too Yvette Lokker organized four past CIRI conferences but this is her...Read more
The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2013 are set to take place on June 20 at the Brewery in the heart of London. The winners and nominees...Read more
IR Magazine today announced the short list for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2013 , the prestigious and highly coveted...Read more
April 2013
Investor relations professionals and vendors world-wide are invited to New York November 18-20, 2013 to discuss best practices for...Read more
Over 700 portfolio managers, buy-side and sell-side analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents...Read more
March 2013
Below you can follow the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 through the eyes of attendees. Covidien, Broadcom and ViroPharma walked away...Read more
Following last night's IR Magazine Awards – US 2013, winners and nominees gathered at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square to ring the...Read more
More than 250 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
February 2013
In the summer of 2012, as part of IR Magazine ’s global IRO survey, we asked a number of questions relating to IR...Read more
Irene Bauer, a partner at Twenty20 Investments and panel speaker at the IR Magazine Think Tank – Europe, Winter 2012, explains why...Read more
Neil Stewart, IR Magazine 's editorial and research director, explains to 680News why the investment community has once again...Read more
To order, click here . The IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Asia 2012/2013 is the most thorough study of the IR...Read more
Following the 16th annual IR Magazine Awards – Canada , winners and nominees gathered at the Toronto Stock Exchange to open the market...Read more
For the third year in a row, TD Bank Group has won over the investment community to be named the number one Canadian company in...Read more
M: Communications consultant Nick Woods talks about how companies can take advantage of social media. Citing HSBC as an example, he...Read more
January 2013
Investors in the hot seat: changing buy-side perspectives in a harsh economy ‘You’re seeing the amount of money...Read more
John Deverell, CEO of reputation management firm Keyhaven, explains how the crisis scenario worked at the IR Magazine Think Tank –...Read more
IR Magazine has announced that the host of the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 will be Ali Velshi, chief business correspondent of CNN...Read more
Garnering eight nominations each, Covidien and Intel are the two most-nominated companies for the IR Magazine Awards – US 2013 . More...Read more
Corporate Secretary , the leading governance and compliance magazine, and sister publication of IR Magazine , has...Read more
December 2012
James Wong, chief executive officer at Computershare, talks at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2012 about the growing...Read more
Asian companies are becoming more strategic about their investors, Vivek Aranha tells the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2012 ...Read more
Tim Craighead, Bloomberg Industries’ director of Asian research, talks about the crucial role of trust in the investment community. As...Read more
Jeannie Ong, head of IR and corporate communications at StarHub, says the best IROs are accessible, approachable, financially sound…...Read more
Steven Tan, head of IR at financial services firm CIMB, picked up best IR by a Malaysian company at the IR Magazine Awards – South...Read more
Angela Tay, IR manager at SingTel, discusses what makes a great investor relations department at the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
When RWE plans its North American roadshows, there are a number of reasons why Toronto is a destination of choice. The city has well-...Read more
With the European debt crisis reaching epic proportions and the US economy continuing to sputter, IROs can hardly be faulted for a...Read more
Investor relations professionals in Greater China should watch out: a giant has arrived and awed the investment community with its...Read more
SingTel was the biggest winner at the IR Magazine Awards ‒ South East Asia 2012 , winning five awards including the grand prix for...Read more
November 2012
Women consistently earn less than men in investor relations, according to the IR Magazine Global Practice Report 2012 , a...Read more
October 2012
View the press release here: Women in investor relations profession earn less than men, new report finds Gender pay gap...Read more
August 2012
IR Magazine think tanks operate under Chatham House Rules so all quotes from the event are anonymous. Asia: Playing the long...Read more
July 2012
The Investor Perception Study, Brazil 2012 , published in Portuguese, identifies the best current...Read more
This year’s IR Society Conference, dubbed ‘The competition for capital’, was back at last year’s venue, King’s Place in London. And...Read more
Susanne Arheit, IR manager at Allianz, was on hand to pick up four awards for her company at the IR Magazine Europe Awards 2012 ,...Read more
Gunhild Grieve, IR manager at RWE, discusses the impact of the eurozone's debt crisis on the German company's investor relations...Read more
Angelika Horstmeier, director of global corporate advisory services at Ipreo, discusses the hot-button issues for continental European...Read more
David Powell, senior economist at Bloomberg, discusses the biggest issues facing European IR departments. He was speaking at the IR...Read more
More than 700 buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers took part in this year's survey to identify the best current...Read more
James Allison, head of IR and M&A at Unilever, talks about his company's approach to IR at the IR Magazine Europe Awards 2012 ,...Read more
Luca Borlini, IR officer at Nestlé, talks about keeping investors happy and how iPads have become a must-have tool for the food group'...Read more
Oliver Stratmann, head of IR at Lanxess, talks about his approach to IR after the German chemicals company won the grand prix for best...Read more
Kroton Educacional, a private education company in Brazil, was the biggest winner at the IR Magazine Brazil Awards 2012 . In a festive...Read more
June 2012
Allianz won the top prize to be Europe’s best company in investor relations. Beating last year’s winner BASF, Allianz won the grand...Read more