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IR Magazine spoke with Philip Vernardis, vice president of the asset stewardship team at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA...Read more
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IR Magazine spoke with Ole Søeberg, board member and adviser for Advice Capital’s Vision Fund, at the IR Magazine Global...Read more
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IR Magazine spoke with Manuel Taverne, director of investor relations at FACC, at the IR Magazine Global Forum 2019 in Paris...Read more
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– Airbnb, the home rental company, has announced plans to publicly list shares next year, reports Reuters . The firm has not revealed...Read more
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When companies send out proxy materials, such as the agenda for an annual shareholder meeting, the information has to pass through a...Read more
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Richard Davies launched his eponymous investor relations firm back in 2002. Over the following 17 years, Richard Davies Investor...Read more
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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
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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
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When asked to name her responsibilities, Lauren Ranalli, CFO of First Resource Bank, rattles off a range of departments. ‘You tend to...Read more
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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
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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
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Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), the global timeshare company headquartered in Orlando, Florida, has announced the appointment of former...Read more
June 2019
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European regulators have long held opposing views on unbundling, the process of separating the costs of research and trading. The UK’s...Read more
article
‘There isn’t a return. That bridge has been pulled up.’ That’s how Anne Finucane, Bank of America’s vice chair, described her firm’s...Read more
article
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November 2018
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If you see a fax number on someone’s business card these days, your eyebrows may begin to rise. While not completely out of use, the...Read more
September 2017
article
Earlier this year IR Magazine published research demonstrating that while the number of men and women working in IR is...Read more
article
Untangling Mifid You can’t get a group of European IROs together without talking about Mifid II . The far-reaching...Read more
article
At a glance Time to talk Around 100 attendees gathered in London in June for the IR Magazine Think...Read more
August 2017
article
T Rowe Price has become the latest investment firm to announce it will absorb the costs of research when Europe’s new Mifid II...Read more
article
Despite the growing pile of assets invested with ESG criteria in mind, few IR teams are actively targeting ESG-focused funds,...Read more
article
Successful IR comes down to managing your time (and your management’s time) effectively. Choices must constantly be made between...Read more
article
When it comes to investor targeting , there is a wide range of practice in the IR world. Some companies take a strategic approach,...Read more
article
Results announcements are a key event for IR teams to manage, requiring careful planning and confident execution. Among the many...Read more
article
Three coal companies have avoided divestment from Calpers by convincing the US pension fund they planned to make significant changes...Read more
July 2017
article
Understanding market expectations is a critical part of the IR role. That’s why many IR teams compile their own internal sell-side...Read more
article
Allegheny Technologies (ATI), the US-based specialty metals company, has announced that veteran IR chief Daniel Greenfield is stepping...Read more
article
This is an edited version of IR Magazine 's IR Careers newsletter, a monthly roundup of the latest industry moves and...Read more
article
Moscow Exchange has named Anton Terentiev as its new head of investor relations following the departure of Sergey Klinkov, who has...Read more
article
IR teams at larger companies or in high-growth industries often struggle with a large sell-side following. When there are 30+ analysts...Read more
article
Wells Fargo has created a new stakeholder relations group that brings together investor relations with other communications...Read more
article
Germany has long produced some of the best IR teams in Europe – and 2017 is no exception. The country provides one in five...Read more
article
Each year, IR Magazine surveys investors and analysts across the world to provide the research for our regional awards...Read more
article
Few IR teams have been lucky enough to see their budgets rise over the last couple of years. That trend holds true in the Asia region...Read more
article
The latest round of IR Magazine ’s Global Investor Relations Survey is live. We would be very grateful if you could spare a...Read more
article
AstraZeneca received two accolades for its investor events this year. First, the judges at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2017...Read more
article
For nearly two decades, the SEC has encouraged companies to adopt clear writing in their financial statements through its Plain...Read more
June 2017
article
TUI Group has announced that Peter Krüger, a 13-year veteran of Deutsche Bank, will take over as group director of investor relations...Read more
article
They say good IR is about being consistent, and one firm that lives up to the mantra is Iberdrola, which regularly takes home prizes...Read more
article
Last year’s IR Society conference took place the day before the UK’s referendum on membership of the European Union. This year the...Read more
article
IROs often find themselves in an ethical bind, trying to balance a duty to the company on one hand and shareholders on the other. That...Read more
article
John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News and former editor-in-chief of The Economist , has said the news industry...Read more
article
The impact of Mifid II on investor relations departments remains a topic of much speculation. The new rules, due for implementation at...Read more
