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Tim Human
The week in investor relations: Social issues, active ETFs and climate risk
Buy side – Investors taking part in an SEC roundtable called for more corporate disclosure on social issues, such as diversity and human capital, reported Cooley PubCo . The roundtable discussed how...Read more
Giles Coghlan
Markets not out of the woods yet
During the lockdown period, investors have been hesitant. This has been made more complicated by the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is a health crisis marred with uncertainty. It is difficult to adequately...Read more
Ben Maiden
More proposals reaching AGM votes this proxy season
The 2020 proxy season has been unusual for many reasons, not least because hundreds of companies have switched to virtual AGMs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, preliminary data suggests there...Read more

Case studies

Tim Human
Global IPO market faces continuing uncertainty despite June rebound
Last week, EY released its regular IPO Watch report , which showed a marked slowdown in IPO activity in the second quarter of 2020, although listings picked up again in June. Below, Dr...Read more
Ben Maiden
Canadian business leaders launch anti-racism project
A group of senior Canadian businesspeople has launched a new council and initiative aimed at increasing racial diversity among the country’s boards and executive teams. The move comes amid growing calls for governments...Read more
Mark Merson
Ten lessons for dealing with investors in a crisis
1. We are in a crisis – and normal rules of crisis management apply. This crisis is different from the last, almost by definition, and requires its own determined response. 2 ...Read more
Tim Human
What happens to investor relations in a downturn?
In 2008, Laura Graves, then Cisco’s director of global IR, stood up to kick off her company’s analyst day in Silicon Valley. She had spent many months helping to craft the agenda and...Read more

Activism

Ben Ashwell
Two thirds of investors open to working with activists
Almost two thirds of investors say they are open to talking to activist investors about a company they have a position in, according to recent research from IR Magazine. While many companies...Read more
Oliver Schutzmann
AGMs: Pandemic provides proof of popularity
We have become used to living in lockdown. We have become used to birdsong replacing traffic noise, to working from home, to virtual meetings. We have become used to Webex, to staying in,...Read more
Staff Writers
Shareholder Activism report now available
IR Magazine has released a new report examining attitudes and practices toward shareholder activist campaigns. The report looks at this issue from three key viewpoints: IROs, buy-side investors and sell-side analysts. Findings...Read more
Tim Human
The week in investor relations: Activism, AGMs and dividends all up for debate
– Shareholder activism fell sharply in March as the spread of Covid-19 accelerated, reported Reuters . The number of campaigns launched in March stood at 16, a fall of 38 percent compared with...Read more

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