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Knaus Tabbert, the German campervan-maker, has named Manuel Taverne as its new head of investor relations. Taverne joins from...Read more
The UK should relax rules around special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs), free-float requirements and dual-class shares to...Read more
FTSE Russell has confirmed it will add companies from China’s Star Market to its Chinese and global indexes for the first time, paving...Read more
July 2020
IR teams are taking advantage of the flexibility offered by virtual outreach to broaden their investor targeting and include a more...Read more
Buy side – Investors taking part in an SEC roundtable called for more corporate disclosure on social issues, such as...Read more
Companies are cutting IR budgets as they respond to disruption caused by Covid-19, according to new research. Nearly half (45 percent...Read more
June 2020
A group of Spanish companies that lack traditional analyst coverage will receive an ESG rating under a project that supports small and...Read more
Covid-19 has led to widespread changes to financial guidance, buyback programs and dividend payments across the whole of the US equity...Read more
Markets – Unusual metrics such as restaurant bookings, airport traffic and direction requests in smartphones are...Read more
Investment professionals have poured cold water on the idea that market volatility caused by Covid-19 will lead to a resurgence of...Read more
While the number of IR professionals joining the C-suite has grown steadily over the years, it remains a relatively rare occurrence...Read more
North American investors continue to show less interest in environmental and social (E&S) issues than their European peers,...Read more
– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that six out of 10 sustainable funds outperformed their conventional fund...Read more
The number of FTSE 100 companies mentioning the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in their reporting has...Read more
Companies should be prepared for higher volatility and trading volumes over the next two weeks as a series of key indexes rebalance...Read more
Buy side – Active investors failed to beat the broader market despite major volatility during the early months of...Read more
More than 100 AIM-listed companies have halted or axed dividend payments amid the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...Read more
In 2008, Laura Graves, then Cisco’s director of global IR, stood up to kick off her company’s analyst day in Silicon Valley. She had...Read more
CIRI has announced the election of Nathalie Megann, vice president of IR and corporate affairs at Chorus Aviation, as chair of its...Read more
1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN IR? I have been head of IR at Finnish large-cap companies for 10 years. 2. WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE IR? I...Read more
SEB, the Swedish financial services company, has announced the appointment of Pawel Wyszynski as head of investor relations, effective...Read more
ESG – Companies came under increased pressure from climate change resolutions this year, reported the Financial...Read more
Investor relations professionals are increasingly combining IR with other responsibilities, according to recruitment consultants. Many...Read more
Investors expect companies to describe their purpose and report on its implementation, according to new research. The findings come as...Read more
May 2020
Markets The trading floor of the NYSE reopened following a two-month closure, reported the BBC . Under strict rules...Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced everyone to get much better acquainted with videoconferencing technology. Amid worldwide lockdown...Read more
One of the biggest interruptions to normal life caused by Covid-19 is the shutdown of schools and universities. At time of writing,...Read more
While IR is always put to the test during a crisis, the Covid-19 outbreak has ramped up the challenge. The huge uncertainties caused...Read more
Canadian institutional investors plan to maintain their focus on climate change despite the upheaval caused by Covid-19, according to...Read more
Markets – The stock market gyrations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a major shake-up of the S&P...Read more
Stocks may have surged from March lows, but investors remain wary of the recovery and are keeping plenty of cash on hand, according to...Read more
With the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by investors set to grow, IR teams should track adoption by different funds and offer...Read more
The Covid-19 crisis has created some of the most difficult reporting conditions for many years, if not decades. Financial results and...Read more
– China is considering putting US companies on an ‘unreliable entity list’, reported Reuters . Companies that could be affected...Read more
Signet Jewelers, the diamond retailer headquartered in Bermuda, has brought in experienced sell-side analyst Vincent Sinisi as its new...Read more
Standard Life Aberdeen, the UK-based investment company, suffered a defeat at its AGM this week over plans to allow online shareholder...Read more
This week’s roundup appears a day early as IR Magazine ’s London office will be shut tomorrow for the UK bank holiday...Read more
The mood among German IR professionals is unsurprisingly gloomy but they are split over whether the situation is likely to get better...Read more
Intelsat, the satellite services company, has appointed Tahmin Clarke as vice president of investor relations. Clarke reports to David...Read more
Even in the good times, the IR burden falls heavily on smaller companies. Lacking the internal resources or sell-side support of...Read more
– Royal Dutch Shell announced it will cut its dividend by two thirds, the first time it has reduced the payout since the 1940s,...Read more
April 2020
First Horizon National, the US bank holding company, has appointed Ellen Taylor as its executive vice president and head of investor...Read more
CFOs in the US expect ‘substantial’ impacts on their 2020 financial performance as a result of Covid-19 and are heavily focused on...Read more
– Investors have warned companies to stick to their emissions targets despite the pressure on businesses stemming from the Covid-19...Read more
The physical risks stemming from climate change are the reason financial markets are increasingly focused on global warming, according...Read more
CFOs are becoming clearer about what changes they need to make to financial disclosures in light of Covid-19, according to research...Read more
Adobe, the US-based creative software company, has appointed Jonathan Vaas as its new vice president of investor relations. Vaas is...Read more
– Shareholder activism fell sharply in March as the spread of Covid-19 accelerated, reported Reuters . The number of campaigns...Read more
Covid-19 is driving a ‘step change’ in attitudes toward virtual meetings and will have a lasting impact on the corporate access...Read more
Investors feel ‘extreme’ levels of pessimism about the economic damage of Covid-19 and are holding the highest levels of cash since...Read more
– Investment professionals are making sharply different predictions for the stock market as they weigh the economic damage of Covid-19...Read more
TEGNA, the US media company, has appointed Doug Kuckelman as its new head of investor relations. Kuckelman joined TEGNA in 2012, when...Read more
The high number of companies stepping up to help Covid-19 relief efforts underlines the shift in corporate focus from shareholder to...Read more
GoDaddy offered a series of virtual presentations from senior management. Moody’s Corporation switched the format to an online...Read more
– Stock markets suffered some of their worst falls for decades in the first quarter of 2020 as investors responded to the coronavirus...Read more
Gunhild Grieve, RWE’s award-winning head of IR, has been appointed as the company’s new head of controlling & risk management...Read more
March 2020
DIRK, the German investor relations association, has announced the cancellation of its annual conference due to the ongoing disruption...Read more
The corporate access industry is in flux. With the sell side facing disruption, companies are looking for new ways to get management...Read more
– The US stock market recorded historic gains as American politicians finalized a huge $2 tn rescue package for the economy, reported...Read more
Stewart Butterfield, CEO of work collaboration tool Slack, has given social media an inside look at last week’s fourth-quarter...Read more
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) has welcomed the decision by the Australian financial regulator to allow...Read more
The new UK Stewardship Code 2020, which came into force at the start of this year, calls for engagement between companies and...Read more
Mar 23, 2020
Marinus Pharmaceuticals, the US pharmaceutical company focused on rare seizure disorders, has appointed Sasha Damouni Ellis as its new...Read more
– The global economy is already in recession as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a poll of economists carried out by...Read more
With the coronavirus outbreak affecting corporate and investor calendars worldwide, companies are unlikely to be traveling to...Read more
Most European investors have stopped attending conferences but a significant number remain open to meetings despite the rapid spread...Read more
Björn Scheib, Daimler’s long-standing head of IR, is stepping down from his role after 11 years. Scheib, who spent a total of 21 years...Read more
IR teams have upped their focus on the output of ESG research providers amid broad dissatisfaction with the analysis being conducted,...Read more
NYSE-listed Campbell Soup has announced that Rebecca Gardy will join the company as vice president of investor relations. The role...Read more
What do emerging-market investors want to see when they visit IR websites? Rather than invest in flashy visuals or interactive...Read more
– The US Federal Reserve announced a surprise interest rate cut of half a percentage point as the number of coronavirus cases around...Read more
The world’s biggest equity investor has urged corporate boards to up their focus on sustainability. Norges Bank Investment Management...Read more
Close to half of investors do not proactively engage with the management of companies they invest in or follow, creating a ‘...Read more
Stryker, the US-based medical technology company, has announced that Preston Wells will become its new vice president of investor...Read more
February 2020
Nepa, the Sweden-based consumer research company, has appointed Michael Wallin to the newly created role of head of investor relations...Read more
– Equity markets fell sharply around the world as the coronavirus spread to new countries, reported the BBC . Major indices in Europe...Read more
Over the last 30 years, financial regulators have slowly but steadily clamped down on the ability of insiders – those with material...Read more
– Sell-side analyst recommendations feature a cultural bias, according to an article in the Economist . Analyst...Read more
The French financial regulator has said it will support the use of issuer-sponsored research in Europe as part of its response to...Read more
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the US-based media company, has brought in Steven Zenker as vice president of investor relations. Zenker has...Read more
- Most real-estate investment trusts (REITs) have a ‘significant opportunity’ to grow their shareholder base among generalist...Read more
Hedge funds are slowly but steadily adding ESG factors to their investment approach as they come under pressure from institutional...Read more
At the start of the year, Finland introduced a new equity savings account, making it more tax-efficient for retail investors to buy...Read more
GVC Holdings, the FTSE 250-listed sports betting company, has appointed former IR Society chair David Lloyd-Seed as its new director...Read more
January 2020
– Christopher Hohn, the activist investor who runs the Children’s Investment Fund, is pressuring companies to take action on climate...Read more
The hedge fund industry suffered another difficult year in 2019 with continuing fund closures and significant outflows, according to...Read more
CohBar, the California-headquartered biotech focused on mitochondria-based therapies, has hired Jordyn Tarazi as its new director of...Read more
– Questions are being asked over the voting record of Australian asset managers on climate change issues, reported the Financial...Read more
A variety of organizations, including an investor network and the UK government’s health department, have called for investors to...Read more
Investors are feeling a renewed sense of bullishness as we head into US earnings season, according to new research. The proportion of...Read more
HNI Corporation, the US-based manufacturer of office furniture and hearth products, has brought in experienced sell-sider Matthew...Read more
- The US has signed an initial trade deal with China following two years of economic tussling that saw tariffs placed on goods worth...Read more
The approach of UK investment managers toward climate change is ‘worryingly weak,’ according to a new survey. Only around half (52...Read more
John Dawson, the former chair of the UK’s IR Society, has joined RB as the company’s new head of investor relations. Dawson joins from...Read more
– Major institutional investors have called on British executives to buy more shares in their own companies to better align the...Read more
Verona Pharma, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, has appointed David Moskowitz to the new...Read more
The average number of investor meetings held by public companies dropped to 188 in 2019, marking an 8 percent fall since 2015,...Read more
Listed companies are being encouraged to pay close attention to their Brexit-related corporate reporting as the UK’s exit from the...Read more
At Home, the Texas-based homeware company, has named Arvind Bhatia as vice president of investor relations. Bhatia arrives from Dave...Read more
- Oil prices and safe haven assets have jumped in value after the US killed a senior Iranian military officer in Baghdad, reported the...Read more
December 2019
– 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
Publishing, media and telecommunications are the sectors most vulnerable to activist investors, according to new research. The three...Read more
When asked to name the biggest challenge of the last 12 months, Nuchanong Sangkeaw, head of IR and capital markets at PTT Exploration...Read more
July 2020
IR teams are taking advantage of the flexibility offered by virtual outreach to broaden their investor targeting and include a more...Read more
Buy side – Investors taking part in an SEC roundtable called for more corporate disclosure on social issues, such as...Read more
Companies are cutting IR budgets as they respond to disruption caused by Covid-19, according to new research. Nearly half (45 percent...Read more
June 2020
A group of Spanish companies that lack traditional analyst coverage will receive an ESG rating under a project that supports small and...Read more
Covid-19 has led to widespread changes to financial guidance, buyback programs and dividend payments across the whole of the US equity...Read more
Markets – Unusual metrics such as restaurant bookings, airport traffic and direction requests in smartphones are...Read more
Investment professionals have poured cold water on the idea that market volatility caused by Covid-19 will lead to a resurgence of...Read more
While the number of IR professionals joining the C-suite has grown steadily over the years, it remains a relatively rare occurrence...Read more
North American investors continue to show less interest in environmental and social (E&S) issues than their European peers,...Read more
– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that six out of 10 sustainable funds outperformed their conventional fund...Read more
The number of FTSE 100 companies mentioning the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in their reporting has...Read more
Companies should be prepared for higher volatility and trading volumes over the next two weeks as a series of key indexes rebalance...Read more
Buy side – Active investors failed to beat the broader market despite major volatility during the early months of...Read more
More than 100 AIM-listed companies have halted or axed dividend payments amid the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...Read more
In 2008, Laura Graves, then Cisco’s director of global IR, stood up to kick off her company’s analyst day in Silicon Valley. She had...Read more
CIRI has announced the election of Nathalie Megann, vice president of IR and corporate affairs at Chorus Aviation, as chair of its...Read more
1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN IR? I have been head of IR at Finnish large-cap companies for 10 years. 2. WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE IR? I...Read more
SEB, the Swedish financial services company, has announced the appointment of Pawel Wyszynski as head of investor relations, effective...Read more
ESG – Companies came under increased pressure from climate change resolutions this year, reported the Financial...Read more
Investor relations professionals are increasingly combining IR with other responsibilities, according to recruitment consultants. Many...Read more
Investors expect companies to describe their purpose and report on its implementation, according to new research. The findings come as...Read more
May 2020
Markets The trading floor of the NYSE reopened following a two-month closure, reported the BBC . Under strict rules...Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced everyone to get much better acquainted with videoconferencing technology. Amid worldwide lockdown...Read more
One of the biggest interruptions to normal life caused by Covid-19 is the shutdown of schools and universities. At time of writing,...Read more
While IR is always put to the test during a crisis, the Covid-19 outbreak has ramped up the challenge. The huge uncertainties caused...Read more
Canadian institutional investors plan to maintain their focus on climate change despite the upheaval caused by Covid-19, according to...Read more
Markets – The stock market gyrations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a major shake-up of the S&P...Read more
Stocks may have surged from March lows, but investors remain wary of the recovery and are keeping plenty of cash on hand, according to...Read more
With the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by investors set to grow, IR teams should track adoption by different funds and offer...Read more
The Covid-19 crisis has created some of the most difficult reporting conditions for many years, if not decades. Financial results and...Read more
– China is considering putting US companies on an ‘unreliable entity list’, reported Reuters . Companies that could be affected...Read more
Signet Jewelers, the diamond retailer headquartered in Bermuda, has brought in experienced sell-side analyst Vincent Sinisi as its new...Read more
Standard Life Aberdeen, the UK-based investment company, suffered a defeat at its AGM this week over plans to allow online shareholder...Read more
This week’s roundup appears a day early as IR Magazine ’s London office will be shut tomorrow for the UK bank holiday...Read more
The mood among German IR professionals is unsurprisingly gloomy but they are split over whether the situation is likely to get better...Read more
Intelsat, the satellite services company, has appointed Tahmin Clarke as vice president of investor relations. Clarke reports to David...Read more
Even in the good times, the IR burden falls heavily on smaller companies. Lacking the internal resources or sell-side support of...Read more
– Royal Dutch Shell announced it will cut its dividend by two thirds, the first time it has reduced the payout since the 1940s,...Read more
April 2020
First Horizon National, the US bank holding company, has appointed Ellen Taylor as its executive vice president and head of investor...Read more
CFOs in the US expect ‘substantial’ impacts on their 2020 financial performance as a result of Covid-19 and are heavily focused on...Read more
– Investors have warned companies to stick to their emissions targets despite the pressure on businesses stemming from the Covid-19...Read more
The physical risks stemming from climate change are the reason financial markets are increasingly focused on global warming, according...Read more
CFOs are becoming clearer about what changes they need to make to financial disclosures in light of Covid-19, according to research...Read more
Adobe, the US-based creative software company, has appointed Jonathan Vaas as its new vice president of investor relations. Vaas is...Read more
– Shareholder activism fell sharply in March as the spread of Covid-19 accelerated, reported Reuters . The number of campaigns...Read more
Covid-19 is driving a ‘step change’ in attitudes toward virtual meetings and will have a lasting impact on the corporate access...Read more
Investors feel ‘extreme’ levels of pessimism about the economic damage of Covid-19 and are holding the highest levels of cash since...Read more
– Investment professionals are making sharply different predictions for the stock market as they weigh the economic damage of Covid-19...Read more
TEGNA, the US media company, has appointed Doug Kuckelman as its new head of investor relations. Kuckelman joined TEGNA in 2012, when...Read more
The high number of companies stepping up to help Covid-19 relief efforts underlines the shift in corporate focus from shareholder to...Read more
GoDaddy offered a series of virtual presentations from senior management. Moody’s Corporation switched the format to an online...Read more
– Stock markets suffered some of their worst falls for decades in the first quarter of 2020 as investors responded to the coronavirus...Read more
Gunhild Grieve, RWE’s award-winning head of IR, has been appointed as the company’s new head of controlling & risk management...Read more
March 2020
DIRK, the German investor relations association, has announced the cancellation of its annual conference due to the ongoing disruption...Read more
The corporate access industry is in flux. With the sell side facing disruption, companies are looking for new ways to get management...Read more
– The US stock market recorded historic gains as American politicians finalized a huge $2 tn rescue package for the economy, reported...Read more
Stewart Butterfield, CEO of work collaboration tool Slack, has given social media an inside look at last week’s fourth-quarter...Read more
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) has welcomed the decision by the Australian financial regulator to allow...Read more
The new UK Stewardship Code 2020, which came into force at the start of this year, calls for engagement between companies and...Read more
Mar 23, 2020
Marinus Pharmaceuticals, the US pharmaceutical company focused on rare seizure disorders, has appointed Sasha Damouni Ellis as its new...Read more
– The global economy is already in recession as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a poll of economists carried out by...Read more
With the coronavirus outbreak affecting corporate and investor calendars worldwide, companies are unlikely to be traveling to...Read more
Most European investors have stopped attending conferences but a significant number remain open to meetings despite the rapid spread...Read more
Björn Scheib, Daimler’s long-standing head of IR, is stepping down from his role after 11 years. Scheib, who spent a total of 21 years...Read more
IR teams have upped their focus on the output of ESG research providers amid broad dissatisfaction with the analysis being conducted,...Read more
NYSE-listed Campbell Soup has announced that Rebecca Gardy will join the company as vice president of investor relations. The role...Read more
What do emerging-market investors want to see when they visit IR websites? Rather than invest in flashy visuals or interactive...Read more
– The US Federal Reserve announced a surprise interest rate cut of half a percentage point as the number of coronavirus cases around...Read more
The world’s biggest equity investor has urged corporate boards to up their focus on sustainability. Norges Bank Investment Management...Read more
Close to half of investors do not proactively engage with the management of companies they invest in or follow, creating a ‘...Read more
Stryker, the US-based medical technology company, has announced that Preston Wells will become its new vice president of investor...Read more
February 2020
Nepa, the Sweden-based consumer research company, has appointed Michael Wallin to the newly created role of head of investor relations...Read more
– Equity markets fell sharply around the world as the coronavirus spread to new countries, reported the BBC . Major indices in Europe...Read more
Over the last 30 years, financial regulators have slowly but steadily clamped down on the ability of insiders – those with material...Read more
– Sell-side analyst recommendations feature a cultural bias, according to an article in the Economist . Analyst...Read more
The French financial regulator has said it will support the use of issuer-sponsored research in Europe as part of its response to...Read more
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the US-based media company, has brought in Steven Zenker as vice president of investor relations. Zenker has...Read more
- Most real-estate investment trusts (REITs) have a ‘significant opportunity’ to grow their shareholder base among generalist...Read more
Hedge funds are slowly but steadily adding ESG factors to their investment approach as they come under pressure from institutional...Read more
At the start of the year, Finland introduced a new equity savings account, making it more tax-efficient for retail investors to buy...Read more
GVC Holdings, the FTSE 250-listed sports betting company, has appointed former IR Society chair David Lloyd-Seed as its new director...Read more
January 2020
– Christopher Hohn, the activist investor who runs the Children’s Investment Fund, is pressuring companies to take action on climate...Read more
The hedge fund industry suffered another difficult year in 2019 with continuing fund closures and significant outflows, according to...Read more
CohBar, the California-headquartered biotech focused on mitochondria-based therapies, has hired Jordyn Tarazi as its new director of...Read more
– Questions are being asked over the voting record of Australian asset managers on climate change issues, reported the Financial...Read more
A variety of organizations, including an investor network and the UK government’s health department, have called for investors to...Read more
Investors are feeling a renewed sense of bullishness as we head into US earnings season, according to new research. The proportion of...Read more
HNI Corporation, the US-based manufacturer of office furniture and hearth products, has brought in experienced sell-sider Matthew...Read more
- The US has signed an initial trade deal with China following two years of economic tussling that saw tariffs placed on goods worth...Read more
The approach of UK investment managers toward climate change is ‘worryingly weak,’ according to a new survey. Only around half (52...Read more
John Dawson, the former chair of the UK’s IR Society, has joined RB as the company’s new head of investor relations. Dawson joins from...Read more
– Major institutional investors have called on British executives to buy more shares in their own companies to better align the...Read more
Verona Pharma, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, has appointed David Moskowitz to the new...Read more
The average number of investor meetings held by public companies dropped to 188 in 2019, marking an 8 percent fall since 2015,...Read more
Listed companies are being encouraged to pay close attention to their Brexit-related corporate reporting as the UK’s exit from the...Read more
At Home, the Texas-based homeware company, has named Arvind Bhatia as vice president of investor relations. Bhatia arrives from Dave...Read more
- Oil prices and safe haven assets have jumped in value after the US killed a senior Iranian military officer in Baghdad, reported the...Read more
December 2019
– 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
Publishing, media and telecommunications are the sectors most vulnerable to activist investors, according to new research. The three...Read more
When asked to name the biggest challenge of the last 12 months, Nuchanong Sangkeaw, head of IR and capital markets at PTT Exploration...Read more