Sep 30, 1996

Exchange Tour Guides

By Richard Carpenter

Several stock exchanges are offering investor relations services to their listed companies, including roadshow presentations

Marianne Huve-Allard and her team had everything precisely planned for the roadshow in July. What they hadn't reckoned upon was that London's underground drivers would be on strike, causing traffic chaos and bringing the city to a virtual standstill. Lucky for Huve-Allard that she wasn't on a two-cities-a-day presentation timetable. The invited fund managers and analysts would not be gathering expectantly until the following morning. Nor was this a normal company out on the road for investor