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The term dark pool – used to describe trading venues that provide alternatives to ‘lit’ national exchanges such as Nasdaq and the NYSE...Read more
It’s a good time to take stock of Mifid II – almost two years since its launch, we’re beginning to get a clearer picture of the...Read more
Much of the coverage of Mifid II has inevitably focused on its European impact and, more recently, on North America . But what of its...Read more
February 2018
IROs at large US companies are almost evenly split in their preferences for three broad career paths, according to a new poll from...Read more
Vanguard will create a new investment stewardship team based in London in a drive to improve corporate governance standards across...Read more
The UK Church Investors Group (CIG), which has £17 bn ($24 bn) in assets under management and whose 61 members include the Church of...Read more
Officials at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are confident that, despite the far-reaching nature of plans to overhaul the UK...Read more
Singapore and Malaysia have revealed an innovative plan to create a joint trading link between the two countries, allowing each...Read more
Twenty-seven global investors with £10.5 tn ($15 tn) of assets under management have now signed up to a program to promote more women...Read more
Royal Dutch Shell is the top company for serving investors via online channels, reveals a new report. The Bowen Craggs ‘Index of...Read more
New 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
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are putting an increasing amount of their money into alternative assets, according to a new report, ‘The...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why PTT Exploration & Production won the best...Read more
A major debate is developing between asset managers, bankers and exchanges over dual-class shares, as the listings arrangements are...Read more
Nearly 50 percent of investment managers and consultants surveyed at Northern Trust’s annual Regulatory and Depositary Conference cite...Read more
January 2018
Activist short-sellers had to look harder for overvalued companies in 2017, with the number of companies targeted falling 30 percent...Read more
The passive investment industry – dominated by BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard – is set to grow in Europe, possibly mirroring the...Read more
The Investor Forum has published its 2017 Review of Activities, identifying the companies with which it engaged last year – revealing...Read more
Barclays has named Kathryn McLeland to run a newly merged treasury and investor relations division as part of an internal...Read more
Christian Mueller-Glissmann, a portfolio strategist for Goldman Sachs, examines how exceptional the ongoing streak of equity and bond...Read more
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has said it will allow companies with dual-class share structures to list, a month after Hong Kong announced...Read more
United Airlines has named Michael Leskinen as managing director of investor relations, replacing Julie Stewart, who was recently...Read more
Q4, a leader in cloud-based investor relations, has announced the release of iris™, a new AI engine designed to improve the IR...Read more
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions has launched passiveIQ, a new tool designed to provide IR professionals with insights into passive index...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why SMRT Corporation was the judges’ choice for the...Read more
Companies listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and incorporated under Luxembourg law will now have to disclose their CSR...Read more
The Netherlands Association for Investor Relations (Nevir) last night announced the winners of the 2018 Dutch IR Awards at an event...Read more
Now that the January 3 implementation date has been and gone and Mifid II is up and running, trends are beginning to take shape in the...Read more
Two shareholder organizations are intensifying their efforts at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to guarantee their voices are heard by...Read more
Chinese stockholders have been increasing their borrowing against shares, driving revenue for broker-dealers, but ultimately creating...Read more
At the IR Magazine Think Tank – UK & Ireland, held in London in November, many issues were discussed, with some of the thoughts...Read more
Hong Kong’s IPO market is set to be the largest in the world in 2018, boosted by rescheduled offerings from last year and an...Read more
December 2017
The IR Magazine Think Thank – UK & Ireland 2017 held in London in November heard from many experts who highlighted a list of...Read more
The top five small-cap focused IRmagazine.com articles saw a range of pieces on how small caps can, and should, survive and thrive in...Read more
Reviewing the most-read articles on the IR Magazine website in 2017, it is hardly surprising, given its importance, that...Read more
At a glance Dilemmas of political influence The political focus on corporate governance is a real...Read more
How has the Middle East been developing, and what’s the involvement of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira...Read more
The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has announced that with effect from January 1, 2018, Andrew Wong will be appointed to serve as...Read more
Having held the top spot for the past two years, Hong Kong is on the verge of losing its IPO crown to New York this year. So far in...Read more
To get a job in IR today probably requires even more effort and focus than it did just a few years ago. This is because IR is better...Read more
The popularity of index investing has raised questions about corporate governance and how far index managers will go to ensure the...Read more
What is the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? The LEI is a global standard for financial market participants. It...Read more
US investors put $1.5 bn into funds that buy financial stocks in the first week of December, lengthening a rotation into the sector...Read more
UK regulator the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published proposals for a revised UK Corporate Governance Code to reflect the...Read more
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has issued a bullish macro outlook for 2018, predicting robust global economic growth, steady US...Read more
China Resources Beer will be drinking to its success today after winning five gongs at the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2017 in...Read more
Fidelity International is to pass on research costs of more than $42 mn a year to investors. The fund house has unveiled details of a...Read more
Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have revealed the large number of factual errors being made in proxy...Read more
Real estate company Frasers Centrepoint Trust has walked away with a number of gongs at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2017...Read more
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has opened a new office for the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) in Singapore in an effort...Read more
November 2017
UK fund managers are unwilling to pay brokers to set up corporate meetings when Mifid II rules come into force next year, according to...Read more
A program to improve corporate governance in the Pacific, funded by the Australian government, has been launched in Fiji with an eye...Read more
Hong Kong-based activist shareholder David Webb has warned that proposals issued by the region’s stock market operator to reform...Read more
China is preparing to tighten regulations governing the asset management industry, which will put an end to the practice of guaranteed...Read more
BNY Mellon has found that geopolitical risk remains the dominant issue affecting overall global market confidence, according to a...Read more
In the latest Mifid II trends research, the CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has revealed that most...Read more
Curley Global IR (CGIR), a strategic advisory firm, has been launched in Savannah, Georgia. The firm combines more than 30 years of...Read more
Small-cap stocks enjoyed enormous success last year until they peaked in December 2016, with the Russell 2000 small-cap index moving...Read more
Although some industry experts are projecting that new Mifid II rules will reduce buy-side spending on equity research by as much as...Read more
After the 19th National People’s Congress (NPC) of the Communist Party of China last month, investors should expect more defaults from...Read more
ABB, the Switzerland-based technology company, has named Jessica Mitchell as the company’s head of investor relations, effective...Read more
Non-financial factors – or ‘intangible factors’ – wield considerable influence over investor perceptions of a company and their...Read more
Ever since its inception as an idea, Mifid II has been creating debate about its meaning and implications. With every new...Read more
More than 100 Europe-based companies have been publicly subjected to activist investor demands in campaigns up to the end of September...Read more
IR Magazine has revealed the short lists for the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2017 , with winners to be announced at...Read more
A recent obscure SEC staff release ahead of the upcoming proxy season expresses the view that the board of directors is generally in a...Read more
What are the benefits for investors getting involved in the Latin America region? Sandra Sinicco:...Read more
Thomson Reuters has released a new report, ‘Global 250 greenhouse gas emitters – A new business logic’ , presenting the...Read more
CMi2i’s shareholder identification analysis can now be accessed through Bloomberg’s investor relations functionality within the...Read more
Landsec has been recognized as the best reporter in the FTSE 100 this year and for the third time in 12 years of this research,...Read more
October 2017
The UK financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), yesterday found itself in the unusual position of having to issue...Read more
Activists this year have set their sights on US companies, with 395 from a total of 640 activist demands year to date (YTD) leveled at...Read more
It has been a big year for IPOs in China with Chinese companies raising $38.6 bn through listings in 2017 to date, according to...Read more
The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia, known for their work with the poor and elderly, have a long tradition of giving a voice to...Read more
Nasdaq and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed an agreement that could make it possible for companies to list on both exchanges at...Read more
While compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code has increased among FTSE 350 companies, governance and reporting remain patchy...Read more
At the IR Magazine Awards – Small Cap, which took place last month in New York, commercial property consultancy and advisory firm...Read more
China’s equity capital market has been boosted by Taiwanese corporates over the last 16 months. In order to benefit from a larger...Read more
Australia plans to abandon its clean energy target aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions in favor of coal power generation, in a...Read more
FTSE 100 company boards should move away from being made up of all-white board members by 2021, according to the final recommendations...Read more
US small caps have become a resurgent asset class recently with the Russell 2000 Index up 7.5 percent in September, while the S&P...Read more
The devil is in the detail: it’s an adage that certainly applies to IROs understanding the share register . But given that...Read more
The securities watchdog in Hong Kong, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), is investigating 15 sponsors of initial public...Read more
Thomson Reuters has announced the 2017 top 100 most diverse and inclusive organizations globally, as ranked by its Diversity &...Read more
This year marks the end of the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) Breakthrough Phase, a three-year period focused on...Read more
The Communist Party of China has said it expects to dictate business decisions – not only at state-owned enterprises, but also at...Read more
Nanobiotix, the Paris-based nano-medicine company that aims to revolutionize radiotherapy, has been named the people’s choice award...Read more
Hedge funds run by women have generated returns double that of their male counterparts this year. The HFRX Diversity Women Index,...Read more
More and more FTSE 350 companies are meeting with corporate governance and stewardship teams to expand their relationships with key...Read more
Investors are not getting the information they need to make long-term decisions because sell-side research fails to consider material...Read more
Traditional reporting will disappear in the next five years, according to Zebra Corporate Communications CEO Andrey Kozhevnikov,...Read more
Two award-winning IROs share their budgeting tipsRead more
September 2017
The findings of the Middle East IR Practitioners Survey 2017, revealed at the Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira)...Read more
China’s mutual fund market has doubled over the past three years and is set to become Asia’s largest, according to a report from...Read more
The Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira) conference in Dubai last week heard from an impressive array of speakers who...Read more
A sea change in shareholder activism across Asia has seen the number of companies publicly targeted more than double between 2013 and...Read more
Japan Exchange Group has approved the listing of three socially responsible exchange-traded funds (ETFs) created by Daiwa Asset...Read more
Financial behemoth State Street has appointed Ilene Fiszel Bieler as senior vice president of investor relations with responsibility...Read more
IR Magazine ’s Women in IR event in London last night found speakers united in a rallying call to get more women into senior...Read more
Boeing has named Maurita Sutedja, a veteran finance leader, as its next vice president of investor relations. She takes up the...Read more
Leading asset managers BlackRock and Fidelity backed China’s Communist Party writing itself into company law this year, according to...Read more
At a glance Runner-up Ranking at number two in this year’s IR Magazine Euro Top 100, the Anglo-...Read more
Passive investing has become a prevalent influence in the markets. Twenty years ago there were just a few market indexes, but today...Read more
February 2018
IROs at large US companies are almost evenly split in their preferences for three broad career paths, according to a new poll from...Read more
Vanguard will create a new investment stewardship team based in London in a drive to improve corporate governance standards across...Read more
The UK Church Investors Group (CIG), which has £17 bn ($24 bn) in assets under management and whose 61 members include the Church of...Read more
Officials at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are confident that, despite the far-reaching nature of plans to overhaul the UK...Read more
Singapore and Malaysia have revealed an innovative plan to create a joint trading link between the two countries, allowing each...Read more
Twenty-seven global investors with £10.5 tn ($15 tn) of assets under management have now signed up to a program to promote more women...Read more
Royal Dutch Shell is the top company for serving investors via online channels, reveals a new report. The Bowen Craggs ‘Index of...Read more
New 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
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are putting an increasing amount of their money into alternative assets, according to a new report, ‘The...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why PTT Exploration & Production won the best...Read more
A major debate is developing between asset managers, bankers and exchanges over dual-class shares, as the listings arrangements are...Read more
Nearly 50 percent of investment managers and consultants surveyed at Northern Trust’s annual Regulatory and Depositary Conference cite...Read more
January 2018
Activist short-sellers had to look harder for overvalued companies in 2017, with the number of companies targeted falling 30 percent...Read more
The passive investment industry – dominated by BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard – is set to grow in Europe, possibly mirroring the...Read more
The Investor Forum has published its 2017 Review of Activities, identifying the companies with which it engaged last year – revealing...Read more
Barclays has named Kathryn McLeland to run a newly merged treasury and investor relations division as part of an internal...Read more
Christian Mueller-Glissmann, a portfolio strategist for Goldman Sachs, examines how exceptional the ongoing streak of equity and bond...Read more
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has said it will allow companies with dual-class share structures to list, a month after Hong Kong announced...Read more
United Airlines has named Michael Leskinen as managing director of investor relations, replacing Julie Stewart, who was recently...Read more
Q4, a leader in cloud-based investor relations, has announced the release of iris™, a new AI engine designed to improve the IR...Read more
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions has launched passiveIQ, a new tool designed to provide IR professionals with insights into passive index...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why SMRT Corporation was the judges’ choice for the...Read more
Companies listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and incorporated under Luxembourg law will now have to disclose their CSR...Read more
The Netherlands Association for Investor Relations (Nevir) last night announced the winners of the 2018 Dutch IR Awards at an event...Read more
Now that the January 3 implementation date has been and gone and Mifid II is up and running, trends are beginning to take shape in the...Read more
Two shareholder organizations are intensifying their efforts at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to guarantee their voices are heard by...Read more
Chinese stockholders have been increasing their borrowing against shares, driving revenue for broker-dealers, but ultimately creating...Read more
At the IR Magazine Think Tank – UK & Ireland, held in London in November, many issues were discussed, with some of the thoughts...Read more
Hong Kong’s IPO market is set to be the largest in the world in 2018, boosted by rescheduled offerings from last year and an...Read more
December 2017
The IR Magazine Think Thank – UK & Ireland 2017 held in London in November heard from many experts who highlighted a list of...Read more
The top five small-cap focused IRmagazine.com articles saw a range of pieces on how small caps can, and should, survive and thrive in...Read more
Reviewing the most-read articles on the IR Magazine website in 2017, it is hardly surprising, given its importance, that...Read more
At a glance Dilemmas of political influence The political focus on corporate governance is a real...Read more
How has the Middle East been developing, and what’s the involvement of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira...Read more
The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has announced that with effect from January 1, 2018, Andrew Wong will be appointed to serve as...Read more
Having held the top spot for the past two years, Hong Kong is on the verge of losing its IPO crown to New York this year. So far in...Read more
To get a job in IR today probably requires even more effort and focus than it did just a few years ago. This is because IR is better...Read more
The popularity of index investing has raised questions about corporate governance and how far index managers will go to ensure the...Read more
What is the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? The LEI is a global standard for financial market participants. It...Read more
US investors put $1.5 bn into funds that buy financial stocks in the first week of December, lengthening a rotation into the sector...Read more
UK regulator the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published proposals for a revised UK Corporate Governance Code to reflect the...Read more
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has issued a bullish macro outlook for 2018, predicting robust global economic growth, steady US...Read more
China Resources Beer will be drinking to its success today after winning five gongs at the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2017 in...Read more
Fidelity International is to pass on research costs of more than $42 mn a year to investors. The fund house has unveiled details of a...Read more
Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have revealed the large number of factual errors being made in proxy...Read more
Real estate company Frasers Centrepoint Trust has walked away with a number of gongs at the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia 2017...Read more
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has opened a new office for the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) in Singapore in an effort...Read more
November 2017
UK fund managers are unwilling to pay brokers to set up corporate meetings when Mifid II rules come into force next year, according to...Read more
A program to improve corporate governance in the Pacific, funded by the Australian government, has been launched in Fiji with an eye...Read more
Hong Kong-based activist shareholder David Webb has warned that proposals issued by the region’s stock market operator to reform...Read more
China is preparing to tighten regulations governing the asset management industry, which will put an end to the practice of guaranteed...Read more
BNY Mellon has found that geopolitical risk remains the dominant issue affecting overall global market confidence, according to a...Read more
In the latest Mifid II trends research, the CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has revealed that most...Read more
Curley Global IR (CGIR), a strategic advisory firm, has been launched in Savannah, Georgia. The firm combines more than 30 years of...Read more
Small-cap stocks enjoyed enormous success last year until they peaked in December 2016, with the Russell 2000 small-cap index moving...Read more
Although some industry experts are projecting that new Mifid II rules will reduce buy-side spending on equity research by as much as...Read more
After the 19th National People’s Congress (NPC) of the Communist Party of China last month, investors should expect more defaults from...Read more
ABB, the Switzerland-based technology company, has named Jessica Mitchell as the company’s head of investor relations, effective...Read more
Non-financial factors – or ‘intangible factors’ – wield considerable influence over investor perceptions of a company and their...Read more
Ever since its inception as an idea, Mifid II has been creating debate about its meaning and implications. With every new...Read more
More than 100 Europe-based companies have been publicly subjected to activist investor demands in campaigns up to the end of September...Read more
IR Magazine has revealed the short lists for the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2017 , with winners to be announced at...Read more
A recent obscure SEC staff release ahead of the upcoming proxy season expresses the view that the board of directors is generally in a...Read more
What are the benefits for investors getting involved in the Latin America region? Sandra Sinicco:...Read more
Thomson Reuters has released a new report, ‘Global 250 greenhouse gas emitters – A new business logic’ , presenting the...Read more
CMi2i’s shareholder identification analysis can now be accessed through Bloomberg’s investor relations functionality within the...Read more
Landsec has been recognized as the best reporter in the FTSE 100 this year and for the third time in 12 years of this research,...Read more
October 2017
The UK financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), yesterday found itself in the unusual position of having to issue...Read more
Activists this year have set their sights on US companies, with 395 from a total of 640 activist demands year to date (YTD) leveled at...Read more
It has been a big year for IPOs in China with Chinese companies raising $38.6 bn through listings in 2017 to date, according to...Read more
The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia, known for their work with the poor and elderly, have a long tradition of giving a voice to...Read more
Nasdaq and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed an agreement that could make it possible for companies to list on both exchanges at...Read more
While compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code has increased among FTSE 350 companies, governance and reporting remain patchy...Read more
At the IR Magazine Awards – Small Cap, which took place last month in New York, commercial property consultancy and advisory firm...Read more
China’s equity capital market has been boosted by Taiwanese corporates over the last 16 months. In order to benefit from a larger...Read more
Australia plans to abandon its clean energy target aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions in favor of coal power generation, in a...Read more
FTSE 100 company boards should move away from being made up of all-white board members by 2021, according to the final recommendations...Read more
US small caps have become a resurgent asset class recently with the Russell 2000 Index up 7.5 percent in September, while the S&P...Read more
The devil is in the detail: it’s an adage that certainly applies to IROs understanding the share register . But given that...Read more
The securities watchdog in Hong Kong, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), is investigating 15 sponsors of initial public...Read more
Thomson Reuters has announced the 2017 top 100 most diverse and inclusive organizations globally, as ranked by its Diversity &...Read more
This year marks the end of the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) Breakthrough Phase, a three-year period focused on...Read more
The Communist Party of China has said it expects to dictate business decisions – not only at state-owned enterprises, but also at...Read more
Nanobiotix, the Paris-based nano-medicine company that aims to revolutionize radiotherapy, has been named the people’s choice award...Read more
Hedge funds run by women have generated returns double that of their male counterparts this year. The HFRX Diversity Women Index,...Read more
More and more FTSE 350 companies are meeting with corporate governance and stewardship teams to expand their relationships with key...Read more
Investors are not getting the information they need to make long-term decisions because sell-side research fails to consider material...Read more
Traditional reporting will disappear in the next five years, according to Zebra Corporate Communications CEO Andrey Kozhevnikov,...Read more
Two award-winning IROs share their budgeting tipsRead more
September 2017
The findings of the Middle East IR Practitioners Survey 2017, revealed at the Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira)...Read more
China’s mutual fund market has doubled over the past three years and is set to become Asia’s largest, according to a report from...Read more
The Middle East Investor Relations Association (Meira) conference in Dubai last week heard from an impressive array of speakers who...Read more
A sea change in shareholder activism across Asia has seen the number of companies publicly targeted more than double between 2013 and...Read more
Japan Exchange Group has approved the listing of three socially responsible exchange-traded funds (ETFs) created by Daiwa Asset...Read more
Financial behemoth State Street has appointed Ilene Fiszel Bieler as senior vice president of investor relations with responsibility...Read more
IR Magazine ’s Women in IR event in London last night found speakers united in a rallying call to get more women into senior...Read more
Boeing has named Maurita Sutedja, a veteran finance leader, as its next vice president of investor relations. She takes up the...Read more
Leading asset managers BlackRock and Fidelity backed China’s Communist Party writing itself into company law this year, according to...Read more
At a glance Runner-up Ranking at number two in this year’s IR Magazine Euro Top 100, the Anglo-...Read more
Passive investing has become a prevalent influence in the markets. Twenty years ago there were just a few market indexes, but today...Read more