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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 2016
Financial services stands out as the sector at greatest risk if the UK were to leave the EU following next month’s referendum,...Read more
At a glance Emerging money The cities crowning the IR Magazine global roadshow top 20 destinations list...Read more
As of yesterday, small companies and start-up firms in the US can sell shares through crowdfunding portals for the first time,...Read more
Shareholder activists targeted 349 companies worldwide in the first five months of the year, according to new data from Activist...Read more
Consultancy Sodali has acquired Morrow & Co to create Morrow Sodali Global, a global firm with more than 600 clients across 30...Read more
Twenty-six percent of asset managers expect to pay for research themselves, according to a poll of more than 100 asset managers...Read more
Want to make life easier for investors considering a position in your company? Looking to improve access to information for existing...Read more
Who would you prefer to be the next US president? That was the question put to users of IRmagazine.com in our latest monthly poll –...Read more
April 2016
Old National Bank (ONB) was the winner of the first people’s choice award for innovation at last month’s US Awards in New York . More...Read more
The UK’s financial regulator is considering changing rules governing how information is shared ahead of an IPO. The Financial Conduct...Read more
The latest in a series of developments around corporate access and research sees the Phoenix IR-owned CorporateAccessNetwork join...Read more
Leadership is big business: US companies reportedly spend $14 bn a year to teach it, according to a Bersin by Deloitte study, and...Read more
Having already brought the vast majority of its assets in-house over the past five years, ATP, Denmark’s $107 bn pension and social...Read more
The Australian treasurer has revealed plans that pave the way to ending the monopoly currently enjoyed by the Australian Securities...Read more
First in the materials sector this year, Sherwin-Williams has also risen up the US Top 100 from joint 15th in 2015 to seventh in 2016...Read more
Whether you missed the action, want to catch up or fill those Champagne-induced memory gaps, catch up with all the action from the IR...Read more
March 2016
‘We want to understand what the key factors are that change a company’s [corporate governance] rating within our model from E to A,’...Read more
Alongside the usual awards handed out to Europe’s top IR teams at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, including the coveted grand prix...Read more
Oil prices and regional tensions have taken their toll on the Islamic finance sector. The number of Islamic funds dropped in 2015 and...Read more
At a glance Resource scarcity Investor relations teams are scaling down internal operations and spending more on...Read more
As Deutsche Börse has once again proposed a so-called merger of equals with the London Stock Exchange – the third attempt to bring...Read more
The results of the Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) IR Excellence Program were revealed last night, with QNB – the country’s national bank...Read more
The number of IR professionals reporting having had an activist on the register has jumped by 70 percent over the past eight years,...Read more
February 2016
Bruce Goldfarb, president and CEO of New York-headquartered Okapi Partners, is modest when asked what sets his firm apart from its...Read more
The key to investor relations in a downturn is to stay in touch with your constituents and keep your message consistent; in many ways...Read more
When Brian Schwieger joined the London Stock Exchange (LSE) two and a half years ago – moving ‘just over the road’ from Bank of...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 1 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 5...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 2 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 4...Read more
The widely expected delay to the implementation date for the European legislation known as MiFID II came closer to a one-year delay...Read more
Companies across the globe remain ‘firmly focused’ on the US and the UK as the top destinations for investment, according to BNY...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 3 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 2 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 4...Read more
Global Top 50 award winner: best small/mid-cap company Global Top 50 rank: 4 Brazil Top 30...Read more
New York-headquartered metals manufacturer Alcoa has expanded its investor relations team as it strengthens preparations to split in...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 5 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 3 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 3...Read more
Global Top 50 winner: best IRO, Mark Henninger Global Top 50 rank: 6 US Top 100 rank in...Read more
January 2016
Shareholder proposals for proxy access in 2015 – the hottest governance topic in the US last year – generally proved popular,...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 7 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 3 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 1...Read more
The quality of corporate websites and the wider digital presence of companies in the S&P 100, the NYSE US 100 and the NASDAQ 100...Read more
Global Top 50 winner: best IR by senior management Global Top 50 rank: 8 US Top 100 rank...Read more
Delphi Automotive, a global auto technology firm headquartered in Gillingham in the UK, has named Elena Doom Rosman as its new vice...Read more
JPMorgan Chase moved its fourth quarter and full-year results from the newswires to its IR website last week, following a similar move...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 9 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 5 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 1...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 10 Asia Top 50 rank in 2015/2016: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 2...Read more
December 2015
Even the smallest one-body IR department gets help from elsewhere in the company, reveals research by EY and IR Magazine ,...Read more
IROs are taking the lead in a higher percentage of one-on-one investor meetings, reveals the latest research from IR Magazine...Read more
November 2015
Almost nine out of 10 respondents (88 percent) say an ‘ability to build strong relationships with investors and analysts’ is one of...Read more
Australia ‘At the board level, there have been demonstrable moves by boards (encouraged by many...Read more
At a glance A lack of demand Few IROs report any demand from the investment community to...Read more
At a glance The year behind Proxy access was without doubt the big governance story of 2015, and...Read more
With the option for added videos of the CEO, interactive images and other shiny new elements , it might seem like the annual report is...Read more
It might be necessary to delay the MiFID II regulation until January 2018, Reuters has quoted a European Commission (EC) official as...Read more
Alternative corporate access platform in gage has opened up its secure feedback system to non-clients, allowing IROs to...Read more
The NYSE and NIRI are urging the SEC to force hedge funds to reveal their short positions – something already required in Europe. In a...Read more
Founded in 2012 by Wall Street and technology professionals, Meetyl is one of the new breed of platforms that offer companies and...Read more
October 2015
Register now for our free webinar – Certainty in uncertain times: how to survive in a world where the market is down...Read more
September 2015
At a glance Shoestring IR Investor relations departments at small-cap companies (those with a market cap of less...Read more
Why does NBIM take a more active ESG approach to its investments? Responsible investment and active ownership are...Read more
At a glance Bringing in the money The years following the financial crisis have seen some sovereign wealth funds (...Read more
Globally, the average salary for a head of IR is between $200,000 and $249,999 a year, according to the IR Magazine Global...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? I have been in investor relations since 2008. 2. What did you do before...Read more
Online corporate access platform in gage has signed up the Investor Forum as one of its latest clients. While in...Read more
The standout story of this year’s proxy season has undoubtedly been the call for proxy access , which spread across companies in the...Read more
An IR calendar might seem a simple enough system to put together but Richard Davies, managing director of London-based consultancy RD:...Read more
August 2015
Please note: IR Magazine Think Tanks operate under the Chatham House rule. As a result, there is no attribution of anything said...Read more
The Middle East Investor Relations Society (MEIRS) has named digital IR firm Investis as its website partner for 2015 and has also...Read more
NASDAQ’s Corporate Solutions business has joined forces with data and analytics platform Visible Alpha to offer IR Insight clients...Read more
After more than a decade at the world’s largest retailer – nine spent leading its IR program – Carol Schumacher is leaving Walmart at...Read more
Thirty-two people have now been charged with involvement in a scheme to profit from non-public information in more than 100,000...Read more
Russian telecoms firm VimpelCom has announced that Gerbrand Nijman , who has lead the IR program for the past four years, has taken...Read more
Ooredoo has been short-listed for eight awards at the seventh annual Middle East Investor Relations Society (MEIRS) Awards to be held...Read more
This is an edited version of IR Magazine Week, IR Magazine ’s weekly newsletter. To receive the newsletter, please...Read more
July 2015
As part of our research for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015, we conducted extensive research into European buy-side and sell-side...Read more
Jamie Dimon, outspoken CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, may stop coming in on quarterly conference calls , leaving CFO Marianne Lake to...Read more
Click here for the full list of IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015 winners . It was all change at the top of the Euro Top 100 last night...Read more
June 2015
There are simply too many factors involved in the determination of a company’s share price – from macroeconomics to which sectors are...Read more
IR website provider Q4 Web Systems has released an app designed for IROs and finance professionals, launching the Q4 Touch at last...Read more
Hamburg-based Deutsche EuroShop used free video-streaming app Periscope to allow investors and analysts the chance to watch the firm’s...Read more
As the Japanese AGM season kicks off, companies will be preparing for somewhat more stormy meetings in a month that has seen the...Read more
Whether IROs are looking to use their investor relations experience as a stepping stone to a further position or they see IR as a...Read more
It wasn’t until two months after the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) changed its rules on quarterly reporting – or interim...Read more
The ‘cornerstone’ of European financial markets regulation – the original Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) – has...Read more
Twenty-eight percent of companies globally say they plan to increase their focus on sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) this year, according...Read more
May 2015
Why do you think the NIRI executive search team chose you to be the association’s new CEO? Certainly the advent of...Read more
Last year Swedbank climbed the IR Magazine Euro Top 100 rankings , going from 41st position to 14th place and winning the award for...Read more
The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) became the region’s first exchange to launch a program rewarding high-performance investor relations at...Read more
When asked whether IROs primarily view investor relations as a career in its own right or as a path to further career opportunities,...Read more
‘Doing a roadshow without providing the feedback is kind of missing the point of the whole thing,’ states a broker from the corporate...Read more
Saudi Arabia last week revealed the final rules for foreign investors looking to move into the kingdom’s $590 bn stock market. While...Read more
Proposed changes to Australia’s continuous disclosure rules have come under fire from the Australasian Investor Relations Association...Read more
April 2015
Macroeconomic IR challenges are the only area of concern to have grown during 2014, with almost a fifth (18 percent) of investor...Read more
Brazilian pulp and paper firm Suzano has revealed that its head of IR for the past two years is leaving the company, with Michelle...Read more
A forced CEO turnover can cost a large company $1.8 bn more in shareholder value than a well-planned transition, according to research...Read more
Egyptian snack maker Edita Food Industries listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) earlier this month under BNY Mellon’s global...Read more
March 2015
The IR Magazine Awards – US 2015 made history for two reasons. Not only was it the event’s 20th outing but also, for the first time...Read more
As IR Magazine celebrated 20 years of its US Awards in New York last night, a list of the top performers over the last 20...Read more
The proxy access debate had been on something of a backburner since the SEC’s own rules for an industry standard were thrown out by a...Read more
Paris-headquartered Total has named long-standing employee Mike Sangster as its new head of investor relations . Prior to joining the...Read more
As investor activism campaigns become more commonplace – and better publicized – companies are increasingly running vulnerability...Read more
North American investors are more likely to invest in home companies than investors in Europe or Asia, according to data from the most...Read more
February 2015
Forgoing the traditional financials-focused earnings call , Steve Ells, co-chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, this week...Read more
May 2016
Financial services stands out as the sector at greatest risk if the UK were to leave the EU following next month’s referendum,...Read more
At a glance Emerging money The cities crowning the IR Magazine global roadshow top 20 destinations list...Read more
As of yesterday, small companies and start-up firms in the US can sell shares through crowdfunding portals for the first time,...Read more
Shareholder activists targeted 349 companies worldwide in the first five months of the year, according to new data from Activist...Read more
Consultancy Sodali has acquired Morrow & Co to create Morrow Sodali Global, a global firm with more than 600 clients across 30...Read more
Twenty-six percent of asset managers expect to pay for research themselves, according to a poll of more than 100 asset managers...Read more
Want to make life easier for investors considering a position in your company? Looking to improve access to information for existing...Read more
Who would you prefer to be the next US president? That was the question put to users of IRmagazine.com in our latest monthly poll –...Read more
April 2016
Old National Bank (ONB) was the winner of the first people’s choice award for innovation at last month’s US Awards in New York . More...Read more
The UK’s financial regulator is considering changing rules governing how information is shared ahead of an IPO. The Financial Conduct...Read more
The latest in a series of developments around corporate access and research sees the Phoenix IR-owned CorporateAccessNetwork join...Read more
Leadership is big business: US companies reportedly spend $14 bn a year to teach it, according to a Bersin by Deloitte study, and...Read more
Having already brought the vast majority of its assets in-house over the past five years, ATP, Denmark’s $107 bn pension and social...Read more
The Australian treasurer has revealed plans that pave the way to ending the monopoly currently enjoyed by the Australian Securities...Read more
First in the materials sector this year, Sherwin-Williams has also risen up the US Top 100 from joint 15th in 2015 to seventh in 2016...Read more
Whether you missed the action, want to catch up or fill those Champagne-induced memory gaps, catch up with all the action from the IR...Read more
March 2016
‘We want to understand what the key factors are that change a company’s [corporate governance] rating within our model from E to A,’...Read more
Alongside the usual awards handed out to Europe’s top IR teams at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe, including the coveted grand prix...Read more
Oil prices and regional tensions have taken their toll on the Islamic finance sector. The number of Islamic funds dropped in 2015 and...Read more
At a glance Resource scarcity Investor relations teams are scaling down internal operations and spending more on...Read more
As Deutsche Börse has once again proposed a so-called merger of equals with the London Stock Exchange – the third attempt to bring...Read more
The results of the Qatar Stock Exchange’s (QSE) IR Excellence Program were revealed last night, with QNB – the country’s national bank...Read more
The number of IR professionals reporting having had an activist on the register has jumped by 70 percent over the past eight years,...Read more
February 2016
Bruce Goldfarb, president and CEO of New York-headquartered Okapi Partners, is modest when asked what sets his firm apart from its...Read more
The key to investor relations in a downturn is to stay in touch with your constituents and keep your message consistent; in many ways...Read more
When Brian Schwieger joined the London Stock Exchange (LSE) two and a half years ago – moving ‘just over the road’ from Bank of...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 1 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 5...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 2 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 4...Read more
The widely expected delay to the implementation date for the European legislation known as MiFID II came closer to a one-year delay...Read more
Companies across the globe remain ‘firmly focused’ on the US and the UK as the top destinations for investment, according to BNY...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 3 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 2 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 4...Read more
Global Top 50 award winner: best small/mid-cap company Global Top 50 rank: 4 Brazil Top 30...Read more
New York-headquartered metals manufacturer Alcoa has expanded its investor relations team as it strengthens preparations to split in...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 5 Euro Top 100 rank in 2015: 3 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 3...Read more
Global Top 50 winner: best IRO, Mark Henninger Global Top 50 rank: 6 US Top 100 rank in...Read more
January 2016
Shareholder proposals for proxy access in 2015 – the hottest governance topic in the US last year – generally proved popular,...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 7 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 3 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 1...Read more
The quality of corporate websites and the wider digital presence of companies in the S&P 100, the NYSE US 100 and the NASDAQ 100...Read more
Global Top 50 winner: best IR by senior management Global Top 50 rank: 8 US Top 100 rank...Read more
Delphi Automotive, a global auto technology firm headquartered in Gillingham in the UK, has named Elena Doom Rosman as its new vice...Read more
JPMorgan Chase moved its fourth quarter and full-year results from the newswires to its IR website last week, following a similar move...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 9 US Top 100 rank in 2015: 5 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 1...Read more
Global Top 50 rank: 10 Asia Top 50 rank in 2015/2016: 1 IR Magazine Awards won in 2015: 2...Read more
December 2015
Even the smallest one-body IR department gets help from elsewhere in the company, reveals research by EY and IR Magazine ,...Read more
IROs are taking the lead in a higher percentage of one-on-one investor meetings, reveals the latest research from IR Magazine...Read more
November 2015
Almost nine out of 10 respondents (88 percent) say an ‘ability to build strong relationships with investors and analysts’ is one of...Read more
Australia ‘At the board level, there have been demonstrable moves by boards (encouraged by many...Read more
At a glance A lack of demand Few IROs report any demand from the investment community to...Read more
At a glance The year behind Proxy access was without doubt the big governance story of 2015, and...Read more
With the option for added videos of the CEO, interactive images and other shiny new elements , it might seem like the annual report is...Read more
It might be necessary to delay the MiFID II regulation until January 2018, Reuters has quoted a European Commission (EC) official as...Read more
Alternative corporate access platform in gage has opened up its secure feedback system to non-clients, allowing IROs to...Read more
The NYSE and NIRI are urging the SEC to force hedge funds to reveal their short positions – something already required in Europe. In a...Read more
Founded in 2012 by Wall Street and technology professionals, Meetyl is one of the new breed of platforms that offer companies and...Read more
October 2015
Register now for our free webinar – Certainty in uncertain times: how to survive in a world where the market is down...Read more
September 2015
At a glance Shoestring IR Investor relations departments at small-cap companies (those with a market cap of less...Read more
Why does NBIM take a more active ESG approach to its investments? Responsible investment and active ownership are...Read more
At a glance Bringing in the money The years following the financial crisis have seen some sovereign wealth funds (...Read more
Globally, the average salary for a head of IR is between $200,000 and $249,999 a year, according to the IR Magazine Global...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? I have been in investor relations since 2008. 2. What did you do before...Read more
Online corporate access platform in gage has signed up the Investor Forum as one of its latest clients. While in...Read more
The standout story of this year’s proxy season has undoubtedly been the call for proxy access , which spread across companies in the...Read more
An IR calendar might seem a simple enough system to put together but Richard Davies, managing director of London-based consultancy RD:...Read more
August 2015
Please note: IR Magazine Think Tanks operate under the Chatham House rule. As a result, there is no attribution of anything said...Read more
The Middle East Investor Relations Society (MEIRS) has named digital IR firm Investis as its website partner for 2015 and has also...Read more
NASDAQ’s Corporate Solutions business has joined forces with data and analytics platform Visible Alpha to offer IR Insight clients...Read more
After more than a decade at the world’s largest retailer – nine spent leading its IR program – Carol Schumacher is leaving Walmart at...Read more
Thirty-two people have now been charged with involvement in a scheme to profit from non-public information in more than 100,000...Read more
Russian telecoms firm VimpelCom has announced that Gerbrand Nijman , who has lead the IR program for the past four years, has taken...Read more
Ooredoo has been short-listed for eight awards at the seventh annual Middle East Investor Relations Society (MEIRS) Awards to be held...Read more
This is an edited version of IR Magazine Week, IR Magazine ’s weekly newsletter. To receive the newsletter, please...Read more
July 2015
As part of our research for the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015, we conducted extensive research into European buy-side and sell-side...Read more
Jamie Dimon, outspoken CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, may stop coming in on quarterly conference calls , leaving CFO Marianne Lake to...Read more
Click here for the full list of IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015 winners . It was all change at the top of the Euro Top 100 last night...Read more
June 2015
There are simply too many factors involved in the determination of a company’s share price – from macroeconomics to which sectors are...Read more
IR website provider Q4 Web Systems has released an app designed for IROs and finance professionals, launching the Q4 Touch at last...Read more
Hamburg-based Deutsche EuroShop used free video-streaming app Periscope to allow investors and analysts the chance to watch the firm’s...Read more
As the Japanese AGM season kicks off, companies will be preparing for somewhat more stormy meetings in a month that has seen the...Read more
Whether IROs are looking to use their investor relations experience as a stepping stone to a further position or they see IR as a...Read more
It wasn’t until two months after the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) changed its rules on quarterly reporting – or interim...Read more
The ‘cornerstone’ of European financial markets regulation – the original Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) – has...Read more
Twenty-eight percent of companies globally say they plan to increase their focus on sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) this year, according...Read more
May 2015
Why do you think the NIRI executive search team chose you to be the association’s new CEO? Certainly the advent of...Read more
Last year Swedbank climbed the IR Magazine Euro Top 100 rankings , going from 41st position to 14th place and winning the award for...Read more
The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) became the region’s first exchange to launch a program rewarding high-performance investor relations at...Read more
When asked whether IROs primarily view investor relations as a career in its own right or as a path to further career opportunities,...Read more
‘Doing a roadshow without providing the feedback is kind of missing the point of the whole thing,’ states a broker from the corporate...Read more
Saudi Arabia last week revealed the final rules for foreign investors looking to move into the kingdom’s $590 bn stock market. While...Read more
Proposed changes to Australia’s continuous disclosure rules have come under fire from the Australasian Investor Relations Association...Read more
April 2015
Macroeconomic IR challenges are the only area of concern to have grown during 2014, with almost a fifth (18 percent) of investor...Read more
Brazilian pulp and paper firm Suzano has revealed that its head of IR for the past two years is leaving the company, with Michelle...Read more
A forced CEO turnover can cost a large company $1.8 bn more in shareholder value than a well-planned transition, according to research...Read more
Egyptian snack maker Edita Food Industries listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) earlier this month under BNY Mellon’s global...Read more
March 2015
The IR Magazine Awards – US 2015 made history for two reasons. Not only was it the event’s 20th outing but also, for the first time...Read more
As IR Magazine celebrated 20 years of its US Awards in New York last night, a list of the top performers over the last 20...Read more
The proxy access debate had been on something of a backburner since the SEC’s own rules for an industry standard were thrown out by a...Read more
Paris-headquartered Total has named long-standing employee Mike Sangster as its new head of investor relations . Prior to joining the...Read more
As investor activism campaigns become more commonplace – and better publicized – companies are increasingly running vulnerability...Read more
North American investors are more likely to invest in home companies than investors in Europe or Asia, according to data from the most...Read more
February 2015
Forgoing the traditional financials-focused earnings call , Steve Ells, co-chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, this week...Read more