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– Christopher Hohn, the activist investor who runs the Children’s Investment Fund, is pressuring companies to take action on climate...Read more
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– The sell-side industry is continuing to pull back with the ranks of equity analysts falling at least 8 percent this year, reported...Read more
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– US President Donald Trump worried investors by suggesting a trade deal with China may not be imminent, the BBC reported. The...Read more
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– Small-cap stocks have joined the rally in US stocks, according to MarketWatch . This week the Russell 2000 index, which covers the...Read more
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With everything going on in the capital markets right now – from trade wars to recessionary fears – you could be forgiven for...Read more
article
With investor attention on ESG issues at an all-time high, IR Magazine and sister online publication Corporate Secretary...Read more
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– The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says risks to the global economy have increased, reported the BBC...Read more
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IR Magazine has announced the short lists for the upcoming IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2019, taking place in Hong...Read more
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The short lists have been released for the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2019. Manulife US REIT leads the pack with seven...Read more
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– Investors are lowering cash holdings and feel more optimistic about global growth, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s...Read more
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Elior Group, the global catering firm based in France, has announced the appointment of Kimberly Stewart as head of investor relations...Read more
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The IR profession has witnessed significant change over the last 10 years, according to Smooch Reprovich Reynolds, managing partner of...Read more
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– Financial data providers are targeting listed companies as potential clients as their traditional audience of traders declines,...Read more
October 2019
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How should IR teams respond to the growing demands for more ESG disclosure? The starting point should be the information they are...Read more
article
IR Magazine spoke with Lorenzo Crispoltoni, senior portfolio manager and head of equity & alternative investments at...Read more
article
IR Magazine spoke with Philip Vernardis, vice president of the asset stewardship team at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA...Read more
article
IR Magazine spoke with Ole Søeberg, board member and adviser for Advice Capital’s Vision Fund, at the IR Magazine Global...Read more
article
IR Magazine spoke with Manuel Taverne, director of investor relations at FACC, at the IR Magazine Global Forum 2019 in Paris...Read more
article
– ExxonMobil will face a trial over whether it misled investors about the costs of climate change regulation, reports the BBC . New...Read more
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IR Magazine spoke with Timothy Leveridge, vice president and director of investor relations at The Coca-Cola Company, at the...Read more
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The IR team at community banks is often made up of just two figures: the CEO and the CFO. Last month we spoke with a CFO – Lauren...Read more
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IR Magazine spoke with Richard Lacaille, global chief investment officer at State Street Global Advisors, at the IR Magazine...Read more
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Companies need to step up their reporting on climate-related issues, according to a new report from the UK’s Financial Reporting...Read more
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– A majority of investors think the US-China trade war is the ‘new normal’, according to a survey of global fund managers conducted by...Read more
article
Following the arrival of Mifid II, UK companies are more likely to have lost analyst coverage than their European counterparts,...Read more
article
They say IR truly shows its worth in challenging conditions – and that’s precisely what Biocartis faced in September when the...Read more
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– The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has dropped its £32 bn ($40 bn) bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE), reports the Guardian...Read more
article
The IR Society, the UK’s investor relations association, has announced a change in leadership: Gary Davies is to retire from his...Read more
article
The amount of assets managed under ESG criteria continues to grow strongly. But corporate incentive plans are struggling to keep pace...Read more
article
What links Mifid II, Greta Thunberg and Jeff Bezos? They are all, in their own way, shaping the future of the IR profession. Mifid II...Read more
article
Precision BioSciences, a genome-editing company, has brought in an investment banker who helped with its IPO to run financial strategy...Read more
article
- US equities bore the brunt of global stock market declines this week, reports Bloomberg (paywall). The MSCI USA Index fell almost 3...Read more
article
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the Global Awards 2019. Each year IR Magazine undertakes regional surveys...Read more
September 2019
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In 2000, Borussia Dortmund, the German football team, became the first club to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Last week the...Read more
article
In 2017, IEX received final approval to start listing companies. The stock exchange, founded in 2012 and made famous by Michael Lewis...Read more
article
- The collapse of WeWork’s IPO plans shows that investors are taking corporate governance seriously, reports Fortun e . Last week, the...Read more
article
MSCI, the provider of indices and other tools to the investment community, has announced the appointment of Salli Schwartz as the...Read more
article
IROs used a recent survey about Mifid II to let off some steam about the European regulation. Half of IR professionals say they have a...Read more
article
– Airbnb, the home rental company, has announced plans to publicly list shares next year, reports Reuters . The firm has not revealed...Read more
article
When companies send out proxy materials, such as the agenda for an annual shareholder meeting, the information has to pass through a...Read more
article
Richard Davies launched his eponymous investor relations firm back in 2002. Over the following 17 years, Richard Davies Investor...Read more
article
Got a question for an investor or analyst you’ve always wanted to ask? At the upcoming IR Magazine Think Tank – Canada 2019 , you’ll...Read more
article
Equiniti Group has continued to build out its corporate services offering with the acquisition of UK-based IR firm Richard Davies...Read more
article
Grant Bartucci, associate director of corporate access and broker relations at Point72 Asset Management, is speaking at the IR...Read more
article
Amid the traditional non-deal roadshow locations of Europe – such as London, Edinburgh and Frankfurt – Madrid can be overlooked...Read more
article
Ørsted, the Danish offshore wind farm developer, has named Allan Andersen as its new head of investor relations. Andersen, a long-time...Read more
article
When asked to name her responsibilities, Lauren Ranalli, CFO of First Resource Bank, rattles off a range of departments. ‘You tend to...Read more
article
While artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed as key to the future of the investment industry, hedge funds with a high reliance on AI...Read more
August 2019
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Comstock Resources, the US energy company backed by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, has brought in experienced sell-side analyst...Read more
article
UBS has announced that Huw van Steenis, an adviser to Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney, will join the investment bank as...Read more
article
The ongoing changes to the sell-side corporate access model have led a number of market participants to step up and offer alternative...Read more
article
Teri Loxam is leaving her role as head of IR at Merck to become the chief financial officer at SQZ Biotechnologies, a private firm...Read more
