Buy sideInside the changing world of ETFs Oct 24, 2018Ben AshwellOne of the biggest talking points from the recent IR Magazine Think Tank – Canada was how to tell the difference between different...Read more
Buy sideAre ETFs a danger to the stock market? Oct 19, 2018Jack AldaneExchange-traded funds (ETFs) are increasingly present in institutional investors’ portfolios. Kirst Kuipers of BlackRock says this is...Read more
Technology & Social MediaIR30: ‘It’s becoming more and more challenging to know who owns you’ Sep 11, 2018Ben AshwellVictoria Hyde-Dunn has spent most of her investor relations career at large and mega-cap companies, balancing a big pool of analysts,...Read more
Technology & Social MediaETFs (this ain’t your grandad’s stock market): The Ticker 90 Jul 10, 2018Jeff CossetteOn episode 90 of The Ticker: An in-depth interview with Tim Quast, founder and president of market structure analysis firm ModernIR,...Read more
ActivismAre institutional investors becoming universal activists? Jul 06, 2018Oliver SchutzmannThe popular image of the activist investor is a slick and merciless Wall Street financier, relentlessly pursuing financial reward,...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDTales from Toronto: Mifid II and ETFs May 25, 2018Ben AshwellAttendees at the IR Magazine Forum – Canada 2018 hoping for a stunning view from the upper reaches of TD Tower were, alas, greeted...Read more
Buy sideETF business inflows almost doubled in 2017 Feb 08, 2018Andrew HoltNew business inflows nearly doubled for Europe’s exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 2017 in the run-up to the introduction of Mifid II...Read more
Buy sideEurope’s passive industry set to grow in 2018 Jan 30, 2018Andrew HoltThe passive investment industry – dominated by BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard – is set to grow in Europe, possibly mirroring the...Read more
Technology & Social MediaNasdaq launches passiveIQ for IR professionals Jan 17, 2018Andrew HoltNasdaq Corporate Solutions has launched passiveIQ, a new tool designed to provide IR professionals with insights into passive index...Read more