retail investors

Tik Tok, Discord and the Memeberg Terminal: Retail investor alternatives to Reddit

Mar 05, 2021

While Reddit – and more specifically WallStreetBets – has claimed the lion’s share of the discourse around retail investors convening...Read more

Regulation

The story behind Robinhood’s decision to halt GameStop buying

Feb 19, 2021

Ben Ashwell

The story behind Robinhood’s decision to halt GameStop buying

Robinhood’s decision to halt buying activity on GameStop stock on January 28 was a result of ‘extraordinary’ trading and subsequent...Read more

Technology & Social Media

Millions of retail investors convening in Reddit groups and targeting short-sellers

Jan 28, 2021

Ben Ashwell

Millions of retail investors convening in Reddit groups and targeting short-sellers

As savvy Reddit users continue to drive up the price of companies like GameStop, AMC Entertainment and BlackBerry and squeeze out...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

How IR should respond to the increase in retail investors

Oct 06, 2020

Ben Ashwell

How IR should respond to the increase in retail investors

The world of retail investing has changed dramatically in the last year. From commission-free trading and consolidation to market...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

The week in investor relations: Private markets, sponsored research and corporate purpose

Aug 06, 2020

Tim Human

The week in investor relations: Private markets, sponsored research and corporate purpose

– Dalia Blass, director at the SEC’s investment management division, called for pension funds to have access to private markets to...Read more

Reporting

The week in investor relations: Unusual metrics, disclosure guidance and elevated IR

Jun 26, 2020

Tim Human

The week in investor relations: Unusual metrics, disclosure guidance and elevated IR

Markets – Unusual metrics such as restaurant bookings, airport traffic and direction requests in smartphones are...Read more

Case studies

IR at cannabis companies: A budding industry

Feb 27, 2020

Staff Writers

IR at cannabis companies: A budding industry

Investor relations in the cannabis sector is unique. IR professionals have to contend with large retail investor bases, volatile stock...Read more

Technology & Social Media

NIRI 2019: How to blend traditional and digital tools in proxy season

Jul 02, 2019

Ben Ashwell

NIRI 2019: How to blend traditional and digital tools in proxy season

With much of proxy season now behind us in the US, IR Magazine caught up with Cathy Conlon, head of corporate issuer strategy...Read more

Technology & Social Media

Tech talk: Getting the word out with a new investor chat tool

Jun 04, 2019

Garnet Roach

Tech talk: Getting the word out with a new investor chat tool

‘The investor base we deal with tends to be very much of a retail nature, which means lots of investors,’ says Sarah Dees, head of IR...Read more

Buy side

Cannabis stocks luring retail investors away from other sectors

May 28, 2019

Ben Ashwell

Cannabis stocks luring retail investors away from other sectors

A significant percentage of retail investors are pulling their money from existing investments to buy cannabis stocks, according to...Read more

May

Small cap

Why small-cap companies should communicate with long-term shareholders – but not pander to short-term retail traders

On February 7, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled Connecting with...Read more

Technology & Social Media

Micro ‘finfluencers’ enjoy greater trust than those with ‘mega’ followings, says Xemoto

‘Micro-influencers – those with between 1,000 and 50,000 followers – tend to be somewhat...Read more

Buy side

Investors set new record, selling £836 mn of UK equities in April

April saw investors set a new record as they sold off around £836 mn ($1.05 bn) of UK...Read more

April

Activism

The week in investor relations: Russia doubles oil revenues, Tesla shares down on Twitter deal and retail loses steam

– Russia has nearly doubled its revenues from selling fossil fuels to the EU during the...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

Public.com presents first retail IR strategy prize to Coinbase at IR Magazine Awards – US 2022

Ron Zori, head of business development at the investing platform Public.com and its new...Read more

Technology & Social Media

The week in investor relations: Retail trading remains strong, Shell’s $5 bn Russia writedown and Elon Musk joins Twitter

– Retail trading is down from peak numbers reached during the height of Covid-19, but...Read more

Small cap

Selling the retail story

It could be argued that today’s retail investors have the best of most worlds: they can...Read more

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