– According to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), companies are facing pressure from shareholders, employees and...Read more
Garnet Roach
Senior reporter

Garnet Roach joined IR Magazine in October 2012, working on both the editorial and research sides of the publication. Prior to entering the world of investor relations, her freelance career covered a broad range of subjects, from technology to politics and consumer finance, and even involved a stint as a reporter and editor in Sana’a, Yemen.
Since graduating from City University in London in 2003, where she studied journalism, Roach has worked as a freelance reporter at titles including GlobalPost.com, PC Advisor and The Big Issue.
Latest articles
‘Micro-influencers – those with between 1,000 and 50,000 followers – tend to be somewhat better trusted than mega-influencers,’...Read more
In a finding pointing to how hard it is to see an IPO succeed over the longer term, Iridium Advisors says just 38 percent of IPOs...Read more
Launched last year, Canadian IR firm irlabs is run by two women – Alyssa Barry and Caroline Sawamoto – who combine their experience of...Read more
May 2022
– According to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), companies are facing pressure from shareholders, employees and...Read more
‘Micro-influencers – those with between 1,000 and 50,000 followers – tend to be somewhat better trusted than mega-influencers,’...Read more
In a finding pointing to how hard it is to see an IPO succeed over the longer term, Iridium Advisors says just 38 percent of IPOs...Read more
Launched last year, Canadian IR firm irlabs is run by two women – Alyssa Barry and Caroline Sawamoto – who combine their experience of...Read more
April saw investors set a new record as they sold off around £836 mn ($1.05 bn) of UK equities, with two thirds of UK-focused funds...Read more
Public equity has returned as the top choice for finance among UK small and mid-cap companies after briefly falling out of favor...Read more
April 2022
– Russia has nearly doubled its revenues from selling fossil fuels to the EU during the two months of war in Ukraine, benefiting from...Read more
Companies that gather, use and disclose ‘ investment-grade’ ESG data ‘can expect to be rewarded’ across multiple fronts, according to...Read more
– A new rule requiring US asset managers to disclose more information about cyber-attacks could in fact be a boon for hackers, critics...Read more
Gary LaBranche, who is leaving NIRI after five years at the helm, has been named as the new CEO of RIMS, a risk-management society...Read more
Retail investment platform Public.com rose to IR fame with the launch of its Town Hall Q&As – a forum for companies to engage with...Read more
– Reuters said that Russian companies and a number of global banks could profit if Moscow moves to de-list Russian companies’...Read more
‘Healthcare as an industry has really close ties to ESG in a number of different ways,’ said Ryan Weispfenning, vice president and...Read more
Ben Barrett has been named as the new vice president and head of investor relations at Boston-based broadband provider Starry, which...Read more
Fifty-six percent of investors say they generally expect to engage with investor relations on sustainability issues , according to the...Read more
– Retail trading is down from peak numbers reached during the height of Covid-19, but holding well above pre-pandemic levels, and...Read more
‘Governance should be viewed as the means of facing environmental and social risks and opportunities – not as an isolated element.’...Read more
Founded in South Africa more than 30 years ago, Ninety One maintains a strong emerging markets focus – something that regularly...Read more
Former sell-sider Nate Pollack joined webcasting and virtual event platform operator ON24 in August 2021, just months after the San...Read more
Last year was a success for London in many ways . The London Stock Exchange (LSE) raised more equity capital than the Amsterdam and...Read more
When male analysts question female CEOs they are 7.9 percentage points ‘more aggressive’ than when questioning male CEOs. That’s...Read more
– CNN reported that the Biden administration wants to discourage stock buybacks, which critics say allow executives to manipulate...Read more
Did Brexit come into Trustpilot’s IPO plans at all? Not really, says Derek Brown, head of IR at the Copenhagen-founded company that...Read more
As the cream of the US IR community finally came together to celebrate the best in investor relations in person, trophies were handed...Read more
March 2022
Tesla is seeking shareholder approval for its second stock split since 2020, with the firm saying it wants to do so through a stock...Read more
IROs say the quality of sell-side notes is the biggest indicator of how successful an earnings call has been, according to new...Read more
Scottish Widows has revealed a ‘flagship commitment’ to divest from tobacco companies as it doubles its ESG divestments to almost £3...Read more
– US companies have adopted the ‘Rooney Rule’ – a practice of interviewing minority candidates for top jobs – but it hasn’t led to...Read more
‘An ESG score does not support the basic principles of ESG investing if it considers risk alone.’ That is the message from Doug...Read more
Although a corporate finance background is the most common route into investor relations, with 30 percent of IR professionals boasting...Read more
Gary LaBranche is leaving NIRI after five years to take up a CEO position at an association elsewhere, IR Magazine can...Read more
– US President Joe Biden signed into law a requirement for key businesses to report to the government when they have been hacked, the...Read more
The 2022 proxy season was a record breaker for ESG proposals, with Michael Passoff, CEO of Proxy Impact and co-author of a new report...Read more
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released a beta version of its framework designed to measure and...Read more
Europe’s Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) has mandated the provision of proxy voting services by intermediaries to both...Read more
Financial institutions including Allianz, Amundi, AXA, BNP Paribas, CalPERS, Capital Group, State Street and Vanguard have today begun...Read more
– According to CNBC , as companies exit Russia with unprecedented speed, one of the questions being weighed is where this response to...Read more
Effective today, Russia has been reclassified by MSCI from emerging markets status to stand-alone markets status. The global index...Read more
Even as markets began to cautiously open up, with more companies starting face-to-face meetings again, research showed that hybrid was...Read more
February 2022
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) has spoken out against the risk of creating ‘over-burdensome regulation’ by crafting new rules...Read more
The UK’s International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) is calling for the ESG ratings industry to be regulated, citing concerns...Read more
Fifty-eight percent of say-on-climate votes were a one-time affair, according to a new report from index provider MSCI, which warns...Read more
– ‘We believe active involvement and engagement with the companies in the portfolio, as opposed to taking a divestment...Read more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that volatile markets pose ‘high risks’ to both institutional and...Read more
ESG fund flows dipped for the first time since March 2020 last month, as investors sought to ‘take gains and buy into other sectors’...Read more
Senior managers spent a global average of 39 days on IR in 2021 – a figure that is largely in line with 2020 and which IR Magazine...Read more
Visa has appointed Jennifer Como, who currently serves as senior vice president of IR at the payment giant, to the position of head of...Read more
Retail investment apps have revolutionized investing for millions who can now buy and sell shares – or even portions of shares – at...Read more
– According to Reuters , Tesla said the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing intends to file a lawsuit against the...Read more
Although ‘dedicated activists are keen to suggest that conditions are better than ever’, Josh Black, editor at Activist Insight, says...Read more
Supply-chain issues that have apparently created an international paper shortage have forced UK money manager abrdn to delay a...Read more
– ‘Liquidity has been a hallmark of the $51 tn US equities market,’ noted the Financial Times (paywall), ‘but over the past...Read more
Is swearing acceptable on the conference call? Whatever your thoughts on that, it’s clear that expletives are on the rise, according...Read more
Investors consistently point to capital markets days (CMDs) as the best way to improve company visibility for small and mid-caps – but...Read more
January 2022
IR and PR consultancy KCSA Strategic Communications has launched a ‘crowdfunding’ recruitment program in a bid to attract new talent,...Read more
– The US is likely as little as a few years from a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to Bank of America, reported...Read more
The relationship between Bitcoin and traditional markets has grown closer since 2020, according to research from Goldman Sachs. It...Read more
Forty-six percent of UK small and mid-cap investors say there is insufficient research available to help them make investment...Read more
Half of the admittedly few in-person roadshows held between Q3 2020 and Q2 2021 were IR-only, with no C-suite presence, reveals the...Read more
– Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Man Group are among the firms asking London staff to get back to their desks after the UK dropped its...Read more
OTC Markets has seen a 70 percent increase in listings from firms outside of North America, with 81 companies choosing the alternative...Read more
Companies that fail to take a multi-stakeholder approach are missing out on far higher potential returns, according to a new study...Read more
Only at small-cap companies are a minority of shares held by institutional investors, according to findings published in IR...Read more
– Covid-19’s rapidly spreading Omicron variant is throwing a spanner in the works for IPO coming-out parties, said the Wall Street...Read more
Medical technology company PAVmed and its majority-owned subsidiary Lucid Diagnostics, a commercial-stage cancer prevention...Read more
Energy sector investors place greater weight on challenges to a new-energy transition than do corporate executives, according to...Read more
A new firm launched by one of the co-founders of a leading distressed investment firm and a senior lecturer from Harvard Business...Read more
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Christian Gadzinski as its new senior director of investor relations, replacing...Read more
Although ESG-focused ETFs make up just 4 percent of overall ESG assets in the Asia-Pacific region, research from Cerulli Associates...Read more
– Apple briefly became a $3 tn company this week – the first firm to hit the milestone – before valuation slipped back a little to $2...Read more
Savers added £1 bn ($1.35 bn) in new cash to their equity holdings in December, taking the 2021 net inflow to a record £14.2 bn,...Read more
When the IR team at Sainsbury’s first started using in gage in 2018, the primary goal was to conduct more direct activity – ‘...Read more
‘When I joined Altus Group, the first thing I did was set up my tech platform ,’ says Camilla Bartosiewicz, vice president of IR at...Read more
December 2021
‘Our primary goal [in using Lumi ] was to deliver a safe and legally compliant virtual AGM, one where shareholders could just as...Read more
Dublin, Ireland-headquartered Cosmo Pharmaceuticals has announced a new head of investor relations in Hazel Winchester, who will take...Read more
HCA Healthcare, a leading provider of hospitals and other services, has named Frank Morgan as its new vice president of investor...Read more
The week in investor relations is taking a break for the holidays. See you in 2022! – Investors are ‘closely...Read more
Small-cap companies held an average of just 64 virtual investor meetings over the last year – little more than half the number held by...Read more
When he first learned about AlphaSense at NIRI’s 2016 conference, Dennis Walsh, head of investor relations at Pacaso , says the ‘...Read more
Of the total number of corporate events currently planned for next year, just 11 percent are slated to be virtual , according to new...Read more
If 2020 was the shocker (first) year of the pandemic and all that it entailed, then perhaps 2021 was the year of Covid fatigue. Many...Read more
A new pre-screening assessment introduced by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (...Read more
Talking about how PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) has adapted its approach to communications, Thanat Thamrongsaksuvit, IR...Read more
Would you choose a piece of IR tech over a new team member? At least one of the IR professionals we spoke to for this feature says...Read more
– America’s biggest bank is predicting an end to the pandemic and a return to global growth in the year ahead, according to CNN . ‘Our...Read more
China Resources Beer, Kunlun Energy and Suncity Group Holdings between them won the most coveted awards at the IR Magazine Awards –...Read more
Thirty-six percent of investors say they support divestment as a tool against climate change, up from 30 percent before COP26. That’s...Read more
The arrival of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 has prompted swift action from investors, with Calastone reporting an £83 mn ($110...Read more
This year, no one company really dominated the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia . Instead, a wide selection of firms from across...Read more
Funds in the UK, Japan and North America all experienced outflows in October 2021, shows retail sales data from the Investment...Read more
From bringing out 60 employees from across the company for an award-winning investor day to its ambitious net-zero goals, Severn Trent...Read more
Dennis Walsh has joined Pacaso as its head of investor relations, taking up the role at a company started by two former executives...Read more
‘For people doing IR, I think this pandemic has been so fundamental in terms of changing their daily lives,’ says Thomas Kudsk Larsen...Read more
November 2021
Although 40 percent of companies surveyed by Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR) for its latest IR survey say they have restarted face-to-...Read more
BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), one of the world’s largest medical technology firms, has appointed Francesca DeMartino as its new...Read more
For the past 10 years, UK small and mid-cap companies have twice yearly told the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) that if they needed...Read more
– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that CEO pay across the FTSE 100 fell by nearly a 10th this year, as companies...Read more
‘The head of sustainability or inclusion and diversity, company secretary or head of IR are all sufficient,’ Cathy Norbury, co-founder...Read more
Divestment is not the answer if we want to reach net-zero by 2050. That is the argument put forward by Hendrik du Toit, founder and...Read more
Is your company fairly valued? What factors drive that valuation? And what steps could you take to achieve a fairer valuation? These...Read more
May 2022
– According to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), companies are facing pressure from shareholders, employees and...Read more
‘Micro-influencers – those with between 1,000 and 50,000 followers – tend to be somewhat better trusted than mega-influencers,’...Read more
In a finding pointing to how hard it is to see an IPO succeed over the longer term, Iridium Advisors says just 38 percent of IPOs...Read more
Launched last year, Canadian IR firm irlabs is run by two women – Alyssa Barry and Caroline Sawamoto – who combine their experience of...Read more
April saw investors set a new record as they sold off around £836 mn ($1.05 bn) of UK equities, with two thirds of UK-focused funds...Read more
Public equity has returned as the top choice for finance among UK small and mid-cap companies after briefly falling out of favor...Read more
April 2022
– Russia has nearly doubled its revenues from selling fossil fuels to the EU during the two months of war in Ukraine, benefiting from...Read more
Companies that gather, use and disclose ‘ investment-grade’ ESG data ‘can expect to be rewarded’ across multiple fronts, according to...Read more
– A new rule requiring US asset managers to disclose more information about cyber-attacks could in fact be a boon for hackers, critics...Read more
Gary LaBranche, who is leaving NIRI after five years at the helm, has been named as the new CEO of RIMS, a risk-management society...Read more
Retail investment platform Public.com rose to IR fame with the launch of its Town Hall Q&As – a forum for companies to engage with...Read more
– Reuters said that Russian companies and a number of global banks could profit if Moscow moves to de-list Russian companies’...Read more
‘Healthcare as an industry has really close ties to ESG in a number of different ways,’ said Ryan Weispfenning, vice president and...Read more
Ben Barrett has been named as the new vice president and head of investor relations at Boston-based broadband provider Starry, which...Read more
Fifty-six percent of investors say they generally expect to engage with investor relations on sustainability issues , according to the...Read more
– Retail trading is down from peak numbers reached during the height of Covid-19, but holding well above pre-pandemic levels, and...Read more
‘Governance should be viewed as the means of facing environmental and social risks and opportunities – not as an isolated element.’...Read more
Founded in South Africa more than 30 years ago, Ninety One maintains a strong emerging markets focus – something that regularly...Read more
Former sell-sider Nate Pollack joined webcasting and virtual event platform operator ON24 in August 2021, just months after the San...Read more
Last year was a success for London in many ways . The London Stock Exchange (LSE) raised more equity capital than the Amsterdam and...Read more
When male analysts question female CEOs they are 7.9 percentage points ‘more aggressive’ than when questioning male CEOs. That’s...Read more
– CNN reported that the Biden administration wants to discourage stock buybacks, which critics say allow executives to manipulate...Read more
Did Brexit come into Trustpilot’s IPO plans at all? Not really, says Derek Brown, head of IR at the Copenhagen-founded company that...Read more
As the cream of the US IR community finally came together to celebrate the best in investor relations in person, trophies were handed...Read more
March 2022
Tesla is seeking shareholder approval for its second stock split since 2020, with the firm saying it wants to do so through a stock...Read more
IROs say the quality of sell-side notes is the biggest indicator of how successful an earnings call has been, according to new...Read more
Scottish Widows has revealed a ‘flagship commitment’ to divest from tobacco companies as it doubles its ESG divestments to almost £3...Read more
– US companies have adopted the ‘Rooney Rule’ – a practice of interviewing minority candidates for top jobs – but it hasn’t led to...Read more
‘An ESG score does not support the basic principles of ESG investing if it considers risk alone.’ That is the message from Doug...Read more
Although a corporate finance background is the most common route into investor relations, with 30 percent of IR professionals boasting...Read more
Gary LaBranche is leaving NIRI after five years to take up a CEO position at an association elsewhere, IR Magazine can...Read more
– US President Joe Biden signed into law a requirement for key businesses to report to the government when they have been hacked, the...Read more
The 2022 proxy season was a record breaker for ESG proposals, with Michael Passoff, CEO of Proxy Impact and co-author of a new report...Read more
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released a beta version of its framework designed to measure and...Read more
Europe’s Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) has mandated the provision of proxy voting services by intermediaries to both...Read more
Financial institutions including Allianz, Amundi, AXA, BNP Paribas, CalPERS, Capital Group, State Street and Vanguard have today begun...Read more
– According to CNBC , as companies exit Russia with unprecedented speed, one of the questions being weighed is where this response to...Read more
Effective today, Russia has been reclassified by MSCI from emerging markets status to stand-alone markets status. The global index...Read more
Even as markets began to cautiously open up, with more companies starting face-to-face meetings again, research showed that hybrid was...Read more
February 2022
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) has spoken out against the risk of creating ‘over-burdensome regulation’ by crafting new rules...Read more
The UK’s International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) is calling for the ESG ratings industry to be regulated, citing concerns...Read more
Fifty-eight percent of say-on-climate votes were a one-time affair, according to a new report from index provider MSCI, which warns...Read more
– ‘We believe active involvement and engagement with the companies in the portfolio, as opposed to taking a divestment...Read more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that volatile markets pose ‘high risks’ to both institutional and...Read more
ESG fund flows dipped for the first time since March 2020 last month, as investors sought to ‘take gains and buy into other sectors’...Read more
Senior managers spent a global average of 39 days on IR in 2021 – a figure that is largely in line with 2020 and which IR Magazine...Read more
Visa has appointed Jennifer Como, who currently serves as senior vice president of IR at the payment giant, to the position of head of...Read more
Retail investment apps have revolutionized investing for millions who can now buy and sell shares – or even portions of shares – at...Read more
– According to Reuters , Tesla said the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing intends to file a lawsuit against the...Read more
Although ‘dedicated activists are keen to suggest that conditions are better than ever’, Josh Black, editor at Activist Insight, says...Read more
Supply-chain issues that have apparently created an international paper shortage have forced UK money manager abrdn to delay a...Read more
– ‘Liquidity has been a hallmark of the $51 tn US equities market,’ noted the Financial Times (paywall), ‘but over the past...Read more
Is swearing acceptable on the conference call? Whatever your thoughts on that, it’s clear that expletives are on the rise, according...Read more
Investors consistently point to capital markets days (CMDs) as the best way to improve company visibility for small and mid-caps – but...Read more
January 2022
IR and PR consultancy KCSA Strategic Communications has launched a ‘crowdfunding’ recruitment program in a bid to attract new talent,...Read more
– The US is likely as little as a few years from a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to Bank of America, reported...Read more
The relationship between Bitcoin and traditional markets has grown closer since 2020, according to research from Goldman Sachs. It...Read more
Forty-six percent of UK small and mid-cap investors say there is insufficient research available to help them make investment...Read more
Half of the admittedly few in-person roadshows held between Q3 2020 and Q2 2021 were IR-only, with no C-suite presence, reveals the...Read more
– Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Man Group are among the firms asking London staff to get back to their desks after the UK dropped its...Read more
OTC Markets has seen a 70 percent increase in listings from firms outside of North America, with 81 companies choosing the alternative...Read more
Companies that fail to take a multi-stakeholder approach are missing out on far higher potential returns, according to a new study...Read more
Only at small-cap companies are a minority of shares held by institutional investors, according to findings published in IR...Read more
– Covid-19’s rapidly spreading Omicron variant is throwing a spanner in the works for IPO coming-out parties, said the Wall Street...Read more
Medical technology company PAVmed and its majority-owned subsidiary Lucid Diagnostics, a commercial-stage cancer prevention...Read more
Energy sector investors place greater weight on challenges to a new-energy transition than do corporate executives, according to...Read more
A new firm launched by one of the co-founders of a leading distressed investment firm and a senior lecturer from Harvard Business...Read more
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Christian Gadzinski as its new senior director of investor relations, replacing...Read more
Although ESG-focused ETFs make up just 4 percent of overall ESG assets in the Asia-Pacific region, research from Cerulli Associates...Read more
– Apple briefly became a $3 tn company this week – the first firm to hit the milestone – before valuation slipped back a little to $2...Read more
Savers added £1 bn ($1.35 bn) in new cash to their equity holdings in December, taking the 2021 net inflow to a record £14.2 bn,...Read more
When the IR team at Sainsbury’s first started using in gage in 2018, the primary goal was to conduct more direct activity – ‘...Read more
‘When I joined Altus Group, the first thing I did was set up my tech platform ,’ says Camilla Bartosiewicz, vice president of IR at...Read more
December 2021
‘Our primary goal [in using Lumi ] was to deliver a safe and legally compliant virtual AGM, one where shareholders could just as...Read more
Dublin, Ireland-headquartered Cosmo Pharmaceuticals has announced a new head of investor relations in Hazel Winchester, who will take...Read more
HCA Healthcare, a leading provider of hospitals and other services, has named Frank Morgan as its new vice president of investor...Read more
The week in investor relations is taking a break for the holidays. See you in 2022! – Investors are ‘closely...Read more
Small-cap companies held an average of just 64 virtual investor meetings over the last year – little more than half the number held by...Read more
When he first learned about AlphaSense at NIRI’s 2016 conference, Dennis Walsh, head of investor relations at Pacaso , says the ‘...Read more
Of the total number of corporate events currently planned for next year, just 11 percent are slated to be virtual , according to new...Read more
If 2020 was the shocker (first) year of the pandemic and all that it entailed, then perhaps 2021 was the year of Covid fatigue. Many...Read more
A new pre-screening assessment introduced by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (...Read more
Talking about how PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) has adapted its approach to communications, Thanat Thamrongsaksuvit, IR...Read more
Would you choose a piece of IR tech over a new team member? At least one of the IR professionals we spoke to for this feature says...Read more
– America’s biggest bank is predicting an end to the pandemic and a return to global growth in the year ahead, according to CNN . ‘Our...Read more
China Resources Beer, Kunlun Energy and Suncity Group Holdings between them won the most coveted awards at the IR Magazine Awards –...Read more
Thirty-six percent of investors say they support divestment as a tool against climate change, up from 30 percent before COP26. That’s...Read more
The arrival of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 has prompted swift action from investors, with Calastone reporting an £83 mn ($110...Read more
This year, no one company really dominated the IR Magazine Awards – South East Asia . Instead, a wide selection of firms from across...Read more
Funds in the UK, Japan and North America all experienced outflows in October 2021, shows retail sales data from the Investment...Read more
From bringing out 60 employees from across the company for an award-winning investor day to its ambitious net-zero goals, Severn Trent...Read more
Dennis Walsh has joined Pacaso as its head of investor relations, taking up the role at a company started by two former executives...Read more
‘For people doing IR, I think this pandemic has been so fundamental in terms of changing their daily lives,’ says Thomas Kudsk Larsen...Read more
November 2021
Although 40 percent of companies surveyed by Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR) for its latest IR survey say they have restarted face-to-...Read more
BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), one of the world’s largest medical technology firms, has appointed Francesca DeMartino as its new...Read more
For the past 10 years, UK small and mid-cap companies have twice yearly told the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) that if they needed...Read more
– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that CEO pay across the FTSE 100 fell by nearly a 10th this year, as companies...Read more
‘The head of sustainability or inclusion and diversity, company secretary or head of IR are all sufficient,’ Cathy Norbury, co-founder...Read more
Divestment is not the answer if we want to reach net-zero by 2050. That is the argument put forward by Hendrik du Toit, founder and...Read more
Is your company fairly valued? What factors drive that valuation? And what steps could you take to achieve a fairer valuation? These...Read more