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James Beech
Asset managers must invest in IR as due diligence requests rocket at large caps
Asset managers with growth ambitions need to invest in their investor relations function, according to a new white paper exploring asset manager views on the due diligence process. Only 5 percent of managers...Read more
Garnet Roach
Rush for the exit: Bear-market rally prompts massive withdrawal from equity funds
Equity funds saw record sell-offs from UK investors in August, according to the latest data from Calastone’s Fund Flow Index (FFI). Edward Glyn, Calastone Across the month of August, UK investors pulled a...Read more
Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Hopes for Fed pivot fade, Conservatives mastering the art of the proxy ballot and fast-food industry loses ‘super-sized’ battle
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) said hopes for a Fed pivot have faded, ‘sapping stocks’ momentum’. Further interest-rate increases threaten to put more pressure on expensive parts of the stock market,...Read more

Case studies

Mikel van Beek
IR crisis management: What happened at Shell when Russia invaded Ukraine?
The IR Magazine Awards nomination process encourages sharing of best practices, including those around crisis management. For Shell, the invasion of Ukraine constitutes such a crisis event, requiring swift and decisive action impacting...Read more
Garnet Roach
Peaks and troughs: Data shows votes against remuneration in Australia are ‘cyclical’
Looking back over the past 10 years of remuneration report voting outcomes across ASX 300 companies, Guerdon Associates’ research points to ‘cyclical’ waves when companies see more ‘no’ votes as shareholder expectations around...Read more
Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Fidelity, Schwab and Citadel Securities plan new crypto exchange, Biden focuses on foreign transactions and Germany takes control of Rosneft refineries
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that a ‘consortium of financial heavyweights’ including electronic trading giant Citadel Securities and brokerages Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab announced plans to launch a new...Read more
Staff Writers
Events preview: Data-driven discussions, IR in a global recession, ESG demands and more
IR Magazine has scrutinized the feedback and crunched the numbers after a successful return to in-person events in the first half of 2022 to formulate its agenda for the second half of...Read more

Activism

Garnet Roach
Activism in 2022: Aviation at risk, while support for ESG dips
The aviation and airlines industry has jumped to the top of the list as the industry most vulnerable to activism in Q2 2022, according to new research from FTI Consulting . Also this...Read more
Garnet Roach
‘Good IR tells it like it is’: Clearway Capital on due diligence, what it wants from IR and hiring former CEOs as advisers
Click here to read the first in the interview series, where Gianluca Ferrari, founding partner of Clearway Capital, talks TotalEnergies, going public with a campaign and targeting ESG issues – even those...Read more
Garnet Roach
Looking for the laggards: Clearway Capital on targeting firms that are already held to a high standard
Clearway Capital, described by Insightia as ‘Europe’s first dedicated ESG activist fund,’ was thrust into the spotlight this year, with a successful campaign pushing for French energy company TotalEnergies to divest its Russian...Read more
James Beech
How to prepare for engagement with activist investors
Make sure you have a ‘break glass in case of emergency’ plan to actively talk to your shareholders when – not if – activist investors buy into your company’s stock. Maintain a cohesive...Read more

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