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The Investor Perception Study – Greater China 2019 looks at the current leading companies for IR in mainland China, Hong...Read more
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Why should fixed-income investors factor sustainability into their investment decisions, and what are the approaches available to them...Read more
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IR Magazine reveals the results of our latest annual global practice survey, the largest such survey of investor relations...Read more
December 2011
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‘For IR professionals, the logistics surrounding a non-deal roadshow can prove all-consuming,’ says Paul Steinhauser, senior managing...Read more
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In mid-November Mizuho Securities USA expanded the reach of its corporate access day in New York by offering virtual meetings using a...Read more
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Before deciding upon a mix of meetings, Lori Arndt, head of Nomura’s client strategy and corporate access group for the US, says the...Read more
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Last year, when HSBC led a group of investors on a reverse roadshow to Chile, one of the stops was Cencosud, a hypermarket retail...Read more
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When Visa conducted its IPO roadshow in 2008, the credit card company spent four weeks circling the globe, taking in three continents...Read more
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INTRO Keeping the faith Investors will need even more handholding in 2012 MEETING COSTS How the money flows Brad Allen asks:...Read more
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At the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards , Olivier Lim, CapitaLand's head of corporate development and former CFO, picked up the...Read more
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At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards , SmarTone received two prizes: best IR professional in Hong Kong for Angus Yiu and...Read more
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At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company picked up a record haul of seven awards ,...Read more
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Watch the video below from WRIN.tv to see how the insurance sector uses IR to keep the cost of capital low. The clip features Tom...Read more
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IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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More than 300 buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current...Read more
November 2011
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Gain insights from more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals worldwide on important issues including: IR team sizes and budget...Read more
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Your proxy strategy for 2012 is one of the key issues that will determine your company’s governance performance in the coming year. As...Read more
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This is the third consecutive year IR magazine has attended Citi’s IR Academy in New York, joining an audience of IROs from...Read more
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Every October, legendary steakhouse Smith & Wollensky runs a promotion called ‘Your Name here’. Each day, a loyal customer is...Read more
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The rotation of money from domestic portfolios to much more global platforms has benefited Canadian equities dramatically....Read more
October 2011
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Whether you’re using free video conferencing like Skype or FaceTime, or paying for a higher-end system like OpenExchange’s, there are...Read more
September 2011
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It was clear at the last IR Magazine Euro Leaders Think Tank that IR in Europe has evolved into something more than a communications...Read more
August 2011
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At least one Englishman who attended the DIRK Conference, entitled ‘IR 2020 – Fresh ideas for the capital markets of tomorrow’, was...Read more
July 2011
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More and more hedge funds are focussing on long-term only investments, therefore meeting them is increasingly appealing for the...Read more
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Western companies keen to target investors in Asia need to remember that the perspective of asset managers in the region is very long...Read more
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When BASF targets investors, it groups them into three tiers, explains Magdalena Moll, head of IR at the German chemicals company...Read more
June 2011
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Order your copy today! Email Reece Tane to make sure you receive your copy of the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2011...Read more
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The demand for corporate access remains as high as ever. This was certainly evident at a recent NIRI meeting in New York, where IR...Read more
May 2011
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When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
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That awkward silence: sitting there, your personal discomfort rising, anticipating the inevitable comment. When it comes you are...Read more
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9.30 am : A mutual fund needs to raise cash and is selling 20 percent of the average daily volume traded in your stock. To do so, it...Read more
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In Corporate Access: meeting of minds , published last October, Ruth Cotter of AMD predicted that video conferencing was the...Read more
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Navigating the investor targeting process and understanding who to speak with can be challenging as the world becomes more...Read more
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Recent events, whether sovereign bailouts, natural disasters or geo-political upheavals, have highlighted how markets react to...Read more
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Peter Shankman, CEO of the Geek Factory, says social media are a way for companies to demonstrate to the investment community that...Read more
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When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
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Susanna Chau, investor relations manager at SuperGen, says recent world events in Japan and Egypt are increasingly causing investors...Read more
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To help you benchmark your corporate access program against that of your peers, IR magazine has been given an exclusive look...Read more
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Time is always precious. For IR professionals, however, it might seem that little bit more cherished recently, given the raft of new...Read more
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Bill Koefoed, general manager of investor relations at Microsoft, discusses how his company’s new IR website is being used to engage...Read more
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Greg Second, vice president of investor relations at OpenText, explains that all staff – especially management members – are...Read more
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Chris Evenden, senior director of investor relations at NVDIA, explains his strategy for combating the proliferation of erroneous...Read more
March 2011
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IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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You’re spending time and money blogging, posting and tweeting, but how useful is it? The debate is heating up, and some companies are...Read more
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Li Hao, CFO of China Merchants Bank , discussed his IR philosophy in an interview at the IR Magazine Greater China Conference &...Read more
February 2011
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It may be some way off the blockbuster performances of 2006 and 2007 but 2010 won’t be remembered as a dreadful year for investors:...Read more
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On December 14, 2010, around 115 members of the IR community gathered at Singapore Exchange for the IR Magazine South East Asia...Read more
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The investor relations industry in Hong Kong is making good progress, according to Eva Chan, chairman of HKIRA, Hong Kong’s IR...Read more
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The global financial crisis has left lingering questions about the sustainability of our economic growth and companies must work hard...Read more
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IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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Nominees for the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards were invited to a roundtable discussion on environmental, social and governance (...Read more
January 2011
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What will be the biggest change for IROs of US-listed companies in the wake of Dodd-Frank? Jeff Morgan, president and CEO, NIRI Dodd-...Read more
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CapitaLand fought off stiff competition from OCBC Bank, SingTel and United Overseas Bank to win the grand prix for best overall...Read more
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The survey of the investment community for the 2011 Canadian investor perception study took place between September and November last...Read more
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IR magazine was back in Hong Kong in December for the 10th Greater China Conference & Awards . This was the first year...Read more
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Establish time for the directors to provide input for all major filings, says Eleanor Bloxham, founder and CEO of the Value Alliance...Read more
December 2010
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Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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A generalized approach to IR won't work, says Monica Schafer, director of IR at RRI Energy, speaking at the IR Magazine Energy Think...Read more
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This fall, a group of IR professionals gathered in New York for a roundtable meeting to discuss the evolution of the trading landscape...Read more
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Sandeep Mahindroo, senior manager of IR at Infosys Technologies , discusses how his company uses social media tools for investor...Read more
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Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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It’s a year since IR magazine ’s last think tank in New York, and things feel very different. In 2009, budget busting was one...Read more
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Jennifer Davis, director of IR at Pfizer , gives her top three tips to IR newbies at the IR Magazine Midwest Think Tank 2010 . First...Read more
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Among the companies short-listed for IR magazine ’s Asian awards events, there are many examples of global best practice...Read more
November 2010
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Over the past two years, China Telecom has undergone a strategic transformation and ramped up its IR program accordingly. In the past...Read more
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Over the last 12 months, London and Taiwan-listed ASUSTeK ’s IR department has held between 200 and 250 investor meetings. The company...Read more
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In its relatively short life as a public company, Baidu has risen to dominate the Chinese search engine market. Certainly, Google ’s...Read more
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UK investors worry most about the prospects of another economic downturn combined with rising rates of inflation, according to a new...Read more
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Why did you decide to leave DIRK? I get a lot of energy through doing things from scratch. When I started at DIRK , we had only DM9,...Read more
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Ping An has performed relatively well throughout 2010, the company’s three key business pillars, insurance, banking and investment,...Read more
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Last year, IR magazine visited Citi’s IR Academy to get insights into market trends from leading market specialists. We were...Read more
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This fall, IROs in North America had plenty to mull over. The big issue, of course, was new financial legislation, specifically the...Read more
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IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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What advice do you have for companies wishing to diversify their shareholder base? Magdalena Moll, senior vice president, IR...Read more
October 2010
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The prospect of the gruelling two weeks of non-stop meetings and travel that constitute the average investor roadshow can make the...Read more
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Historic legislative reform in the US has been accompanied by widespread investor uncertainty. At the IR Magazine and Bloomberg...Read more
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While shareholder resolutions covering environmental or social issues may not pass, they are still important to consider because they...Read more
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Investors have new tools – such as say on pay – with which to scrutinise public companies, and firms will increasingly have to address...Read more
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Beyond material news distribution, NovaGold Resources spends a considerable amount of time out of the office marketing its stock to...Read more
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Q. How much thought should IROs be giving to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues? A. In just over a decade, the issue of...Read more
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The ever-changing nature of investor relations is both greatly exciting and often nerve-wracking, says Marc Greene, managing director...Read more
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Click here to download a one page summary of some of the findings. About IR Insight: IR Insight is IR magazine ’s research...Read more
September 2010
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Investor roadshows are an essential channel allowing companies to forge and renew relationships with investors. With this in mind, ...Read more
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Petrobras is set to conduct the largest ever share issue – worth approximately $70 bn – after it set the price for its rights issue...Read more
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As well as being from a BRIC country (Brazil, Russia, India and China) with strong growth prospects, Brazil’s IROs benefit from...Read more
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This executive briefing introduces readers to the kind of information available from IR Insight. The briefing includes snapshots of...Read more
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Q: Should I be looking for investors in Asia? A: It is not news that Asian investors are among the most able to deploy capital these...Read more
August 2010
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Investor roadshows are a fundamentally important part of any IR schedule. As well as being an essential channel for companies to forge...Read more
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The Irish equity markets have been in a fragile state in since 2007 when the Irish stock market fell 26 percent. Fortunately, Ireland’...Read more
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This executive briefing introduces readers to the kind of information available from IR Insight. It is available to registered users...Read more
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How many members does IBRI have, and among those members, how well represented are investor relations professionals at companies...Read more
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Q. How do I tap into unadvertised job vacancies for senior positions? A. Seeking a new job at a senior level is often a catch-22...Read more
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Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders, discusses the qualities that make exceptional IR professionals. According to Lynch, Emmett...Read more
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Investor relations practices change as you head south across Europe, according to Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders. He says...Read more
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Annual reports are time-consuming for both investors and companies, but they do allow investors to see what the auditors feel a...Read more
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Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders, discusses the role technology plays in his investment research. He says he uses company...Read more
July 2010
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Sacha Sadan, senior investment manager at Gartmore, explains that authority is the quality he admires most in IR officers. He says you...Read more
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Not even professional investors can understand everything about the internal workings of the companies they cover, observes Sacha...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
December 2011
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‘For IR professionals, the logistics surrounding a non-deal roadshow can prove all-consuming,’ says Paul Steinhauser, senior managing...Read more
article
In mid-November Mizuho Securities USA expanded the reach of its corporate access day in New York by offering virtual meetings using a...Read more
article
Before deciding upon a mix of meetings, Lori Arndt, head of Nomura’s client strategy and corporate access group for the US, says the...Read more
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Last year, when HSBC led a group of investors on a reverse roadshow to Chile, one of the stops was Cencosud, a hypermarket retail...Read more
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When Visa conducted its IPO roadshow in 2008, the credit card company spent four weeks circling the globe, taking in three continents...Read more
article
INTRO Keeping the faith Investors will need even more handholding in 2012 MEETING COSTS How the money flows Brad Allen asks:...Read more
article
At the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards , Olivier Lim, CapitaLand's head of corporate development and former CFO, picked up the...Read more
article
At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards , SmarTone received two prizes: best IR professional in Hong Kong for Angus Yiu and...Read more
article
At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company picked up a record haul of seven awards ,...Read more
article
Watch the video below from WRIN.tv to see how the insurance sector uses IR to keep the cost of capital low. The clip features Tom...Read more
article
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
article
More than 300 buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current...Read more
November 2011
article
Gain insights from more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals worldwide on important issues including: IR team sizes and budget...Read more
article
Your proxy strategy for 2012 is one of the key issues that will determine your company’s governance performance in the coming year. As...Read more
article
This is the third consecutive year IR magazine has attended Citi’s IR Academy in New York, joining an audience of IROs from...Read more
article
Every October, legendary steakhouse Smith & Wollensky runs a promotion called ‘Your Name here’. Each day, a loyal customer is...Read more
article
The rotation of money from domestic portfolios to much more global platforms has benefited Canadian equities dramatically....Read more
October 2011
article
Whether you’re using free video conferencing like Skype or FaceTime, or paying for a higher-end system like OpenExchange’s, there are...Read more
September 2011
article
It was clear at the last IR Magazine Euro Leaders Think Tank that IR in Europe has evolved into something more than a communications...Read more
August 2011
article
At least one Englishman who attended the DIRK Conference, entitled ‘IR 2020 – Fresh ideas for the capital markets of tomorrow’, was...Read more
July 2011
article
More and more hedge funds are focussing on long-term only investments, therefore meeting them is increasingly appealing for the...Read more
article
Western companies keen to target investors in Asia need to remember that the perspective of asset managers in the region is very long...Read more
article
When BASF targets investors, it groups them into three tiers, explains Magdalena Moll, head of IR at the German chemicals company...Read more
June 2011
article
Order your copy today! Email Reece Tane to make sure you receive your copy of the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2011...Read more
article
The demand for corporate access remains as high as ever. This was certainly evident at a recent NIRI meeting in New York, where IR...Read more
May 2011
article
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
article
That awkward silence: sitting there, your personal discomfort rising, anticipating the inevitable comment. When it comes you are...Read more
article
9.30 am : A mutual fund needs to raise cash and is selling 20 percent of the average daily volume traded in your stock. To do so, it...Read more
article
In Corporate Access: meeting of minds , published last October, Ruth Cotter of AMD predicted that video conferencing was the...Read more
article
Navigating the investor targeting process and understanding who to speak with can be challenging as the world becomes more...Read more
article
Recent events, whether sovereign bailouts, natural disasters or geo-political upheavals, have highlighted how markets react to...Read more
article
Peter Shankman, CEO of the Geek Factory, says social media are a way for companies to demonstrate to the investment community that...Read more
article
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
article
Susanna Chau, investor relations manager at SuperGen, says recent world events in Japan and Egypt are increasingly causing investors...Read more
article
To help you benchmark your corporate access program against that of your peers, IR magazine has been given an exclusive look...Read more
article
Time is always precious. For IR professionals, however, it might seem that little bit more cherished recently, given the raft of new...Read more
article
Bill Koefoed, general manager of investor relations at Microsoft, discusses how his company’s new IR website is being used to engage...Read more
article
Greg Second, vice president of investor relations at OpenText, explains that all staff – especially management members – are...Read more
article
Chris Evenden, senior director of investor relations at NVDIA, explains his strategy for combating the proliferation of erroneous...Read more
March 2011
article
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
article
You’re spending time and money blogging, posting and tweeting, but how useful is it? The debate is heating up, and some companies are...Read more
article
Li Hao, CFO of China Merchants Bank , discussed his IR philosophy in an interview at the IR Magazine Greater China Conference &...Read more
February 2011
article
It may be some way off the blockbuster performances of 2006 and 2007 but 2010 won’t be remembered as a dreadful year for investors:...Read more
article
On December 14, 2010, around 115 members of the IR community gathered at Singapore Exchange for the IR Magazine South East Asia...Read more
article
The investor relations industry in Hong Kong is making good progress, according to Eva Chan, chairman of HKIRA, Hong Kong’s IR...Read more
article
The global financial crisis has left lingering questions about the sustainability of our economic growth and companies must work hard...Read more
article
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
article
Nominees for the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards were invited to a roundtable discussion on environmental, social and governance (...Read more
January 2011
article
What will be the biggest change for IROs of US-listed companies in the wake of Dodd-Frank? Jeff Morgan, president and CEO, NIRI Dodd-...Read more
article
CapitaLand fought off stiff competition from OCBC Bank, SingTel and United Overseas Bank to win the grand prix for best overall...Read more
article
The survey of the investment community for the 2011 Canadian investor perception study took place between September and November last...Read more
article
IR magazine was back in Hong Kong in December for the 10th Greater China Conference & Awards . This was the first year...Read more
article
Establish time for the directors to provide input for all major filings, says Eleanor Bloxham, founder and CEO of the Value Alliance...Read more
December 2010
article
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
article
A generalized approach to IR won't work, says Monica Schafer, director of IR at RRI Energy, speaking at the IR Magazine Energy Think...Read more
article
This fall, a group of IR professionals gathered in New York for a roundtable meeting to discuss the evolution of the trading landscape...Read more
article
Sandeep Mahindroo, senior manager of IR at Infosys Technologies , discusses how his company uses social media tools for investor...Read more
article
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
article
It’s a year since IR magazine ’s last think tank in New York, and things feel very different. In 2009, budget busting was one...Read more
article
Jennifer Davis, director of IR at Pfizer , gives her top three tips to IR newbies at the IR Magazine Midwest Think Tank 2010 . First...Read more
article
Among the companies short-listed for IR magazine ’s Asian awards events, there are many examples of global best practice...Read more
November 2010
article
Over the past two years, China Telecom has undergone a strategic transformation and ramped up its IR program accordingly. In the past...Read more
article
Over the last 12 months, London and Taiwan-listed ASUSTeK ’s IR department has held between 200 and 250 investor meetings. The company...Read more
article
In its relatively short life as a public company, Baidu has risen to dominate the Chinese search engine market. Certainly, Google ’s...Read more
article
UK investors worry most about the prospects of another economic downturn combined with rising rates of inflation, according to a new...Read more
article
Why did you decide to leave DIRK? I get a lot of energy through doing things from scratch. When I started at DIRK , we had only DM9,...Read more
article
Ping An has performed relatively well throughout 2010, the company’s three key business pillars, insurance, banking and investment,...Read more
article
Last year, IR magazine visited Citi’s IR Academy to get insights into market trends from leading market specialists. We were...Read more
article
This fall, IROs in North America had plenty to mull over. The big issue, of course, was new financial legislation, specifically the...Read more
article
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
article
What advice do you have for companies wishing to diversify their shareholder base? Magdalena Moll, senior vice president, IR...Read more
October 2010
article
The prospect of the gruelling two weeks of non-stop meetings and travel that constitute the average investor roadshow can make the...Read more
article
Historic legislative reform in the US has been accompanied by widespread investor uncertainty. At the IR Magazine and Bloomberg...Read more
article
While shareholder resolutions covering environmental or social issues may not pass, they are still important to consider because they...Read more
article
Investors have new tools – such as say on pay – with which to scrutinise public companies, and firms will increasingly have to address...Read more
article
Beyond material news distribution, NovaGold Resources spends a considerable amount of time out of the office marketing its stock to...Read more
article
Q. How much thought should IROs be giving to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues? A. In just over a decade, the issue of...Read more
article
The ever-changing nature of investor relations is both greatly exciting and often nerve-wracking, says Marc Greene, managing director...Read more
article
Click here to download a one page summary of some of the findings. About IR Insight: IR Insight is IR magazine ’s research...Read more
September 2010
article
Investor roadshows are an essential channel allowing companies to forge and renew relationships with investors. With this in mind, ...Read more
article
Petrobras is set to conduct the largest ever share issue – worth approximately $70 bn – after it set the price for its rights issue...Read more
article
As well as being from a BRIC country (Brazil, Russia, India and China) with strong growth prospects, Brazil’s IROs benefit from...Read more
article
This executive briefing introduces readers to the kind of information available from IR Insight. The briefing includes snapshots of...Read more
article
Q: Should I be looking for investors in Asia? A: It is not news that Asian investors are among the most able to deploy capital these...Read more
August 2010
article
Investor roadshows are a fundamentally important part of any IR schedule. As well as being an essential channel for companies to forge...Read more
article
The Irish equity markets have been in a fragile state in since 2007 when the Irish stock market fell 26 percent. Fortunately, Ireland’...Read more
article
This executive briefing introduces readers to the kind of information available from IR Insight. It is available to registered users...Read more
article
How many members does IBRI have, and among those members, how well represented are investor relations professionals at companies...Read more
article
Q. How do I tap into unadvertised job vacancies for senior positions? A. Seeking a new job at a senior level is often a catch-22...Read more
article
Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders, discusses the qualities that make exceptional IR professionals. According to Lynch, Emmett...Read more
article
Investor relations practices change as you head south across Europe, according to Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders. He says...Read more
article
Annual reports are time-consuming for both investors and companies, but they do allow investors to see what the auditors feel a...Read more
article
Andrew Lynch, fund manager at Schroders, discusses the role technology plays in his investment research. He says he uses company...Read more
July 2010
article
Sacha Sadan, senior investment manager at Gartmore, explains that authority is the quality he admires most in IR officers. He says you...Read more
article
Not even professional investors can understand everything about the internal workings of the companies they cover, observes Sacha...Read more
article
IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
article
IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
article
IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
article
IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
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IR magazine 's executive summaries provide a concise report on the key findings from each of our investor perception studies...Read more
