Norway’s $1.3 tn Government Pension Fund Global – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) – reported a record loss of 1.68 bn...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
Historically, healthcare companies have been poor communicators when it comes to their institutional investors. That’s according to 68...Read more
Sleep apnea medical tech firm Inspire Medical Systems has named Ezgi Yagci as its new vice president of IR. Yagci joins the NYSE-...Read more
A newly launched index, tracking off-trend earnings announcements from US firms, had a score of 144 for Q2 2022 – higher than the Q1...Read more
August 2022
Norway’s $1.3 tn Government Pension Fund Global – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) – reported a record loss of 1.68 bn...Read more
Historically, healthcare companies have been poor communicators when it comes to their institutional investors. That’s according to 68...Read more
Sleep apnea medical tech firm Inspire Medical Systems has named Ezgi Yagci as its new vice president of IR. Yagci joins the NYSE-...Read more
A newly launched index, tracking off-trend earnings announcements from US firms, had a score of 144 for Q2 2022 – higher than the Q1...Read more
Clearway Capital, described by Insightia as ‘Europe’s first dedicated ESG activist fund,’ was thrust into the spotlight this year,...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that BlackRock, the world’s largest money management company, is opening a...Read more
‘Recently, ESG ratings providers have come under scrutiny over concerns about the reliability of their assessments,’ write Stanford...Read more
New research has assessed 1,000 IR and corporate communications websites to produce a top 100 list of the firms offering the best...Read more
As asset owners around the world pledge formal commitments to net-zero, data from Cerulli Associates shows that those in the US are...Read more
Brian Dingerdissen has been named as the new vice president of investor relations and treasurer at Pennsylvania-headquartered...Read more
– The Guardian reported on comments by António Guterres, the UN secretary general, describing the record profits of oil and...Read more
NYSE-listed sustainable agriculture and nutrition firm ADM has named Megan Britt as its new vice president of investor relations...Read more
Investors responding to ‘intensifying economic uncertainty’ pulled £4.5 bn ($5.4 bn) from UK funds, according to the latest data from...Read more
The majority of investors are concerned that a move back to in-person meetings will give them less opportunity to engage with senior...Read more
The number of small and mid-cap firms listed in the UK has fallen in recent years as economic turbulence and ‘unfavorable and over-...Read more
July 2022
– According to Reuters (paywall), BlackRock reported a sharp drop in its support for environmental and social-related shareholder...Read more
Short-selling saw a 34 percent boost on trading and investment platform Capital.com in Q2, according to the latest Pulse report from...Read more
As companies grapple with a ‘triple squeeze’ on finances, CEOs and CFOs say investment in M&A and sustainability will be the first...Read more
– The Wall Street J ournal (paywall) said US companies will have to disclose the terms and size of their...Read more
A former sell-sider with experience in corporate access talks to IR Magazine about his move into IR, what investors will...Read more
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced the creation of a new industry group, tasked with improving the competitiveness of the...Read more
Half of investors want corporates to shore up balance sheets amid what Bank of America (BofA) describes as ‘dire levels of investor...Read more
– The outlook for the global economy has ‘darkened significantly’ in recent months, the head of the IMF has warned, and the world...Read more
Nasdaq-listed Gambling.com – a company that owns and operates more than 50 websites covering various aspects of the online gambling...Read more
Equities ownership concentration has rapidly increased in recent years, according to new research from MSCI , which shows that 46...Read more
– According to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), firms that verify companies’ climate data are at...Read more
Size and location are among the factors influencing the decarbonization routes of European institutional investors, according to the...Read more
UK greentech firm SulNOx offers a proprietary fuel additive that can be added to fossil fuels to reduce the production of harmful,...Read more
Vancouver-headquartered Outcrop Silver & Gold has appointed Kathy Li as its new director of investor relations. Li’s IR experience...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
Two years after joining Ingersoll Rand – which trades on the NYSE under the ticker IR – Matthew Fort has been promoted from vice...Read more
Male corporate directors, who dominate higher-paid executive positions across the FTSE 100, earn 74 percent more than female directors...Read more
Almost four in 10 (38 percent) of companies globally say they have seen an increase in the number of meetings with investors from...Read more
– Reuters (paywall) reported that a growing number of large US companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must...Read more
June 2022
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
Investors have faced losses because earnings dates were missing, incorrect or had changed, according to annual research from Wall...Read more
Having just been named IR lead at Virgin Orbit , the arm of Sir Richard Branson’s aerospace companies that deals with satellite...Read more
– With human capital management an increasing focus among investors, a leaked internal memo showed that Amazon fears it could run out...Read more
IR Magazine caught up with Jeremy Ulan, an internal hire appointed to the role of head of IR and treasury at MSCI this month...Read more
Twenty-seven companies from 12 different countries shared awards across 31 categories as the cream of the European IR community put on...Read more
Forty-one percent of European IROs say more virtual investor meetings are needed before an investor takes a position in the stock...Read more
Virgin Orbit has appointed Stephen Zhang as its first vice president of investor relations, heading up the IR efforts at the satellite...Read more
Almost four in five (78 percent) of the members surveyed by the UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD) say directors should be subject to a...Read more
– Monday saw US stocks close in a bear market, following ‘a dramatic late-session sell-off,’ according to the Financial Times...Read more
A group of 10 academics, which includes former SEC commissioners and a former general counsel at the regulator, is calling for...Read more
UK companies are more likely to settle with an activist than those in continental Europe . That was one of the findings of a recent...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
‘I had never even been on a cruise at that point!’ says Jessica John, thinking back to the immense impact of Covid-19, which struck...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
With a ‘quiet resurgence’ in shareholder activism campaigns under way in both the UK and continental Europe, new research shows that...Read more
Overall, the investment community is slightly more likely to take a meeting if it is virtual, though there is a difference in the...Read more
A new quota to boost female representation on corporate boards across the EU was provisionally approved last night, having stalled in...Read more
Krishna Veeraraghavan, partner in the corporate department at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, US It...Read more
MSCI has appointed Jeremy Ulan as head of investor relations and treasury, effective immediately. Ulan joined the global index...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
‘It is encouraging to see that the government has taken our concerns on board,’ says the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), talking...Read more
Cyndi Eakin has been named as senior vice president of IR at CoStar Group, a provider of online real estate marketplaces, information...Read more
– Corporate executives have been buying shares in their companies at a rate not seen since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic,...Read more
‘That little chat on the way to the elevator? If you can have that on the sidelines of an investor meeting in the metaverse, I think...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
August 2022
Norway’s $1.3 tn Government Pension Fund Global – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) – reported a record loss of 1.68 bn...Read more
Historically, healthcare companies have been poor communicators when it comes to their institutional investors. That’s according to 68...Read more
Sleep apnea medical tech firm Inspire Medical Systems has named Ezgi Yagci as its new vice president of IR. Yagci joins the NYSE-...Read more
A newly launched index, tracking off-trend earnings announcements from US firms, had a score of 144 for Q2 2022 – higher than the Q1...Read more
Clearway Capital, described by Insightia as ‘Europe’s first dedicated ESG activist fund,’ was thrust into the spotlight this year,...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that BlackRock, the world’s largest money management company, is opening a...Read more
‘Recently, ESG ratings providers have come under scrutiny over concerns about the reliability of their assessments,’ write Stanford...Read more
New research has assessed 1,000 IR and corporate communications websites to produce a top 100 list of the firms offering the best...Read more
As asset owners around the world pledge formal commitments to net-zero, data from Cerulli Associates shows that those in the US are...Read more
Brian Dingerdissen has been named as the new vice president of investor relations and treasurer at Pennsylvania-headquartered...Read more
– The Guardian reported on comments by António Guterres, the UN secretary general, describing the record profits of oil and...Read more
NYSE-listed sustainable agriculture and nutrition firm ADM has named Megan Britt as its new vice president of investor relations...Read more
Investors responding to ‘intensifying economic uncertainty’ pulled £4.5 bn ($5.4 bn) from UK funds, according to the latest data from...Read more
The majority of investors are concerned that a move back to in-person meetings will give them less opportunity to engage with senior...Read more
The number of small and mid-cap firms listed in the UK has fallen in recent years as economic turbulence and ‘unfavorable and over-...Read more
July 2022
– According to Reuters (paywall), BlackRock reported a sharp drop in its support for environmental and social-related shareholder...Read more
Short-selling saw a 34 percent boost on trading and investment platform Capital.com in Q2, according to the latest Pulse report from...Read more
As companies grapple with a ‘triple squeeze’ on finances, CEOs and CFOs say investment in M&A and sustainability will be the first...Read more
– The Wall Street J ournal (paywall) said US companies will have to disclose the terms and size of their...Read more
A former sell-sider with experience in corporate access talks to IR Magazine about his move into IR, what investors will...Read more
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced the creation of a new industry group, tasked with improving the competitiveness of the...Read more
Half of investors want corporates to shore up balance sheets amid what Bank of America (BofA) describes as ‘dire levels of investor...Read more
– The outlook for the global economy has ‘darkened significantly’ in recent months, the head of the IMF has warned, and the world...Read more
Nasdaq-listed Gambling.com – a company that owns and operates more than 50 websites covering various aspects of the online gambling...Read more
Equities ownership concentration has rapidly increased in recent years, according to new research from MSCI , which shows that 46...Read more
– According to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), firms that verify companies’ climate data are at...Read more
Size and location are among the factors influencing the decarbonization routes of European institutional investors, according to the...Read more
UK greentech firm SulNOx offers a proprietary fuel additive that can be added to fossil fuels to reduce the production of harmful,...Read more
Vancouver-headquartered Outcrop Silver & Gold has appointed Kathy Li as its new director of investor relations. Li’s IR experience...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
Two years after joining Ingersoll Rand – which trades on the NYSE under the ticker IR – Matthew Fort has been promoted from vice...Read more
Male corporate directors, who dominate higher-paid executive positions across the FTSE 100, earn 74 percent more than female directors...Read more
Almost four in 10 (38 percent) of companies globally say they have seen an increase in the number of meetings with investors from...Read more
– Reuters (paywall) reported that a growing number of large US companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must...Read more
June 2022
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
Investors have faced losses because earnings dates were missing, incorrect or had changed, according to annual research from Wall...Read more
Having just been named IR lead at Virgin Orbit , the arm of Sir Richard Branson’s aerospace companies that deals with satellite...Read more
– With human capital management an increasing focus among investors, a leaked internal memo showed that Amazon fears it could run out...Read more
IR Magazine caught up with Jeremy Ulan, an internal hire appointed to the role of head of IR and treasury at MSCI this month...Read more
Twenty-seven companies from 12 different countries shared awards across 31 categories as the cream of the European IR community put on...Read more
Forty-one percent of European IROs say more virtual investor meetings are needed before an investor takes a position in the stock...Read more
Virgin Orbit has appointed Stephen Zhang as its first vice president of investor relations, heading up the IR efforts at the satellite...Read more
Almost four in five (78 percent) of the members surveyed by the UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD) say directors should be subject to a...Read more
– Monday saw US stocks close in a bear market, following ‘a dramatic late-session sell-off,’ according to the Financial Times...Read more
A group of 10 academics, which includes former SEC commissioners and a former general counsel at the regulator, is calling for...Read more
UK companies are more likely to settle with an activist than those in continental Europe . That was one of the findings of a recent...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
‘I had never even been on a cruise at that point!’ says Jessica John, thinking back to the immense impact of Covid-19, which struck...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
With a ‘quiet resurgence’ in shareholder activism campaigns under way in both the UK and continental Europe, new research shows that...Read more
Overall, the investment community is slightly more likely to take a meeting if it is virtual, though there is a difference in the...Read more
A new quota to boost female representation on corporate boards across the EU was provisionally approved last night, having stalled in...Read more
Krishna Veeraraghavan, partner in the corporate department at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, US It...Read more
MSCI has appointed Jeremy Ulan as head of investor relations and treasury, effective immediately. Ulan joined the global index...Read more
The self-entry nominations are now open for both the IR Magazine Awards – Greater China 2022 and the IR Magazine Awards – South East...Read more
‘It is encouraging to see that the government has taken our concerns on board,’ says the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), talking...Read more
Cyndi Eakin has been named as senior vice president of IR at CoStar Group, a provider of online real estate marketplaces, information...Read more
– Corporate executives have been buying shares in their companies at a rate not seen since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic,...Read more
‘That little chat on the way to the elevator? If you can have that on the sidelines of an investor meeting in the metaverse, I think...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