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UK investors have called on companies to improve the level of disclosure they make about board diversity. The demand appears in a...Read more
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IR magazine revealed a new name for its research arm this week. The division, formerly known as XbInsight, will now be called...Read more
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UK companies could face a binding vote on executive compensation under new proposals outlined by the government yesterday. Vince Cable...Read more
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Short-term decision-making by companies and investors will come under scrutiny in a review of UK equity markets launched last week...Read more
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BSkyB will return around £1 bn ($1.6 bn) to shareholders following the collapse of its sale to News Corp. The broadcaster, which today...Read more
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Nomura has set its sights on the US corporate access market with the hire of Goldman Sachs veteran Lori Arndt. The investment bank is...Read more
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Glencore International has finally got round to appointing a new IRO, two months after Nicholas Bias quit the role, according to a...Read more
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The SEC has adopted a new rule to help it track the activities of large traders with the biggest influence on the market. The...Read more
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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a business lobby group, has called on regulators to get on with changes to governance...Read more
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Micro-cap DoMark International has hired Jordan Silverstein as its new vice president of IR. Previously, Silverstein held the role of...Read more
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The real estate sector put in a commanding performance last night at the IR Society’s Best Practice Awards in London. Land Securities...Read more
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FTSE Group, the index provider, has launched a consultation on minimum free-float requirements following debate over whether London’s...Read more
October 2011
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Bidders were flushed into the open en masse when the UK’s new takeover rules came into effect in September. Several companies were...Read more
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There was plenty to discuss at the annual conference of IR magazine Russia & CIS – the Russian edition of IR magazine...Read more
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Two Taiwanese companies dominate the nominations for the IR Magazine Greater China Awards , which are set to take place at the Conrad...Read more
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SingTel is in pole position for the IR Magazine South East Asia Awards after scooping seven nominations for awards, more than any...Read more
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UK companies have continued to boost dividends despite the uncertain economic environment, according to a quarterly dividend report...Read more
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US companies that received more than 30 percent opposition to their pay proposals are likely to face heightened scrutiny during the...Read more
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UK pension funds have demanded a boardroom shake-up at News Corp as the media giant prepares for its annual shareholder meeting later...Read more
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It’s a question IROs spend plenty of time mulling over: how to select which brokers to go on the road with. For mid and large-cap...Read more
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Ten years ago, many companies liked to send a photographer off round the world for weeks on end, snapping pictures for their annual...Read more
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Hewlett-Packard got some stick for its third quarter results announcement, which included the news it would buy Autonomy for $11.7 bn...Read more
September 2011
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UK investors have called on companies to improve the level of disclosure they make about board diversity. The demand appears in a...Read more
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Investors and companies disagree on how boards should react to say-on-pay dissent, according to the results of ISS’ annual policy...Read more
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NIRI has appointed Derek Cole, vice president of IR and corporate communications at ARCA biopharma, as its chair of the board of...Read more
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Bayer, the German chemicals and pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to de-list from the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The DAX...Read more
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Listed companies in Saudi Arabia had the opportunity to tune up their IR practices at a conference hosted by the Middle East Investor...Read more
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IR magazine revealed a new name for its research arm this week. The division, formerly known as XbInsight, will now be called...Read more
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UK companies could face a binding vote on executive compensation under new proposals outlined by the government yesterday. Vince Cable...Read more
article
Short-term decision-making by companies and investors will come under scrutiny in a review of UK equity markets launched last week...Read more
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The majority of IROs in the US put on dedicated analyst or investor days, a new benchmarking survey by NIRI shows. In the poll of 431...Read more
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Visteon, an NYSE-listed supplier to the automotive industry, has appointed Charles (Chuck) Mazur as its new vice president of investor...Read more
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A lobby group has called on companies to help develop a new reporting framework that links financial performance with the...Read more
article
Shareholder dissent grew in Europe’s periphery nations this year as sovereign debt woes continue to plague the continent. Companies in...Read more
article
German financial watchdog BaFin has given the all-clear to the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext. ‘BaFin’s...Read more
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Two Harbors Investment has brought in Christine Battist as managing director responsible for IR and financial communications. Battist...Read more
article
GMI, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) research provider, has launched a new platform to help investors monitor the...Read more
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An internship program set up by NIRI’s New York chapter to help the children of those who died during the 9/11 attacks is still going...Read more
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The SEC has confirmed it will not challenge the decision of an appeals court that struck down the commission’s proxy access rule. The...Read more
article
Itron, a meter supplier for the energy and water industries, has brought in Barbara Doyle as vice president of investor relations. She...Read more
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Research In Motion (RIM), the embattled mobile phone company that has seen market share slip away to Apple and Google, has been...Read more
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Companies have clamped down on social media use by their employees as managers fret over security and data loss concerns, according to...Read more
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DIRK, the German IR association, is searching for a new full-time manager after the CEO-designate Torsten Tragl decided not to take up...Read more
article
Investors have pressured the Financial Reporting Council into scrapping a proposal that would have allowed UK companies to stop...Read more
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A social media club for German-speaking members of the IR community has been launched by Deutsche EuroShop’s Patrick Kiss. The club –...Read more
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Hedge funds are back. One estimate from hedge fund analysis specialist Hedge Fund Research puts the size of the industry in the first...Read more
article
The number of poison pill defenses in place at US firms has been steadily falling over the last 10 years. In 2001 there were 2,218...Read more
August 2011
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While not considered a core competency of investor relations, technical analysis is proving a useful tool for IROs for building...Read more
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Thomson Reuters has brought out a new version of its Marketboard iPad app with features specifically for IR professionals. The upgrade...Read more
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Companies have continued to downsize the annual shareholder meeting, raising questions about the future of the physical event,...Read more
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Haemonetics, the healthcare company specializing in blood management solutions, has hired Gerry Gould as vice president of investor...Read more
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Maple Group, the consortium of Canadian financial services firms bidding to acquire TMX Group, has reaffirmed its commitment to the...Read more
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LS Global Advisory Group has swooped to hire Julian Cassells and her team from the Altman Group, which is backing out of the corporate...Read more
article
AkzoNobel’s head of IR is leaving the IR profession to take up a new role doing charity work. Huib Wurfbain, who joined the paints and...Read more
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The majority of top IROs have a financial background, according to new research from IR magazine . The research finds that...Read more
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Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext have taken a small step closer to their merger by receiving approval from a US government body that...Read more
article
Société Générale (SocGen) has signed a liquidity agreement with Rothschild & Cie in a bid to control the volatility in its shares...Read more
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Mike Lynch, chief executive of Autonomy, has defended the takeover of UK companies by US buyers. Lynch and the rest of Autonomy’s...Read more
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Manchester United have lodged a listing application with the Singapore Exchange as the British football club looks to pay down its...Read more
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Ken Morrison, the former chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets, has been handed a hefty fine by the UK financial watchdog for his...Read more
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Investors have bolstered their cash piles as they become more pessimistic about the outlook for corporate profits and the chance of...Read more
article
IR magazine has announced the launch of a new list ranking the best IR departments across Europe. The ‘IR Magazine Europe Top...Read more
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On Friday the SEC’s new whistleblower program took effect, allowing company employees to profit from reporting securities law...Read more
article
UK companies are keeping a tight rein on annual report costs, with budgets flat or down in most cases. The pressure on budgets has...Read more
article
Another company has joined the IR app brigade. Kingfisher, the FTSE 100-listed home improvement retailer, yesterday launched an app...Read more
article
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is thinking about coordinating a continent-wide ban on short selling, according...Read more
article
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) suspended trading in several shares today following a suspected attack by hackers. The suspensions...Read more
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Banking stocks should be avoided following the downgrade to US debt by Standard & Poor’s, according to a new report from Bank of...Read more
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Global equity markets remained highly volatile today, with stocks experiencing extreme swings. The FTSEurofirst 300 Index fell by 5...Read more
article
WR Grace, the bankrupt chemicals maker, has hired Mark Sutherland as vice president of investor relations. Sutherland arrives from...Read more
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Last week, casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment laid down the reasons why it believes it should take a secondary listing in Hong...Read more
article
A new corporate governance code is in the works for smaller firms in Dubai. Dubai SME, a government agency, and Hawkamah, a governance...Read more
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Newly listed Kosmos Energy has brought in Brad Whitmarsh as the oil and gas company’s vice president of investor relations. Kosmos,...Read more
article
The European Commission (EC) has opened an expected in-depth investigation into the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE...Read more
article
The majority of IR practitioners from Australia and New Zealand feel they are inadequately paid for their work, according to new...Read more
article
Maple Group, the consortium of Canadian banks and pension funds aiming to take over TMX Group, has pushed back the deadline for its C$...Read more
article
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has promoted vice president of IR Carolyn Ross to head of investor relations, effective immediately. She...Read more
article
Deutsche Börse has announced that shareholders representing more than 95 percent of outstanding stock have backed the exchange’s...Read more
article
Cowen Group, the New York-based financial services firm, has hired Ray Cameron as its new head of corporate access. He will report to...Read more
article
Nexis has taken on Sheffield United, the UK football team, as a shareholder in return for shirt sponsorship during next year’s season...Read more
article
Rank, the UK leisure group, says in its corporate literature it has been entertaining people since 1937. That tradition has extended...Read more
July 2011
article
BSkyB will return around £1 bn ($1.6 bn) to shareholders following the collapse of its sale to News Corp. The broadcaster, which today...Read more
article
Nomura has set its sights on the US corporate access market with the hire of Goldman Sachs veteran Lori Arndt. The investment bank is...Read more
article
Glencore International has finally got round to appointing a new IRO, two months after Nicholas Bias quit the role, according to a...Read more
article
The SEC has adopted a new rule to help it track the activities of large traders with the biggest influence on the market. The...Read more
article
Airgas has honored vice president of communications and IR Jay Worley for his work fending off a year-long takeover attempt by Air...Read more
article
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a business lobby group, has called on regulators to get on with changes to governance...Read more
article
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has warned issuers to exercise caution as they may be approached by people pretending to be part...Read more
article
Micro-cap DoMark International has hired Jordan Silverstein as its new vice president of IR. Previously, Silverstein held the role of...Read more
article
Putting hedge funds into group meetings can help to soften up their questioning style, according to one speaker on the IR Magazine...Read more
article
Walter Energy has brought in a new head of investor relations as the company attempts to deal with the resignation of its CEO and the...Read more
article
Cable and Wireless Worldwide (C&W Worldwide) suffered a major pay revolt at its annual meeting yesterday in London. Around a third...Read more
article
Xunlei has postponed its initial public offering in the US amid volatile markets and questions over the governance and accounting...Read more
article
Carl Icahn has improved his bid for Clorox and rebuked the company’s management for defending its performance. Yesterday, Icahn...Read more
article
Evolving Gold has decided to move its IR function in-house, hiring Rory Quinn as the mining firm’s new manager of investor relations...Read more
article
The Australian investment community has followed those in the US and Canada by stating that investor relations can have a significant...Read more
article
Claims of accounting irregularities at Chinese companies are set to continue and could affect even diligent companies’ access to...Read more
article
Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, has attempted to start a bidding war for household goods maker Clorox by putting the...Read more
article
FTSE 100 companies are increasingly opting for hybrid online annual reports, which combine HTML and PDF or Excel sections, according...Read more
article
Deutsche Börse shareholders have backed the exchange’s planned merger with NYSE Euronext. The German bourse confirmed yesterday that...Read more
article
Reckitt Benckiser, the FTSE 100-listed household goods company, has announced the appointment of Richard Joyce as its new investor...Read more
article
XBRL US has attracted four entrants in the first week of its competition that carries a $20,000 prize for the most useful and...Read more
