Climate action has received the biggest portion of public equity impact investment of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at...Read more
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FMR Investment Management UK is the London-based arm of Fidelity Investments, founded in Boston in 1946. With assets under management...Read more
Demand for direct engagement between firms and investors is on the rise. Amid structural changes on the sell side, accelerated by...Read more
Small-cap IROs faced a growing number of shareholder campaigns last year, according to the IR Magazine Shareholder Activism report ...Read more
June 2020
Climate action has received the biggest portion of public equity impact investment of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at...Read more
FMR Investment Management UK is the London-based arm of Fidelity Investments, founded in Boston in 1946. With assets under management...Read more
May 2020
Demand for direct engagement between firms and investors is on the rise. Amid structural changes on the sell side, accelerated by...Read more
Small-cap IROs faced a growing number of shareholder campaigns last year, according to the IR Magazine Shareholder Activism report ...Read more
Mid-cap companies in the US are focusing on more than just shareholder returns by increasing the integration of ESG factors into their...Read more
US investors’ short-term optimism in their economic outlook dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2020, while more than half of...Read more
Investors expect UK-listed companies seeking to raise additional capital from shareholders or furloughing employees during the...Read more
Less than 50 percent of IR professionals had participated in virtual investor meetings before the Covid-19 outbreak, but nine in 10...Read more
April 2020
Disinformation attacks could pose a growing threat that investors and corporations may not be prepared to handle, a leading consultant...Read more
A group of 251 long-term investors representing more than $6.4 tn in assets under management has urged issuers impacted by Covid-19 to...Read more
The Chartered Governance Institute jointly with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has released updated guidance for companies...Read more
March 2020
UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking British firms to delay publication of preliminary results for at least...Read more
A Covid-19-triggered global recession is a top concern for American CFOs as they prepare for falling revenues and a drop in consumer...Read more
The median pay for IR professionals around the world – both at the head of IR and IRO level – has remained unchanged since 2017,...Read more
The SEC will allow companies to postpone their annual meetings, change the location or, in some cases, host a virtual shareholder...Read more
Many issuers are putting a contingency plan into their proxy materials to allow them to host a virtual shareholder meeting if in-...Read more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to strengthen regulation on climate-risk reporting for premium-listed companies...Read more
Around a quarter of FTSE All-Share companies were subject to shareholder discontent and appeared on the Investment Association’s (IA)...Read more
The pay for North American IR professionals went up across the board in 2019, with a growing trend of stock provision for senior and...Read more
February 2020
Singapore Exchange (SGX) regulator SGX RegCo is taking steps to improve public market transparency with the launch of a new...Read more
Investors appear to interpret companies’ strong language on quarterly earnings calls as a positive sign for future earnings and sales...Read more
Australian companies have experimented with a new digital voting platform this proxy season, with 561 annual general meetings using...Read more
The number of organizations signed up to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has...Read more
ExxonMobil’s board of directors has elected Stephen Littleton as vice president of investor relations and corporate secretary,...Read more
A growing number of issuers and investors in the UK have reported a decline in the amount of research produced on small and mid-caps...Read more
UK regulator the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has urged companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to increase the number of...Read more
Last year a group of 88 investors with combined assets totaling $9.8 tn supported CDP’s Non-Disclosure Campaign (NDC) to call on...Read more
January 2020
Two years on from the introduction of Mifid II, large and mega-cap companies’ IR budgets in Europe have been curtailed, while...Read more
Issuers in Asia are more likely to seek settlements with activist investors than they were five years ago, due to activists’...Read more
June 2020
Climate action has received the biggest portion of public equity impact investment of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at...Read more
FMR Investment Management UK is the London-based arm of Fidelity Investments, founded in Boston in 1946. With assets under management...Read more
May 2020
Demand for direct engagement between firms and investors is on the rise. Amid structural changes on the sell side, accelerated by...Read more
Small-cap IROs faced a growing number of shareholder campaigns last year, according to the IR Magazine Shareholder Activism report ...Read more
Mid-cap companies in the US are focusing on more than just shareholder returns by increasing the integration of ESG factors into their...Read more
US investors’ short-term optimism in their economic outlook dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2020, while more than half of...Read more
Investors expect UK-listed companies seeking to raise additional capital from shareholders or furloughing employees during the...Read more
Less than 50 percent of IR professionals had participated in virtual investor meetings before the Covid-19 outbreak, but nine in 10...Read more
April 2020
Disinformation attacks could pose a growing threat that investors and corporations may not be prepared to handle, a leading consultant...Read more
A group of 251 long-term investors representing more than $6.4 tn in assets under management has urged issuers impacted by Covid-19 to...Read more
The Chartered Governance Institute jointly with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has released updated guidance for companies...Read more
March 2020
UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking British firms to delay publication of preliminary results for at least...Read more
A Covid-19-triggered global recession is a top concern for American CFOs as they prepare for falling revenues and a drop in consumer...Read more
The median pay for IR professionals around the world – both at the head of IR and IRO level – has remained unchanged since 2017,...Read more
The SEC will allow companies to postpone their annual meetings, change the location or, in some cases, host a virtual shareholder...Read more
Many issuers are putting a contingency plan into their proxy materials to allow them to host a virtual shareholder meeting if in-...Read more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to strengthen regulation on climate-risk reporting for premium-listed companies...Read more
Around a quarter of FTSE All-Share companies were subject to shareholder discontent and appeared on the Investment Association’s (IA)...Read more
The pay for North American IR professionals went up across the board in 2019, with a growing trend of stock provision for senior and...Read more
February 2020
Singapore Exchange (SGX) regulator SGX RegCo is taking steps to improve public market transparency with the launch of a new...Read more
Investors appear to interpret companies’ strong language on quarterly earnings calls as a positive sign for future earnings and sales...Read more
Australian companies have experimented with a new digital voting platform this proxy season, with 561 annual general meetings using...Read more
The number of organizations signed up to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has...Read more
ExxonMobil’s board of directors has elected Stephen Littleton as vice president of investor relations and corporate secretary,...Read more
A growing number of issuers and investors in the UK have reported a decline in the amount of research produced on small and mid-caps...Read more
UK regulator the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has urged companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to increase the number of...Read more
Last year a group of 88 investors with combined assets totaling $9.8 tn supported CDP’s Non-Disclosure Campaign (NDC) to call on...Read more
January 2020
Two years on from the introduction of Mifid II, large and mega-cap companies’ IR budgets in Europe have been curtailed, while...Read more
Issuers in Asia are more likely to seek settlements with activist investors than they were five years ago, due to activists’...Read more