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Rui Zhang
Opinion: How IROs can help asset managers on ESG integration
Although the absolute outperformance of ESG funds is still the subject of hot debate, asset owners continue to press their money managers on ESG integration – and this has an obvious knock-on effect...Read more
Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Buy-side spending up, Harry and Meghan move into sustainable finance and SEC to require admission of wrongdoing
– ‘For years, equity analysts and traders saw the value of their services dwindling in the eyes of institutional clients. In the wake of the Covid outbreak, that appears to be changing,’ said...Read more
Garnet Roach
A ‘contrarian’ approach to ESG integration
Maria Egan is vice president and director of shareholder engagement at Reynders McVeigh Capital Management in Boston, an investment house with $3.27 bn in assets under management as of December 31, 2020. In...Read more

Case studies

Jeff Cossette
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose and the value of going beyond profit: Ticker 127
The way companies are valued in capital markets appears to be undergoing a fundamental shift. There’s growing consensus that business should focus on a wider range of constituents than just shareholders. That they...Read more
Staff Writers
From carbon neutrality to supply-chain relations: An issue-by-issue debrief of stakeholder matters
The latest research from IR Magazine shows a gap in the way that companies and investors focus on different stakeholder issues, with more data reported on certain topics while investors actually want...Read more
Laurie Havelock
Last word: Applying some back-to-school thinking to your office return
As the last glimpses of summer weather start to fade away, and the sounds of barbecues, sprinklers and soccer chants disappear to be replaced by the crunch of fallen leaves, a familiar feeling...Read more
Staff Writers
Stakeholder Management report now available
IR Magazine has released a new report investigating the changing nature of attitudes toward stakeholder issues and the effect this has upon IR. The report identifies nine key stakeholder areas and examines...Read more

Activism

Garnet Roach
Activism is back in the UK as campaigns double
The number of activist shareholder campaigns targeting UK companies has almost doubled in the past 12 months, according to research from Squarewell Partners , which shows that 42 companies were targeted – up...Read more
Tim Human
The week in investor relations: Private equity pays top dollar, Engine No 1 invests in GM and UK companies make progress on board diversity
– Private equity firms are paying premiums for public companies not seen for two decades, according to the Financial Times (paywall). The paper reported that the average premium paid for European companies...Read more
Jeff Cossette
Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds
In a letter to CEOs, BlackRock’s Larry Fink opines that a ‘central reason for the rise of activism – and wasteful proxy fights – is that companies have not been explicit enough about...Read more
Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Activism at GSK, shareholder settlement at Twitter and a turbulent week for cryptocurrencies
– The Guardian reported that GSK chief executive Emma Walmsley has come under pressure from a second activist hedge fund firm, Bluebell Capital Partners, which is pushing for change at...Read more

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