Agnico Eagle Mines won four awards at last year’s IR Magazine Awards in Canada, following on from winning five awards in 2019. Brian...Read more
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IR Magazine has released a new report investigating the impact on IR of human capital management (HCM). The report examines...Read more
ARC Resources is a heavyweight of the IR Magazine Awards – Canada, winning five awards in 2020, two in 2019 and six in 2018. But Kris...Read more
The Investor Perception Study – Asia 2020 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in Asia as voted for...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
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
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
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
Jeff Morgan, president and CEO of NIRI, discusses the association's plans for the next 12 months and innovations at this year's NIRI...Read more
May 2012
Now in its 17th year, this annual awards event, held in association with Bloomberg at Cipriani Wall Street in March, is the world’s...Read more
There’s a head of IR at a Fortune 100 company who, every Friday, phones his industry specialist on the corporate access team at...Read more
‘The best meetings happen when both parties are well prepared,’ maintains Robin Mann, managing director and head of global access for...Read more
Although most economic stories today veer toward gloom and doom, US public companies are posting record corporate earnings, and many...Read more
Gone are the days when exchangetraded funds (EFTs) were linked solely to the S&P and other major indexes. Investors are now buying...Read more
INTRO Reward and risk An introduction to the fifth edition of Corporate Access MEETINGS...Read more
Where has crisis struck? How prepared are companies for crisis? What should IR prioritise...Read more
Watch the video to see how Q4 helps make your investor relations easier and more powerful.Read more
April 2012
The Brazilian federal government founded Vale in 1942 and privatized it in 1997, at which time the firm listed on the Bovespa in São...Read more
Effectively communicating with analysts is becoming increasingly important for IR professionals. Whether the number of analysts...Read more
March 2012
More than 700 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
When do IROs and corporate secretaries get involved in say on pay? What impact does it have on workload?...Read more
This year's top awards for investor relations went to Covidien, Broadcom and HealthSouth at the 17th annual IR Magazine US Awards,...Read more
Mike Mayo, the banking analyst who has clashed repeatedly with Wall Street's biggest institutions, sits down with IR magazine '...Read more
February 2012
Winners and nominees of the 15th annual IR Magazine Canada Awards gathered at Toronto Stock Exchange the morning after the awards...Read more
At the IR Magazine Canada Awards 2012 , TD Bank's CEO Ed Clark won the award for best investor relations by a CEO in the large-cap...Read more
More than 250 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
January 2012
What will be the biggest challenge for investor relations in 2012? Jeff Morgan, president and CEO, NIRI Last year ushered in a new...Read more
December 2011
Separating the signal from the noise ‘We were already interested in looking at what drove our stock before the May 2010 Flash Crash,...Read more
‘For IR professionals, the logistics surrounding a non-deal roadshow can prove all-consuming,’ says Paul Steinhauser, senior managing...Read more
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
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
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
When Visa conducted its IPO roadshow in 2008, the credit card company spent four weeks circling the globe, taking in three continents...Read more
INTRO Keeping the faith Investors will need even more handholding in 2012 MEETING COSTS How the money flows Brad Allen asks:...Read more
At the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards , Olivier Lim, CapitaLand's head of corporate development and former CFO, picked up the...Read more
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
At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company picked up a record haul of seven awards ,...Read more
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
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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
Gain insights from more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals worldwide on important issues including: IR team sizes and budget...Read more
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
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
Every October, legendary steakhouse Smith & Wollensky runs a promotion called ‘Your Name here’. Each day, a loyal customer is...Read more
The rotation of money from domestic portfolios to much more global platforms has benefited Canadian equities dramatically....Read more
October 2011
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
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
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
More and more hedge funds are focussing on long-term only investments, therefore meeting them is increasingly appealing for the...Read more
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
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
Order your copy today! Email Reece Tane to make sure you receive your copy of the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2011...Read more
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
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
That awkward silence: sitting there, your personal discomfort rising, anticipating the inevitable comment. When it comes you are...Read more
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
In Corporate Access: meeting of minds , published last October, Ruth Cotter of AMD predicted that video conferencing was the...Read more
Navigating the investor targeting process and understanding who to speak with can be challenging as the world becomes more...Read more
Recent events, whether sovereign bailouts, natural disasters or geo-political upheavals, have highlighted how markets react to...Read more
Peter Shankman, CEO of the Geek Factory, says social media are a way for companies to demonstrate to the investment community that...Read more
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
Susanna Chau, investor relations manager at SuperGen, says recent world events in Japan and Egypt are increasingly causing investors...Read more
To help you benchmark your corporate access program against that of your peers, IR magazine has been given an exclusive look...Read more
Time is always precious. For IR professionals, however, it might seem that little bit more cherished recently, given the raft of new...Read more
Bill Koefoed, general manager of investor relations at Microsoft, discusses how his company’s new IR website is being used to engage...Read more
Greg Second, vice president of investor relations at OpenText, explains that all staff – especially management members – are...Read more
Chris Evenden, senior director of investor relations at NVDIA, explains his strategy for combating the proliferation of erroneous...Read more
March 2011
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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
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
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
On December 14, 2010, around 115 members of the IR community gathered at Singapore Exchange for the IR Magazine South East Asia...Read more
The investor relations industry in Hong Kong is making good progress, according to Eva Chan, chairman of HKIRA, Hong Kong’s IR...Read more
The global financial crisis has left lingering questions about the sustainability of our economic growth and companies must work hard...Read more
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
Nominees for the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards were invited to a roundtable discussion on environmental, social and governance (...Read more
January 2011
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
CapitaLand fought off stiff competition from OCBC Bank, SingTel and United Overseas Bank to win the grand prix for best overall...Read more
The survey of the investment community for the 2011 Canadian investor perception study took place between September and November last...Read more
IR magazine was back in Hong Kong in December for the 10th Greater China Conference & Awards . This was the first year...Read more
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
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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
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
Sandeep Mahindroo, senior manager of IR at Infosys Technologies , discusses how his company uses social media tools for investor...Read more
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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
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
Among the companies short-listed for IR magazine ’s Asian awards events, there are many examples of global best practice...Read more
November 2010
Over the past two years, China Telecom has undergone a strategic transformation and ramped up its IR program accordingly. In the past...Read more
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
In its relatively short life as a public company, Baidu has risen to dominate the Chinese search engine market. Certainly, Google ’s...Read more
UK investors worry most about the prospects of another economic downturn combined with rising rates of inflation, according to a new...Read more
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
Ping An has performed relatively well throughout 2010, the company’s three key business pillars, insurance, banking and investment,...Read more
Last year, IR magazine visited Citi’s IR Academy to get insights into market trends from leading market specialists. We were...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
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
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
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
Jeff Morgan, president and CEO of NIRI, discusses the association's plans for the next 12 months and innovations at this year's NIRI...Read more
May 2012
Now in its 17th year, this annual awards event, held in association with Bloomberg at Cipriani Wall Street in March, is the world’s...Read more
There’s a head of IR at a Fortune 100 company who, every Friday, phones his industry specialist on the corporate access team at...Read more
‘The best meetings happen when both parties are well prepared,’ maintains Robin Mann, managing director and head of global access for...Read more
Although most economic stories today veer toward gloom and doom, US public companies are posting record corporate earnings, and many...Read more
Gone are the days when exchangetraded funds (EFTs) were linked solely to the S&P and other major indexes. Investors are now buying...Read more
INTRO Reward and risk An introduction to the fifth edition of Corporate Access MEETINGS...Read more
Where has crisis struck? How prepared are companies for crisis? What should IR prioritise...Read more
Watch the video to see how Q4 helps make your investor relations easier and more powerful.Read more
April 2012
The Brazilian federal government founded Vale in 1942 and privatized it in 1997, at which time the firm listed on the Bovespa in São...Read more
Effectively communicating with analysts is becoming increasingly important for IR professionals. Whether the number of analysts...Read more
March 2012
More than 700 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
When do IROs and corporate secretaries get involved in say on pay? What impact does it have on workload?...Read more
This year's top awards for investor relations went to Covidien, Broadcom and HealthSouth at the 17th annual IR Magazine US Awards,...Read more
Mike Mayo, the banking analyst who has clashed repeatedly with Wall Street's biggest institutions, sits down with IR magazine '...Read more
February 2012
Winners and nominees of the 15th annual IR Magazine Canada Awards gathered at Toronto Stock Exchange the morning after the awards...Read more
At the IR Magazine Canada Awards 2012 , TD Bank's CEO Ed Clark won the award for best investor relations by a CEO in the large-cap...Read more
More than 250 institutional investors and analysts participated in this year’s survey to identify the best current exponents of...Read more
January 2012
What will be the biggest challenge for investor relations in 2012? Jeff Morgan, president and CEO, NIRI Last year ushered in a new...Read more
December 2011
Separating the signal from the noise ‘We were already interested in looking at what drove our stock before the May 2010 Flash Crash,...Read more
‘For IR professionals, the logistics surrounding a non-deal roadshow can prove all-consuming,’ says Paul Steinhauser, senior managing...Read more
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
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
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
When Visa conducted its IPO roadshow in 2008, the credit card company spent four weeks circling the globe, taking in three continents...Read more
INTRO Keeping the faith Investors will need even more handholding in 2012 MEETING COSTS How the money flows Brad Allen asks:...Read more
At the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards , Olivier Lim, CapitaLand's head of corporate development and former CFO, picked up the...Read more
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
At this year's IR Magazine Greater China Awards, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company picked up a record haul of seven awards ,...Read more
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
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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
Gain insights from more than 1,200 corporate IR professionals worldwide on important issues including: IR team sizes and budget...Read more
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
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
Every October, legendary steakhouse Smith & Wollensky runs a promotion called ‘Your Name here’. Each day, a loyal customer is...Read more
The rotation of money from domestic portfolios to much more global platforms has benefited Canadian equities dramatically....Read more
October 2011
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
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
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
More and more hedge funds are focussing on long-term only investments, therefore meeting them is increasingly appealing for the...Read more
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
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
Order your copy today! Email Reece Tane to make sure you receive your copy of the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2011...Read more
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
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
That awkward silence: sitting there, your personal discomfort rising, anticipating the inevitable comment. When it comes you are...Read more
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
In Corporate Access: meeting of minds , published last October, Ruth Cotter of AMD predicted that video conferencing was the...Read more
Navigating the investor targeting process and understanding who to speak with can be challenging as the world becomes more...Read more
Recent events, whether sovereign bailouts, natural disasters or geo-political upheavals, have highlighted how markets react to...Read more
Peter Shankman, CEO of the Geek Factory, says social media are a way for companies to demonstrate to the investment community that...Read more
When Agnico-Eagle Mines plans a roadshow, it picks out specific institutions it would like to introduce to management. The company’s...Read more
Susanna Chau, investor relations manager at SuperGen, says recent world events in Japan and Egypt are increasingly causing investors...Read more
To help you benchmark your corporate access program against that of your peers, IR magazine has been given an exclusive look...Read more
Time is always precious. For IR professionals, however, it might seem that little bit more cherished recently, given the raft of new...Read more
Bill Koefoed, general manager of investor relations at Microsoft, discusses how his company’s new IR website is being used to engage...Read more
Greg Second, vice president of investor relations at OpenText, explains that all staff – especially management members – are...Read more
Chris Evenden, senior director of investor relations at NVDIA, explains his strategy for combating the proliferation of erroneous...Read more
March 2011
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
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
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
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
On December 14, 2010, around 115 members of the IR community gathered at Singapore Exchange for the IR Magazine South East Asia...Read more
The investor relations industry in Hong Kong is making good progress, according to Eva Chan, chairman of HKIRA, Hong Kong’s IR...Read more
The global financial crisis has left lingering questions about the sustainability of our economic growth and companies must work hard...Read more
IR magazine 's investor perception studies are independent research reports used to identify the winners of our awards for...Read more
Nominees for the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards were invited to a roundtable discussion on environmental, social and governance (...Read more
January 2011
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
CapitaLand fought off stiff competition from OCBC Bank, SingTel and United Overseas Bank to win the grand prix for best overall...Read more
The survey of the investment community for the 2011 Canadian investor perception study took place between September and November last...Read more
IR magazine was back in Hong Kong in December for the 10th Greater China Conference & Awards . This was the first year...Read more
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
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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
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
Sandeep Mahindroo, senior manager of IR at Infosys Technologies , discusses how his company uses social media tools for investor...Read more
Budgets everywhere have been put under strain. IROs worldwide report increasing scrutiny of return on investment as a lasting legacy...Read more
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
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
Among the companies short-listed for IR magazine ’s Asian awards events, there are many examples of global best practice...Read more
November 2010
Over the past two years, China Telecom has undergone a strategic transformation and ramped up its IR program accordingly. In the past...Read more
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
In its relatively short life as a public company, Baidu has risen to dominate the Chinese search engine market. Certainly, Google ’s...Read more
UK investors worry most about the prospects of another economic downturn combined with rising rates of inflation, according to a new...Read more
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
Ping An has performed relatively well throughout 2010, the company’s three key business pillars, insurance, banking and investment,...Read more
Last year, IR magazine visited Citi’s IR Academy to get insights into market trends from leading market specialists. We were...Read more