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Utz Brands, the US-based producer of snack foods, has appointed Kevin Powers as its new senior vice president of investor relations...Read more
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Tyson Foods, the US-based global food company focused on meat products, has appointed Megan Britt to the role of vice president of...Read more
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The virtual IR environment is helping Chinese companies save travel costs, target new investors and conduct listing roadshows more...Read more
article
IPO activity across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) surged in the fourth quarter of 2020 as investors backed equity...Read more
article
In the year that IR truly went virtual, it was only fitting that the IR Magazine Awards – Europe did the same. In October we held our...Read more
article
China Unicom and Sinic Holdings have won four awards each at the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2020. The winners were announced...Read more
article
The Silk Road was a transformational network of roads and maritime routes that ran through much of Asia, into the Middle East, around...Read more
article
IR Magazine has announced the winners of the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2020. CP All and Indorama Ventures, both...Read more
article
The outlook for equities is bullish with small caps, European stocks and emerging markets all tipped to outperform, according to a new...Read more
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Primo Water, the water solutions company listed in New York and Toronto, has named Jon Kathol as its new vice president of investor...Read more
article
It didn’t take long for Europe to roll back some of the strict rules surrounding research payments contained in Mifid II. As part of a...Read more
article
In June, Israeli business daily Calcalist reported that Sapiens, a software company, had paid $250,000 in bitcoin to end a ransomware...Read more
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Nevro, the US-listed medical device company, has appointed award-winning IR professional Julie Dewey as its vice president of investor...Read more
November 2020
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Inclusion in sustainable indexes is of growing importance to IR teams but you have to pick and choose your targets, said Nuria Pascual...Read more
article
The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI) has significantly expanded its ‘say on climate’ campaign, with resolutions filed at several US-...Read more
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– Stanhope Capital and FWM Holdings agreed to merge in a transaction that will create ‘one of the world’s largest independent wealth...Read more
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– Jay Clayton, chairman of the SEC, is to step down from his role by the end of 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal (...Read more
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Stock market bullishness has climbed to its highest point of the year with investors slashing cash holdings and rotating into small...Read more
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– UK companies will need to improve their climate reporting from January, said the Financial Conduct Authority, reported Reuters ...Read more
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A scoping paper commissioned by the UK government has suggested possible changes to Section 793 of the Companies Act, a key part of...Read more
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The short lists have been released for the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2020. China Pacific Insurance and Link Asset Management...Read more
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While investors were broadly supportive of companies during this year’s European AGM season, boards should expect more scrutiny in...Read more
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The short lists have been announced for the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2020. PTT Exploration & Production leads the pack...Read more
article
– Investors backed a record number of shareholder resolutions on social and environmental issues in 2020, reported the Financial...Read more
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Spanish airport operator Aena has adopted what is thought to be the world’s first annual advisory vote on a company’s climate action...Read more
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Mylan, the global pharmaceutical company, has named Bill Szablewski to the newly created role of head of capital markets, where he...Read more
October 2020
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– Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s CEO, Christophe Cuvillier, expressed confidence ‘that shareholders will back plans for a controversial...Read more
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Hiscox, the international insurance group listed in London, has named Yana O’Sullivan as its new head of investor relations. Over the...Read more
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There are a number of benefits to be gained from marketing with non-covering analysts, even if you don’t expect them to end up...Read more
article
While the switch to virtual IR during the Covid-19 pandemic has brought a number of benefits, investor field trips are an option hard...Read more
article
– Assets held in ESG funds could more than triple over the next five years, according to the Financial Times (paywall). An...Read more
article
Despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases around the world, the global IPO market hit historic levels in the third quarter as...Read more
article
Brunswick Corporation, a global manufacturer of marine products, has appointed Brent Dahl as its new vice president of investor...Read more
article
The Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) handed European investors greater say over executive compensation . Under the rules,...Read more
article
– Legal & General (L&G), which manages £1.2 tn ($1.6 tn) in assets, called on FTSE 100 companies to have at least one non-...Read more
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– US stock futures fell sharply after US President Donald Trump said he had tested positive for coronavirus, reported the BBC . The...Read more
September 2020
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As the global extent of the Covid-19 outbreak became apparent, M&A deals began to hit the buffers. Xerox pulled its $35 bn hostile...Read more
article
Japanese firms might have expected a breather from shareholder activism in 2020. Given the devastating impact of Covid-19, businesses...Read more
article
– British asset managers are pushing back against EU proposals that they think could be used to shift business from the UK to Europe,...Read more
article
Rite Aid, the US drugstore chain, has appointed Trent Kruse to the newly created role of vice president of investor relations and...Read more
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The UK’s financial regulator has said medical cannabis companies based in the UK will be cleared to list on the London Stock Exchange...Read more
article
– Climate Action 100+, an investor group with $47 tn in assets under management, sent a letter to companies with large greenhouse gas...Read more
article
Many of the world’s largest economies have strengthened foreign investment rules since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, raising the...Read more
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Rocket Companies, which owns the Rocket Mortgage and Quicken Loans brands, has named experienced IR professional Jason McGruder as its...Read more
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– Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques agreed to step down following intense criticism of the miner after it blew up rock shelters in...Read more
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Hedge funds are on a hiring spree as they look to take advantage of market volatility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...Read more
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Newcore Gold, a mining company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, has announced the appointment of experienced finance professional...Read more
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Investors have kept up the pressure on UK companies over corporate governance issues despite the huge disruption caused by the Covid-...Read more
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– Storebrand, the Nordic investment manager with more than $90 bn in assets, divested from mining and energy companies over their...Read more
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US electric carmaker Fisker has appointed former sell-side analyst Dan Galves as its new vice president of investor relations. Galves...Read more
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Australian companies are at risk of a backlash from investors over the relatively small size of executive pay cuts made during the...Read more
August 2020
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How has your firm’s approach to Japan evolved? We have been investing in Japan for two decades now. Until about 2017...Read more
article
- Sustainable investment funds continued to see strong inflows during the second quarter of the year, according to the Financial...Read more
article
Since 2014, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced a stewardship code, Japanese companies have found themselves under sustained...Read more
article
Special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs) are truly having their moment. By early August, the number of Spac IPOs so far in 2020...Read more
article
– Dalia Blass, director at the SEC’s investment management division, called for pension funds to have access to private markets to...Read more
article
The Australian government has extended measures allowing companies to hold virtual annual shareholder meetings amid a spike in Covid-...Read more
article
Credit Suisse has appointed Kinner Lakhani as its new head of investor relations. Lakhani, who joined the European bank last year,...Read more
article
Investors are increasingly creating their own proprietary ESG research and scoring methodologies, although they continue to use...Read more
July 2020
article
– Short-selling can act as an important tool for ESG-focused investors, according to a new study by the Alternative Investment...Read more
article
The anti-racism movement sparked by the killing of George Floyd has made companies rethink their approach to diversity and inclusion,...Read more
article
Following on from the success of the ESG Integration Forum last year, Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine are back again...Read more
article
The European Commission (EC) has proposed an exemption for small and mid-cap research from Mifid II’s unbundling rules as part of a...Read more
article
– The SEC’s proposed changes to 13F filings could allow activists to better hide their positions in companies, warned lawyers and...Read more
article
Building on its Women in IR events, IR Magazine held its first Equality in IR forum on July 22. Below, you can get a...Read more
article
Institutional investors are increasingly taking the lead on shareholder activism, causing a surge in campaigns focused on corporate...Read more
article
TILT Holdings, the US-based provider of products and services to the cannabis industry, has appointed Gary Santo as senior vice...Read more
article
- US companies kicked off an unprecedented earnings season that will show the impact of Covid-19 on the country’s businesses, noted...Read more
article
Virtual roadshows are now a mainstream IR practice amid the lockdowns and travel bans caused by Covid-19, according to new research...Read more
article
Magellan Health, the US healthcare company, has named Darren Lehrich as chief investor relations officer. Lehrich joins from American...Read more
article
– US companies raised the most equity capital in any quarter on record between March and June, reported the Wall Street Journal...Read more
article
With companies and investors working from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual investment conferences have witnessed a boom in...Read more
article
While budgets have taken a hit during the Covid-19 pandemic, IR professionals have also seen a rise in additional responsibilities,...Read more
