Small capThe week in investor relations: Death of the all-male FTSE board, vaccine boost for small caps and bankers back to work Feb 26, 2021Garnet Roach– The all-male FTSE board is ‘extinct,’ declared Sky News . The number of women on the board at top UK-listed companies has risen by...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDHalf of IR professionals expect increase in investor meetings year on year Feb 23, 2021Ben AshwellFor many IR professionals, the first half of 2020 felt like a blur: the transition to remote working, a scramble to host a virtual...Read more
ReportingHow should companies report on Covid-19 in the annual report? Feb 17, 2021Eloy BarrantesHenning ZülchThe reporting year 2020 will be long remembered by IROs. In addition to the introduction of iXBRL, the Covid-19 pandemic will have...Read more
Case studiesBorregaard takes low-key approach when discussing role in fight against Covid-19 Feb 10, 2021Staff WritersLast year many companies found themselves suddenly working as part of the Covid-19 relief effort given their specialties in certain...Read more
Technology & Social MediaBluetooth cards and in-house contact tracing: What post-Covid corporate access might look like Feb 09, 2021Garnet RoachMarcus Driller, vice president of corporate at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, has been doing what many of us today can only dream of...Read more
Case studiesNestlé: Managing investor communications through the Covid-19 pandemic Jan 29, 2021Staff WritersAt the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, investors and analysts realized their models needed revising and asked for a lot of granular...Read more
ActivismProxy campaign outlook: What’s in the activists’ playbook for 2021? Jan 06, 2021Alexandra Higgins Bruce GoldfarbLooking ahead at 2021, corporate management teams will be facing a very different operating environment from the one that prevailed...Read more
ESGLooking back on the 2020 proxy season and ahead to 2021 Dec 08, 2020Mike SchnitzelOn a global basis, the Covid-19 pandemic has been by far the biggest issue faced by companies during proxy season. The pandemic shut...Read more
Technology & Social MediaZoom ennui: Companies re-embrace landlines and comfort technology Nov 24, 2020Caroline ByrneFirms may have welcomed Zoom, Microsoft Teams and OpenExchange during the Covid-19 crisis, but they are beginning to look at...Read more
ESGESG: The legacy of Covid-19 Nov 05, 2020Alberto Lopez ValenzuelaDuring the depths of the first lockdown, you could be forgiven for expecting to see ESG issues jettisoned from corporate strategy for...Read more