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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
November 2008
Stora Enso takes a proactive approach to the use of webcasts and conference calls, says Keith Russell, senior vice president of...Read more
With a proliferation of data feeds over the last 10 years, it is more important than ever for IROs to get the most detailed...Read more
Keep things as simple as possible, advises Keith Russell, senior vice president of investor relations at Stora Enso . What analysts...Read more
IROs require a fundamental knowledge of their company, according to Scott Fulton, associate director of investor relations at Just...Read more
Understand the nature and dynamics of the business, says Gary Rawlinson, head of investor relations at Galiform . Establish working...Read more
In a bear market, companies must engage all current and potential shareholders, says Cynthia Alers, director of investor relations at...Read more
IROs should clearly define their objectives and then formulate a strategy to achieve them, says Mark Barnett, vice president of...Read more
Although large shareholders are important, IROs must make an effort to be in touch with all current and potential shareholders, says...Read more
IROs need to build relationships with all their investors, not just the large ones, says Raj Mehan, director of investor relations at...Read more
Podcasts and videos offer a more personal medium of communication that reaches a wider audience, says Ken Brause, executive vice...Read more
It is important for companies that only the right information about their products and activities is out on the market, according to...Read more
Although it is important to engage bloggers as part of an organization’s communication strategy after issuing earnings releases, in a...Read more
New York Community Bancorp has increased its reliance on electronic communication with investors, which has resulted in annual report...Read more
Don’t be discouraged by unpromising economic news, says Bernie Kilkelly, vice president of investor relations at Delphi Financial...Read more
First, new IR professionals should join their national IR association, says Jeff Morgan, CEO of NIRI, as this should provide a broad...Read more
June 2008
Who owns your shares? The market intelligence experts ‘Over the last few years there has been a crescendo in trading. A certain amount...Read more
February 2008
The big surprise at the annual IR Magazine China Awards in Shanghai in December was China Merchants Bank. With six awards, the bank...Read more
January 2008
Monitoring investor sentiment The IROs ‘I have become a huge fan of the investor perception study (IPS) and would highly advocate...Read more
October 2007
Q : How can companies maintain a high level of investor interest after they list? A : Since Scott...Read more
Alec Harrell, CFA, portfolio manager, Northern Trust Investments, West Palm Beach, FL. Harrell was previously at...Read more
June 2007
It must be handy having God on your side, especially when taking on a large corporate – but that’s exactly what the Interfaith Center...Read more
Handling IR for a Canadian income trust is not an enviable position these days. The sector is down around 20 percent and trusts are...Read more
As 2007 began, Take-Two Interactive Software faced years of restated financials, a stock options backdating scandal with a criminal...Read more
Best for basics Sunday is a great day for basic conversations about IR and boning up on skills. Newcomers have a choice of eight...Read more
Why should a company have a thorough corporate social responsibility (CSR) program? CB: It is part of our corporate responsibility (CR...Read more
May 2007
Aim, London’s junior market, is one of the world’s most globalized markets but recently hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons...Read more
Since succeeding Julie Cunningham as vice president of IR at Qualcomm in 2003, Bill Davidson has gained a second title: vice president...Read more
Rising oil prices have brought increasing sums of cash flooding into the Middle East. Conscious that oil supplies will not last...Read more
IROs exhausted by the grind of investor and analyst days or even more labor-intensive one-on-one meetings might wish to know there is...Read more
A once-troubled biotech industry appears finally to be growing up. Back in 2001-2002 the idea was unthinkable: biotech values had...Read more
Why Even with the myriad ways to tell an investment story, the published annual report is still a company’s most...Read more
The creation of optional good governance segments for companies listed on Brazil's Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) has transformed...Read more
April 2007
When Wrigley filed its 2007 proxy statement in February, it included one of the first examples of the new summary compensation table...Read more
Paul Blalock has his morning reading: the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, of course. But, just as importantly, the senior...Read more
Mention the words ‘tax accounting change’ and you’re guaranteed a lukewarm response. Tax is one of the most complex and least...Read more
Blending both value and growth has helped Jenny Jones dish out some pretty impressive yearly returns. Since she took over in 2003, the...Read more
Web-based targeting technology can serve multiple functions, from identifying current shareholders and targeting new ones to managing...Read more
August 2006
Matt Carpenter, director of Citigroup Investment Research Americas, participated in the IR Magazine West Coast Think Tank in Palo Alto...Read more
June 2006
On March 2, IR magazine hosted its first West Coast Think Tank for 40 senior investor relations officers. Off the record and...Read more
April 2006
The stock transfer agency market is continuing to witness significant change. Fewer players, the introduction of new technology and...Read more
March 2006
Morgan Molthrop was vice president of IR at California-based Infonet Services Corp, which was bought by British Telecom in March...Read more
Alan Torry is one of London’s most experienced fund managers, having been on the buy side since 1972. Today he’s head of technology...Read more
December 2005
THE BEST Green is green From the best to even better, this year General Electric was all about 'virtue'. In May GE...Read more
September 2004
Board transparency As an IR person working for a small-cap company, I wear many hats and lately I have been asked to take a more...Read more
Rio de Janeiro Being a player in the global mining industry and based in a non-investment grade jurisdiction like Brazil makes...Read more
May 2004
Dear readers, Enbridge has enjoyed success in attracting long-term investors - and we are looking for more. We tend to find them one...Read more
The International Investor Relations Federation (IIRF) has started the series of national meetings, called for by its members at last...Read more
Consultants vs brokers Your recent article on roadshows in the February 2004 issue ( The show must go on ) raised some important...Read more
Shareholder activism is in fashion this spring. In the wake of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold's 'vote no' campaign against Disney's...Read more
April 2004
Delaware Chancery Court judge Leo Strine’s decision to ban Conrad Black’s sale of his Hollinger Inc assets to the Barclay brothers is...Read more
In developing an internationally diverse shareholder base, you must first understand the investor’s perspective. The investor has two...Read more
March 2004
Sometimes it feels like we’re going in circles and anything we try to change gets lost in the rhetoric that inevitably surrounds the...Read more
February 2004
Should regulators be responsible for verifying the truth of financial statements? Italian regulator Consob thinks not. That's what the...Read more
January 2004
When the Dow Jones soared briefly above 10,000 on December 9, there was an instantaneous flashback - this was, after all, a high not...Read more
December 2003
It was a fitting atmosphere for this year's Eurozone awards. The Palais Brongniart, former home to the Paris Bourse, was built in the...Read more
The average annual compensation package for IR professionals in large-cap companies was $185,100 in 2002, according to a recent...Read more
November 2003
The financial world is a hotbed of intrigue these days with everyone from mutual funds to heads of exchanges getting punished for...Read more
Dear Readers, Our commitment to deliver value to shareholders rests on a clear recognition that, as a public company, we are stewards...Read more
October 2003
All of us, whether we admit it or not, are fascinated by taboo subjects like sex and death. Just look at the cult status of hit HBO TV...Read more
September 2003
This month the world's biggest retailer will find out whether it is to face the world's biggest sexual discrimination suit. If the...Read more
Dear Readers, In my view, the primary goal of IR is to paint a picture of what the future of JetBlue will be and then explain how we...Read more
August 2003
'There's still a long way to go on the IR journey in South Africa, but over the last two to three years the distance traveled has been...Read more
July 2003
There is a large hat conspicuously on the table as CTN's managing director, Stephen Watson, presents the results of our third annual...Read more
The mainstream business press is missing a good opportunity when it stays away from investor relations conferences. Here's where you...Read more
June 2003
Just when things seemed to be settling down a bit, along came Ahold and HealthSouth with yet more off-the-charts financial scandals to...Read more
Q: Dear fashion doctor, My company is in deep trouble, and layoffs are ahead. I was thinking of dressing in camouflage so the...Read more
May 2003
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. This month we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of Cross-Border Publishing and the...Read more
April 2003
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So far this year, it seems only the latter is true. With talk of war ringing in...Read more
March 2003
Prolonged economic and political uncertainty is having a weird effect on investors. Whether it's the prospect of war or just abysmal...Read more
February 2003
'Death to dividends,' we vowed in 1998. Boy were we wrong. President Bush's proposal to end double-taxation of dividends could bring...Read more
Q. We deal in security software so our customers tend to keep a low profile. How do we build recognition in the investment world...Read more
January 2003
In 2002, new standards of corporate governance were legislated by the US Congress and made into rules by the SEC. In 2003, companies...Read more
To be perfectly fair, when people think of Asian markets, excellence in the fields of investor relations, corporate governance and...Read more
December 2002
Analysts read cash flow statements. Analysts listen to conference calls. Analysts use earnings statements to make paper airplanes...Read more
Q. With traditional valuation techniques arguably meaningless right now, there seems to be a greater focus on management credibility...Read more
Europe is on the ascendant, and its pride was on display at the fourth annual Investor Relations Magazine Euro Awards in Amsterdam on...Read more
It's been a bittersweet year for the Investor Relations Magazine Awards. On one hand, who feels like celebrating when the stock market...Read more
November 2002
Do politics have a place in the boardroom? Of course a lot of board decisions are political with a small p, with alliances formed at...Read more
'I am very satisfied with IR in the region. Larger companies here are as good at IR as companies anywhere.' 'IR is...Read more
October 2002
Like it or not, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is here to stay. It is still unclear what unforeseen consequences the hastily constructed law...Read more
What a time to hold the first Investor Relations Magazine South Africa Awards. In the weeks and months leading up to the Johannesburg...Read more
One of the world's foremost authorities on corporate governance is urging Asian companies to improve their corporate governance...Read more
September 2002
There's an information gap between Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. After much modification of legislation and listing rules...Read more
Call it schadenfreude if you like, but us journos have been having a field day with the wave of corporate scandals sweeping the US. So...Read more
August 2002
Everyone's talking about the crisis of confidence. Or lack of trust. Or just plain fear. Investors are angry with the way public...Read more
The challenge of accession to the European Union will dominate Investor Relations magazine's first conference for Central and Eastern...Read more
July 2002
The late Stephen Jay Gould made his name with the theory of punctuated equilibrium, the idea that evolution happens in sudden leaps,...Read more
The prevalent theme at last month's Niri annual conference was that investor relations officers are facing an unprecedented time of...Read more
FTSE 250 companies in the UK: you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. In this era of equal disclosure for all, fewer than one in three...Read more
Communicating with shareholders in the midst of a crisis is a major theme of Investor Relations magazine's UK Investor Relations...Read more
June 2002
May Day in London and a small café offers guidance to anti-globalization protesters: 'Don't smash our windows,' says a sign with...Read more
The first half of 2002 has been, in many ways, a reaction to the last half of 2001 when global economic recession and corporate...Read more
Q. We are a large international company with over 50,000 employees scattered around the globe. Operating in so many countries, I dread...Read more
At this moment in time, it's fair to say Richard Coope is the world expert on IR webcasts. He has studied each and every web site of...Read more
'It has come to something when a boring actuarial investment consultant is invited to speak at an investor relations conference.'...Read more
May 2002
'We've created a system that encourages disclosure directed more at averting liability than at informing.' So believes SEC head Harvey...Read more
Investor Relations magazine doesn't do run-of-the-mill conferences. If you're bored by the usual programs with their endless...Read more
April 2002
Ah! Pension funds. Those oh-so-desirable investors who are the acme of good shareholder form. They invest for the long term. They don'...Read more
As the old saying goes, 'There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.' So take at least a couple of grains of salt...Read more
Best quote of the month 'I don't think there are any agents in this town who I haven't worked with over the years. I know I sound a...Read more
November 2008
Stora Enso takes a proactive approach to the use of webcasts and conference calls, says Keith Russell, senior vice president of...Read more
With a proliferation of data feeds over the last 10 years, it is more important than ever for IROs to get the most detailed...Read more
Keep things as simple as possible, advises Keith Russell, senior vice president of investor relations at Stora Enso . What analysts...Read more
IROs require a fundamental knowledge of their company, according to Scott Fulton, associate director of investor relations at Just...Read more
Understand the nature and dynamics of the business, says Gary Rawlinson, head of investor relations at Galiform . Establish working...Read more
In a bear market, companies must engage all current and potential shareholders, says Cynthia Alers, director of investor relations at...Read more
IROs should clearly define their objectives and then formulate a strategy to achieve them, says Mark Barnett, vice president of...Read more
Although large shareholders are important, IROs must make an effort to be in touch with all current and potential shareholders, says...Read more
IROs need to build relationships with all their investors, not just the large ones, says Raj Mehan, director of investor relations at...Read more
Podcasts and videos offer a more personal medium of communication that reaches a wider audience, says Ken Brause, executive vice...Read more
It is important for companies that only the right information about their products and activities is out on the market, according to...Read more
Although it is important to engage bloggers as part of an organization’s communication strategy after issuing earnings releases, in a...Read more
New York Community Bancorp has increased its reliance on electronic communication with investors, which has resulted in annual report...Read more
Don’t be discouraged by unpromising economic news, says Bernie Kilkelly, vice president of investor relations at Delphi Financial...Read more
First, new IR professionals should join their national IR association, says Jeff Morgan, CEO of NIRI, as this should provide a broad...Read more
June 2008
Who owns your shares? The market intelligence experts ‘Over the last few years there has been a crescendo in trading. A certain amount...Read more
February 2008
The big surprise at the annual IR Magazine China Awards in Shanghai in December was China Merchants Bank. With six awards, the bank...Read more
January 2008
Monitoring investor sentiment The IROs ‘I have become a huge fan of the investor perception study (IPS) and would highly advocate...Read more
October 2007
Q : How can companies maintain a high level of investor interest after they list? A : Since Scott...Read more
Alec Harrell, CFA, portfolio manager, Northern Trust Investments, West Palm Beach, FL. Harrell was previously at...Read more
June 2007
It must be handy having God on your side, especially when taking on a large corporate – but that’s exactly what the Interfaith Center...Read more
Handling IR for a Canadian income trust is not an enviable position these days. The sector is down around 20 percent and trusts are...Read more
As 2007 began, Take-Two Interactive Software faced years of restated financials, a stock options backdating scandal with a criminal...Read more
Best for basics Sunday is a great day for basic conversations about IR and boning up on skills. Newcomers have a choice of eight...Read more
Why should a company have a thorough corporate social responsibility (CSR) program? CB: It is part of our corporate responsibility (CR...Read more
May 2007
Aim, London’s junior market, is one of the world’s most globalized markets but recently hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons...Read more
Since succeeding Julie Cunningham as vice president of IR at Qualcomm in 2003, Bill Davidson has gained a second title: vice president...Read more
Rising oil prices have brought increasing sums of cash flooding into the Middle East. Conscious that oil supplies will not last...Read more
IROs exhausted by the grind of investor and analyst days or even more labor-intensive one-on-one meetings might wish to know there is...Read more
A once-troubled biotech industry appears finally to be growing up. Back in 2001-2002 the idea was unthinkable: biotech values had...Read more
Why Even with the myriad ways to tell an investment story, the published annual report is still a company’s most...Read more
The creation of optional good governance segments for companies listed on Brazil's Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) has transformed...Read more
April 2007
When Wrigley filed its 2007 proxy statement in February, it included one of the first examples of the new summary compensation table...Read more
Paul Blalock has his morning reading: the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, of course. But, just as importantly, the senior...Read more
Mention the words ‘tax accounting change’ and you’re guaranteed a lukewarm response. Tax is one of the most complex and least...Read more
Blending both value and growth has helped Jenny Jones dish out some pretty impressive yearly returns. Since she took over in 2003, the...Read more
Web-based targeting technology can serve multiple functions, from identifying current shareholders and targeting new ones to managing...Read more
August 2006
Matt Carpenter, director of Citigroup Investment Research Americas, participated in the IR Magazine West Coast Think Tank in Palo Alto...Read more
June 2006
On March 2, IR magazine hosted its first West Coast Think Tank for 40 senior investor relations officers. Off the record and...Read more
April 2006
The stock transfer agency market is continuing to witness significant change. Fewer players, the introduction of new technology and...Read more
March 2006
Morgan Molthrop was vice president of IR at California-based Infonet Services Corp, which was bought by British Telecom in March...Read more
Alan Torry is one of London’s most experienced fund managers, having been on the buy side since 1972. Today he’s head of technology...Read more
December 2005
THE BEST Green is green From the best to even better, this year General Electric was all about 'virtue'. In May GE...Read more
September 2004
Board transparency As an IR person working for a small-cap company, I wear many hats and lately I have been asked to take a more...Read more
Rio de Janeiro Being a player in the global mining industry and based in a non-investment grade jurisdiction like Brazil makes...Read more
May 2004
Dear readers, Enbridge has enjoyed success in attracting long-term investors - and we are looking for more. We tend to find them one...Read more
The International Investor Relations Federation (IIRF) has started the series of national meetings, called for by its members at last...Read more
Consultants vs brokers Your recent article on roadshows in the February 2004 issue ( The show must go on ) raised some important...Read more
Shareholder activism is in fashion this spring. In the wake of Roy Disney and Stanley Gold's 'vote no' campaign against Disney's...Read more
April 2004
Delaware Chancery Court judge Leo Strine’s decision to ban Conrad Black’s sale of his Hollinger Inc assets to the Barclay brothers is...Read more
In developing an internationally diverse shareholder base, you must first understand the investor’s perspective. The investor has two...Read more
March 2004
Sometimes it feels like we’re going in circles and anything we try to change gets lost in the rhetoric that inevitably surrounds the...Read more
February 2004
Should regulators be responsible for verifying the truth of financial statements? Italian regulator Consob thinks not. That's what the...Read more
January 2004
When the Dow Jones soared briefly above 10,000 on December 9, there was an instantaneous flashback - this was, after all, a high not...Read more
December 2003
It was a fitting atmosphere for this year's Eurozone awards. The Palais Brongniart, former home to the Paris Bourse, was built in the...Read more
The average annual compensation package for IR professionals in large-cap companies was $185,100 in 2002, according to a recent...Read more
November 2003
The financial world is a hotbed of intrigue these days with everyone from mutual funds to heads of exchanges getting punished for...Read more
Dear Readers, Our commitment to deliver value to shareholders rests on a clear recognition that, as a public company, we are stewards...Read more
October 2003
All of us, whether we admit it or not, are fascinated by taboo subjects like sex and death. Just look at the cult status of hit HBO TV...Read more
September 2003
This month the world's biggest retailer will find out whether it is to face the world's biggest sexual discrimination suit. If the...Read more
Dear Readers, In my view, the primary goal of IR is to paint a picture of what the future of JetBlue will be and then explain how we...Read more
August 2003
'There's still a long way to go on the IR journey in South Africa, but over the last two to three years the distance traveled has been...Read more
July 2003
There is a large hat conspicuously on the table as CTN's managing director, Stephen Watson, presents the results of our third annual...Read more
The mainstream business press is missing a good opportunity when it stays away from investor relations conferences. Here's where you...Read more
June 2003
Just when things seemed to be settling down a bit, along came Ahold and HealthSouth with yet more off-the-charts financial scandals to...Read more
Q: Dear fashion doctor, My company is in deep trouble, and layoffs are ahead. I was thinking of dressing in camouflage so the...Read more
May 2003
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. This month we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of Cross-Border Publishing and the...Read more
April 2003
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So far this year, it seems only the latter is true. With talk of war ringing in...Read more
March 2003
Prolonged economic and political uncertainty is having a weird effect on investors. Whether it's the prospect of war or just abysmal...Read more
February 2003
'Death to dividends,' we vowed in 1998. Boy were we wrong. President Bush's proposal to end double-taxation of dividends could bring...Read more
Q. We deal in security software so our customers tend to keep a low profile. How do we build recognition in the investment world...Read more
January 2003
In 2002, new standards of corporate governance were legislated by the US Congress and made into rules by the SEC. In 2003, companies...Read more
To be perfectly fair, when people think of Asian markets, excellence in the fields of investor relations, corporate governance and...Read more
December 2002
Analysts read cash flow statements. Analysts listen to conference calls. Analysts use earnings statements to make paper airplanes...Read more
Q. With traditional valuation techniques arguably meaningless right now, there seems to be a greater focus on management credibility...Read more
Europe is on the ascendant, and its pride was on display at the fourth annual Investor Relations Magazine Euro Awards in Amsterdam on...Read more
It's been a bittersweet year for the Investor Relations Magazine Awards. On one hand, who feels like celebrating when the stock market...Read more
November 2002
Do politics have a place in the boardroom? Of course a lot of board decisions are political with a small p, with alliances formed at...Read more
'I am very satisfied with IR in the region. Larger companies here are as good at IR as companies anywhere.' 'IR is...Read more
October 2002
Like it or not, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is here to stay. It is still unclear what unforeseen consequences the hastily constructed law...Read more
What a time to hold the first Investor Relations Magazine South Africa Awards. In the weeks and months leading up to the Johannesburg...Read more
One of the world's foremost authorities on corporate governance is urging Asian companies to improve their corporate governance...Read more
September 2002
There's an information gap between Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. After much modification of legislation and listing rules...Read more
Call it schadenfreude if you like, but us journos have been having a field day with the wave of corporate scandals sweeping the US. So...Read more
August 2002
Everyone's talking about the crisis of confidence. Or lack of trust. Or just plain fear. Investors are angry with the way public...Read more
The challenge of accession to the European Union will dominate Investor Relations magazine's first conference for Central and Eastern...Read more
July 2002
The late Stephen Jay Gould made his name with the theory of punctuated equilibrium, the idea that evolution happens in sudden leaps,...Read more
The prevalent theme at last month's Niri annual conference was that investor relations officers are facing an unprecedented time of...Read more
FTSE 250 companies in the UK: you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. In this era of equal disclosure for all, fewer than one in three...Read more
Communicating with shareholders in the midst of a crisis is a major theme of Investor Relations magazine's UK Investor Relations...Read more
June 2002
May Day in London and a small café offers guidance to anti-globalization protesters: 'Don't smash our windows,' says a sign with...Read more
The first half of 2002 has been, in many ways, a reaction to the last half of 2001 when global economic recession and corporate...Read more
Q. We are a large international company with over 50,000 employees scattered around the globe. Operating in so many countries, I dread...Read more
At this moment in time, it's fair to say Richard Coope is the world expert on IR webcasts. He has studied each and every web site of...Read more
'It has come to something when a boring actuarial investment consultant is invited to speak at an investor relations conference.'...Read more
May 2002
'We've created a system that encourages disclosure directed more at averting liability than at informing.' So believes SEC head Harvey...Read more
Investor Relations magazine doesn't do run-of-the-mill conferences. If you're bored by the usual programs with their endless...Read more
April 2002
Ah! Pension funds. Those oh-so-desirable investors who are the acme of good shareholder form. They invest for the long term. They don'...Read more
As the old saying goes, 'There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.' So take at least a couple of grains of salt...Read more
Best quote of the month 'I don't think there are any agents in this town who I haven't worked with over the years. I know I sound a...Read more