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Best practice IR had to be reimagined last year as the Covid-19 pandemic shut down travel and in-person events. Companies were forced...Read more
Storm analogies reigned supreme among the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2020. From perfect storms to depressions...Read more
IR Magazine has released a new report investigating the changing face of investor events. The report examines investor...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
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
Good times are rolling in South Korea. While most of the world is slowing down, South Korea has witnessed growth beyond any...Read more
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
March 2002
Shanghai, the once famed Paris of the East, has lured many a foreigner to its river banks, its promised gateway to the potential...Read more
What does it take to get new shareholders and keep them loyal? The incentives discussed in this issue's cover story (page 29) may seem...Read more
On November 1, 2001, the new Kookmin Bank was born with $119.9 bn in assets, making it Korea's largest bank by far, and the 66th...Read more
February 2002
For investors, the Enron problem couldn't have come at a worse time. They've been hammered by two years of drastic losses to their...Read more
January 2002
Wanted: corporate citizenship manager. Politically correct, fluent in eco-speak, finger on both pulse and purse of stakeholders...Read more
December 2001
As good as US corporate disclosure standards are, they can and must be improved. Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt tried with the...Read more
November 2001
The world seems like a different place. An already weakened economy plunging further into recession; the US and Britain at war against...Read more
October 2001
While most of the world witnessed the September 11 terrorist attacks on TV screens, many of us saw them with our own eyes. The blasts...Read more
The busiest bees among capital markets rule-makers appear to be those buzzing around the world's stock exchanges. While indexes edge...Read more
September 2001
Investor relations finds itself in the middle of a three-way tug-of-war between shareholders, management and the board of directors...Read more
September has never been my favorite month. The joys of summer are over for another year and for those of us in the northern...Read more
August 2001
Everywhere in the media there are stories about corporate lawsuits: shareholders vs corporations, regulators vs corporations,...Read more
When the US launched its FD missile last fall, shell fragments rattled round the world. From Wall Street to the City of London, from...Read more
July 2001
Let's face it - there are very few good things you can say about lagging economies. Even the staunchest Darwinist puts aside his...Read more
It was while asleep on the back seat of a bus that I learned the uncomfortable truth about the reintegration of post-communist Europe...Read more
June 2001
Investors are in a panic because there are more 'missed earnings' news releases than ever before. Here's the scenario: Company XYZ...Read more
I got a kick out of the Reuters photo of a hockey stick-wielding protester about to slap-shot a tear gas canister back at police in...Read more
So what's with the euro? The single currency declined from being worth a relatively robust (in historical terms) $0.96 at the turn of...Read more
May 2001
So it's official. As of late March, the world's capital markets entered into territory uncharted in almost a generation - bear...Read more
Have we reached a bottom? That's the question everybody has been asking for a year now, and there's still no consensus. Some have...Read more
April 2001
At a recent New York Society of Security Analysts conference, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter managing director and chief investment...Read more
To the uninitiated, attempting to understand the workings of the law can be a daunting task. But short of an anarchist revolution, we...Read more
March 2001
It wasn't too long ago that keeping tabs on what internet chat room participants were saying was an investor relations officer's worst...Read more
The passion and the glory of the beautiful game may be an alluring combination, but the truth is that soccer managers are lasting less...Read more
Some months are better than others. For many IROs, January and February were busy, and March could be busier still. For one, boards...Read more
Award-winning IR - New York, 28-29 March 2001 Anyone intent on wiping out IR in the US should start by attacking New York's World...Read more
January 2001
As with every form of communication, the medium of investor relations is a never-ending battle between form and content. Changing...Read more
ProcrustAir is a new concept but it is based on reliable, tested business practices. Old-fashioned airlines occasionally feel the need...Read more
Where's the hype? Where's the hoopla? This, officially, is the beginning of the new millennium. But no-one seems to pay much attention...Read more
December 2000
What up? I know about being an investor relations officer, ****. I too struggle to maintain a connection with the Street. I want to be...Read more
As we approach the end of the year, it's a good time to look back at the past twelve months and have a laugh. How many people remember...Read more
Financial regulators on both sides of the Atlantic deserve a bit of a pat on the back. Three cheers might even be in order. What have...Read more
September 2000
Dear Mr Harris, Sorry to bother you again, but I think I've hit upon a special movie idea – in fact, I'm trembling as I write. Mr...Read more
Ever feel undervalued? Taken for granted? Overworked and underpaid? You're probably looking for some comforting words to cheer you up...Read more
August 2000
Everyone had their hand up. There may have been one or two I couldn't see, but no more than that. It was a round table discussion at...Read more
July 2000
BP Amoco It's going well for the petrochemicals giant. Almost too well. In fact, these oily globalizers must be getting worried...Read more
Rules, rules, rules, all these damn rules. IROs sometimes feel like dancing circus bears resigned to a life of dutiful pirouettes...Read more
UK IR is in rude health. That's if the opinion of UK investors is anything to go by – and, given that investors are fairly central to...Read more
June 2000
Encouraging news for small caps is hard to find. Listen to Gary Griffin, CFO of Shuffle Master, a $90 mn casino supplier: 'I'm having...Read more
Are you more muddled than you used to be? Is your mind cluttered with trivia? A new poll reveals that 66 percent of people feel this...Read more
Dear Blabby, Please help. For a number of years now, my husband has been neglecting me. He works late and when he finally comes home...Read more
May 2000
Carl Jung called it 'synchronicity', so did the Police - a way to describe the parallel development of the same idea in distant places...Read more
April 2000
'My job is currently a seven day a week commitment. I need to stay in touch with what's going on at all times and thanks to modern...Read more
To be quite honest I hadn't really been listening to what Tony was saying. The restaurant commanded one of the best views in Hong Kong...Read more
When the robber barons of old New York would gather like royalty to decide the fate of capital markets, they held few illusions about...Read more
A great deal of soul-searching followed the quarterly rejigging of the FTSE 100 'blue-chip' index in the UK last month. It was the...Read more
March 2000
It's all go in the investor relations world of late. Just over a year ago we ran a cover story reporting that the rules of investor...Read more
Theo is a loser. But I like him. I've known both those points from our first meeting eight years or so ago and nothing much has...Read more
The old gentleman looked as though he could not be budged from his stakeout at the buffet table. But after we had shared our mutual...Read more
February 2000
If you were assembling a list of companies with first class, comprehensive investor relations web sites, you probably wouldn't...Read more
Something has gone horribly wrong with the capital markets, and everyone seems to be baffled over the cause never mind the solution...Read more
'Guts, that's what it takes. Guts and instinct. Guts to make you buy stocks which you wouldn't normally touch and instinct to know...Read more
What a breath of fresh air. Most chief executives are more than ready to tell the market that their companies are not correctly valued...Read more
January 2000
'Come on, mate. There's no time for too much of that chit-chat stuff.' I felt slightly aggrieved. Jeremy had grabbed me by the elbow...Read more
This is going to be a fun year for Europe's stock exchanges. It could even be make or break time for a few. Companies and investors...Read more
Hello? Are we still here? The power grid survived, computer systems pulled through, planes stayed in the sky, and the post office...Read more
December 1999
It's a media celebrity's game of give and take: sacrifice your privacy to gain public approbation. In this era of business...Read more
November 1999
People often ask me what my birth sign is. Coyly I simper, 'Virgo,' the virgin, and then, more belligerently, point out that I was...Read more
Here was happiness. The sun beating down. The yacht gently bobbing on the waves. Good food. Great wine. Bliss. Well...nearly. There's...Read more
What's the buzz? The juice? Hot buttons, trends, rumors, gossip? I was debriefing an IR consultant friend just returned from a...Read more
The news that the Unilever Superannuation Fund is taking legal action against Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management for...Read more
October 1999
Let's get one thing straight. Under normal circumstances passing the time of day in a pleasant little bar I know in downtown Boston is...Read more
Every generation has its defining moment. Perhaps it's a tragedy, like President Kennedy's assassination, or the murder of Martin...Read more
Sometimes we can all become too focused on the minutiae that dominate our lives. It's those relatively little things – at home or work...Read more
September 1999
The US and Canada boast the world's longest undefended border, and in the eyes of much of the world, their populations are nearly...Read more
Investor relations officers outside of the US are playing catch-up with their US counterparts. And the game just became a whole lot...Read more
August 1999
Hi, there!' The voice rang out from several rows back and a waving hand shot up in the air. 'You've discovered my little secret. Come...Read more
Steven Schrader, general manager of investor relations and strategic planning at Cinergy Corp, one of the leading US diversified...Read more
The scary thing is the permanency of it all. Once your thoughts are typed into a computer, they become indestructible ones and zeros...Read more
This month's cover story tackles a thorny issue for many investor relations officers – shareholder identification. It is the key to...Read more
July 1999
It's the best of times and the worst of times. The first readers who get the chance to peruse these wise words will be those at the...Read more
Environmentalists coined the mantra 'think globally, act locally'. Now one person could well be an environmentalist, an investor...Read more
Monday, May 24, 1999 I had a quiet weekend, a prerequisite for results week. On the Friday we gave out briefing packs containing the...Read more
Oops. Just fitting in a quick cigarette. Sorry.' Sarah had been caught momentarily off-guard and she was slightly shaken. As she...Read more
June 1999
The Dow Jones/Investor Relations Magazine US Index (the DJ/IR), which is made up of the companies doing the best overall IR as judged...Read more
Dateline Orlando, sometime in the near future. Citizens here are still reeling after swarms of investor relations officers cut a...Read more
It's a fantastic world of challenges and opportunities. Just as soon as most of us realized that the internet would open up a bright...Read more
Well I just don't get it,' moaned Jerry as he took another swig of his beer. 'One day we're told that we should ferret around for...Read more
The biggest challenge of my job is establishing an identity for the company. Qwest is a young company and although people understand...Read more
May 1999
That's a ridiculous idea,' scoffed Charles as he whipped the ball back at me across the squash court. 'You're just not seeing it...Read more
The buying and selling of stock has come a long way since lower Manhattan hustlers hawked their wares on the curb of Beaver Street. At...Read more
And there are people out there who think that capital markets are conservative. Here we are with an issue that talks about the...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
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
Good times are rolling in South Korea. While most of the world is slowing down, South Korea has witnessed growth beyond any...Read more
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
March 2002
Shanghai, the once famed Paris of the East, has lured many a foreigner to its river banks, its promised gateway to the potential...Read more
What does it take to get new shareholders and keep them loyal? The incentives discussed in this issue's cover story (page 29) may seem...Read more
On November 1, 2001, the new Kookmin Bank was born with $119.9 bn in assets, making it Korea's largest bank by far, and the 66th...Read more
February 2002
For investors, the Enron problem couldn't have come at a worse time. They've been hammered by two years of drastic losses to their...Read more
January 2002
Wanted: corporate citizenship manager. Politically correct, fluent in eco-speak, finger on both pulse and purse of stakeholders...Read more
December 2001
As good as US corporate disclosure standards are, they can and must be improved. Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt tried with the...Read more
November 2001
The world seems like a different place. An already weakened economy plunging further into recession; the US and Britain at war against...Read more
October 2001
While most of the world witnessed the September 11 terrorist attacks on TV screens, many of us saw them with our own eyes. The blasts...Read more
The busiest bees among capital markets rule-makers appear to be those buzzing around the world's stock exchanges. While indexes edge...Read more
September 2001
Investor relations finds itself in the middle of a three-way tug-of-war between shareholders, management and the board of directors...Read more
September has never been my favorite month. The joys of summer are over for another year and for those of us in the northern...Read more
August 2001
Everywhere in the media there are stories about corporate lawsuits: shareholders vs corporations, regulators vs corporations,...Read more
When the US launched its FD missile last fall, shell fragments rattled round the world. From Wall Street to the City of London, from...Read more
July 2001
Let's face it - there are very few good things you can say about lagging economies. Even the staunchest Darwinist puts aside his...Read more
It was while asleep on the back seat of a bus that I learned the uncomfortable truth about the reintegration of post-communist Europe...Read more
June 2001
Investors are in a panic because there are more 'missed earnings' news releases than ever before. Here's the scenario: Company XYZ...Read more
I got a kick out of the Reuters photo of a hockey stick-wielding protester about to slap-shot a tear gas canister back at police in...Read more
So what's with the euro? The single currency declined from being worth a relatively robust (in historical terms) $0.96 at the turn of...Read more
May 2001
So it's official. As of late March, the world's capital markets entered into territory uncharted in almost a generation - bear...Read more
Have we reached a bottom? That's the question everybody has been asking for a year now, and there's still no consensus. Some have...Read more
April 2001
At a recent New York Society of Security Analysts conference, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter managing director and chief investment...Read more
To the uninitiated, attempting to understand the workings of the law can be a daunting task. But short of an anarchist revolution, we...Read more
March 2001
It wasn't too long ago that keeping tabs on what internet chat room participants were saying was an investor relations officer's worst...Read more
The passion and the glory of the beautiful game may be an alluring combination, but the truth is that soccer managers are lasting less...Read more
Some months are better than others. For many IROs, January and February were busy, and March could be busier still. For one, boards...Read more
Award-winning IR - New York, 28-29 March 2001 Anyone intent on wiping out IR in the US should start by attacking New York's World...Read more
January 2001
As with every form of communication, the medium of investor relations is a never-ending battle between form and content. Changing...Read more
ProcrustAir is a new concept but it is based on reliable, tested business practices. Old-fashioned airlines occasionally feel the need...Read more
Where's the hype? Where's the hoopla? This, officially, is the beginning of the new millennium. But no-one seems to pay much attention...Read more
December 2000
What up? I know about being an investor relations officer, ****. I too struggle to maintain a connection with the Street. I want to be...Read more
As we approach the end of the year, it's a good time to look back at the past twelve months and have a laugh. How many people remember...Read more
Financial regulators on both sides of the Atlantic deserve a bit of a pat on the back. Three cheers might even be in order. What have...Read more
September 2000
Dear Mr Harris, Sorry to bother you again, but I think I've hit upon a special movie idea – in fact, I'm trembling as I write. Mr...Read more
Ever feel undervalued? Taken for granted? Overworked and underpaid? You're probably looking for some comforting words to cheer you up...Read more
August 2000
Everyone had their hand up. There may have been one or two I couldn't see, but no more than that. It was a round table discussion at...Read more
July 2000
BP Amoco It's going well for the petrochemicals giant. Almost too well. In fact, these oily globalizers must be getting worried...Read more
Rules, rules, rules, all these damn rules. IROs sometimes feel like dancing circus bears resigned to a life of dutiful pirouettes...Read more
UK IR is in rude health. That's if the opinion of UK investors is anything to go by – and, given that investors are fairly central to...Read more
June 2000
Encouraging news for small caps is hard to find. Listen to Gary Griffin, CFO of Shuffle Master, a $90 mn casino supplier: 'I'm having...Read more
Are you more muddled than you used to be? Is your mind cluttered with trivia? A new poll reveals that 66 percent of people feel this...Read more
Dear Blabby, Please help. For a number of years now, my husband has been neglecting me. He works late and when he finally comes home...Read more
May 2000
Carl Jung called it 'synchronicity', so did the Police - a way to describe the parallel development of the same idea in distant places...Read more
April 2000
'My job is currently a seven day a week commitment. I need to stay in touch with what's going on at all times and thanks to modern...Read more
To be quite honest I hadn't really been listening to what Tony was saying. The restaurant commanded one of the best views in Hong Kong...Read more
When the robber barons of old New York would gather like royalty to decide the fate of capital markets, they held few illusions about...Read more
A great deal of soul-searching followed the quarterly rejigging of the FTSE 100 'blue-chip' index in the UK last month. It was the...Read more
March 2000
It's all go in the investor relations world of late. Just over a year ago we ran a cover story reporting that the rules of investor...Read more
Theo is a loser. But I like him. I've known both those points from our first meeting eight years or so ago and nothing much has...Read more
The old gentleman looked as though he could not be budged from his stakeout at the buffet table. But after we had shared our mutual...Read more
February 2000
If you were assembling a list of companies with first class, comprehensive investor relations web sites, you probably wouldn't...Read more
Something has gone horribly wrong with the capital markets, and everyone seems to be baffled over the cause never mind the solution...Read more
'Guts, that's what it takes. Guts and instinct. Guts to make you buy stocks which you wouldn't normally touch and instinct to know...Read more
What a breath of fresh air. Most chief executives are more than ready to tell the market that their companies are not correctly valued...Read more
January 2000
'Come on, mate. There's no time for too much of that chit-chat stuff.' I felt slightly aggrieved. Jeremy had grabbed me by the elbow...Read more
This is going to be a fun year for Europe's stock exchanges. It could even be make or break time for a few. Companies and investors...Read more
Hello? Are we still here? The power grid survived, computer systems pulled through, planes stayed in the sky, and the post office...Read more
December 1999
It's a media celebrity's game of give and take: sacrifice your privacy to gain public approbation. In this era of business...Read more
November 1999
People often ask me what my birth sign is. Coyly I simper, 'Virgo,' the virgin, and then, more belligerently, point out that I was...Read more
Here was happiness. The sun beating down. The yacht gently bobbing on the waves. Good food. Great wine. Bliss. Well...nearly. There's...Read more
What's the buzz? The juice? Hot buttons, trends, rumors, gossip? I was debriefing an IR consultant friend just returned from a...Read more
The news that the Unilever Superannuation Fund is taking legal action against Merrill Lynch Mercury Asset Management for...Read more
October 1999
Let's get one thing straight. Under normal circumstances passing the time of day in a pleasant little bar I know in downtown Boston is...Read more
Every generation has its defining moment. Perhaps it's a tragedy, like President Kennedy's assassination, or the murder of Martin...Read more
Sometimes we can all become too focused on the minutiae that dominate our lives. It's those relatively little things – at home or work...Read more
September 1999
The US and Canada boast the world's longest undefended border, and in the eyes of much of the world, their populations are nearly...Read more
Investor relations officers outside of the US are playing catch-up with their US counterparts. And the game just became a whole lot...Read more
August 1999
Hi, there!' The voice rang out from several rows back and a waving hand shot up in the air. 'You've discovered my little secret. Come...Read more
Steven Schrader, general manager of investor relations and strategic planning at Cinergy Corp, one of the leading US diversified...Read more
The scary thing is the permanency of it all. Once your thoughts are typed into a computer, they become indestructible ones and zeros...Read more
This month's cover story tackles a thorny issue for many investor relations officers – shareholder identification. It is the key to...Read more
July 1999
It's the best of times and the worst of times. The first readers who get the chance to peruse these wise words will be those at the...Read more
Environmentalists coined the mantra 'think globally, act locally'. Now one person could well be an environmentalist, an investor...Read more
Monday, May 24, 1999 I had a quiet weekend, a prerequisite for results week. On the Friday we gave out briefing packs containing the...Read more
Oops. Just fitting in a quick cigarette. Sorry.' Sarah had been caught momentarily off-guard and she was slightly shaken. As she...Read more
June 1999
The Dow Jones/Investor Relations Magazine US Index (the DJ/IR), which is made up of the companies doing the best overall IR as judged...Read more
Dateline Orlando, sometime in the near future. Citizens here are still reeling after swarms of investor relations officers cut a...Read more
It's a fantastic world of challenges and opportunities. Just as soon as most of us realized that the internet would open up a bright...Read more
Well I just don't get it,' moaned Jerry as he took another swig of his beer. 'One day we're told that we should ferret around for...Read more
The biggest challenge of my job is establishing an identity for the company. Qwest is a young company and although people understand...Read more
May 1999
That's a ridiculous idea,' scoffed Charles as he whipped the ball back at me across the squash court. 'You're just not seeing it...Read more
The buying and selling of stock has come a long way since lower Manhattan hustlers hawked their wares on the curb of Beaver Street. At...Read more
And there are people out there who think that capital markets are conservative. Here we are with an issue that talks about the...Read more