Research Section: What were your greatest IR challenges in 2012?

Research manager Lloyd Bevan introduces this new monthly section of IR Magazine. Every year, IR Insight, the research and intelligence unit of IR Magazine, conducts a series of extensive surveys among IROs, analysts and fund managers. Our global IRO survey is conducted twice a year, with one round in May and another round of fresh questions in November. Last year more than 1,400 IROs took part. In addition, each year we conduct surveys among investors and analysts in five different geographical regions: the US, Canada, Europe, Greater China and South East Asia. Results from these surveys form the basis for IR Magazine’s awards, rankings and investor perception studies in each region. Overall, more than 2,100 investors