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BlackSky Technology, the NYSE-listed provider of geospatial intelligence, has appointed Aly Bonilla as vice president of investor...Read more
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BSkyB will return around £1 bn ($1.6 bn) to shareholders following the collapse of its sale to News Corp. The broadcaster, which today...Read more
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Nomura has set its sights on the US corporate access market with the hire of Goldman Sachs veteran Lori Arndt. The investment bank is...Read more
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Russia’s two IR associations – the Financial Communications and Investor Relations Association (ARFI) and the Russian Association of...Read more
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For the second year running, BASF has been crowned the best large-cap company for investor relations in Europe at the IR Magazine...Read more
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TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have called off their proposed merger after it became clear they would not secure enough...Read more
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PDC Energy has appointed IR veteran Ron Wirth as director of investor relations. Wirth has two decades of experience in the IR field,...Read more
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Religare Capital Markets (RCML), the investment banking arm of Religare Enterprises, has brought in John Sturmey as its global head of...Read more
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Ken Morrison, the former chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets, has been handed a hefty fine by the UK financial watchdog for his...Read more
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IR magazine has announced the launch of a new list ranking the best IR departments across Europe. The ‘IR Magazine Europe Top...Read more
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On Friday the SEC’s new whistleblower program took effect, allowing company employees to profit from reporting securities law...Read more
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UK companies are keeping a tight rein on annual report costs, with budgets flat or down in most cases. The pressure on budgets has...Read more
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Another company has joined the IR app brigade. Kingfisher, the FTSE 100-listed home improvement retailer, yesterday launched an app...Read more
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is thinking about coordinating a continent-wide ban on short selling, according...Read more
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Banking stocks should be avoided following the downgrade to US debt by Standard & Poor’s, according to a new report from Bank of...Read more
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) suspended trading in several shares today following a suspected attack by hackers. The suspensions...Read more
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Global equity markets remained highly volatile today, with stocks experiencing extreme swings. The FTSEurofirst 300 Index fell by 5...Read more
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WR Grace, the bankrupt chemicals maker, has hired Mark Sutherland as vice president of investor relations. Sutherland arrives from...Read more
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Newly listed Kosmos Energy has brought in Brad Whitmarsh as the oil and gas company’s vice president of investor relations. Kosmos,...Read more
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The majority of IR practitioners from Australia and New Zealand feel they are inadequately paid for their work, according to new...Read more
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Maple Group, the consortium of Canadian banks and pension funds aiming to take over TMX Group, has pushed back the deadline for its C$...Read more
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has promoted vice president of IR Carolyn Ross to head of investor relations, effective immediately. She...Read more
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Deutsche Börse has announced that shareholders representing more than 95 percent of outstanding stock have backed the exchange’s...Read more
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Cowen Group, the New York-based financial services firm, has hired Ray Cameron as its new head of corporate access. He will report to...Read more
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Nexis has taken on Sheffield United, the UK football team, as a shareholder in return for shirt sponsorship during next year’s season...Read more
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Rank, the UK leisure group, says in its corporate literature it has been entertaining people since 1937. That tradition has extended...Read more
July 2011
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BSkyB will return around £1 bn ($1.6 bn) to shareholders following the collapse of its sale to News Corp. The broadcaster, which today...Read more
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Nomura has set its sights on the US corporate access market with the hire of Goldman Sachs veteran Lori Arndt. The investment bank is...Read more
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Glencore International has finally got round to appointing a new IRO, two months after Nicholas Bias quit the role, according to a...Read more
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The SEC has adopted a new rule to help it track the activities of large traders with the biggest influence on the market. The...Read more
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Airgas has honored vice president of communications and IR Jay Worley for his work fending off a year-long takeover attempt by Air...Read more
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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a business lobby group, has called on regulators to get on with changes to governance...Read more
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has warned issuers to exercise caution as they may be approached by people pretending to be part...Read more
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Micro-cap DoMark International has hired Jordan Silverstein as its new vice president of IR. Previously, Silverstein held the role of...Read more
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Putting hedge funds into group meetings can help to soften up their questioning style, according to one speaker on the IR Magazine...Read more
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Walter Energy has brought in a new head of investor relations as the company attempts to deal with the resignation of its CEO and the...Read more
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Cable and Wireless Worldwide (C&W Worldwide) suffered a major pay revolt at its annual meeting yesterday in London. Around a third...Read more
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Xunlei has postponed its initial public offering in the US amid volatile markets and questions over the governance and accounting...Read more
article
Carl Icahn has improved his bid for Clorox and rebuked the company’s management for defending its performance. Yesterday, Icahn...Read more
article
Evolving Gold has decided to move its IR function in-house, hiring Rory Quinn as the mining firm’s new manager of investor relations...Read more
article
The Australian investment community has followed those in the US and Canada by stating that investor relations can have a significant...Read more
article
Claims of accounting irregularities at Chinese companies are set to continue and could affect even diligent companies’ access to...Read more
article
Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, has attempted to start a bidding war for household goods maker Clorox by putting the...Read more
article
FTSE 100 companies are increasingly opting for hybrid online annual reports, which combine HTML and PDF or Excel sections, according...Read more
article
Deutsche Börse shareholders have backed the exchange’s planned merger with NYSE Euronext. The German bourse confirmed yesterday that...Read more
article
Reckitt Benckiser, the FTSE 100-listed household goods company, has announced the appointment of Richard Joyce as its new investor...Read more
article
XBRL US has attracted four entrants in the first week of its competition that carries a $20,000 prize for the most useful and...Read more
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Deutsche Börse’s shareholders edged closer to approving the exchange group’s merger with NYSE Euronext yesterday. The German bourse...Read more
article
PIRC, the UK proxy adviser, has called on James Murdoch to stand down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and renewed its...Read more
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Vale picked up four awards at yesterday’s IR Magazine Brazil Awards 2011 , but it was Itaú Unibanco that grabbed the grand prix for...Read more
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The Church of England is using its position as an investor in News Corp to apply pressure to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The church...Read more
article
Meritor, the NSYE-listed supplier of drive train and braking parts for commercial vehicles, has handed Christy Daehnert the job of...Read more
article
The Basic House Co is set to become the first Korean company to list in Hong Kong, according to a report from Dow Jones . The Korean...Read more
article
NYSE-listed silver mining company Coeur d’Alene Mines has brought in Wendy Yang as its new vice president of investor relations. Yang...Read more
article
There is a plan in the works for a new Russian investor relations certificate, according to Olga Rink, executive director of Russia’s...Read more
article
Cabot, the NYSE-listed specialty chemicals and performance materials company, has promoted Erica McLaughlin to the role of director of...Read more
article
The joining of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse moved a step closer today when the former’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor...Read more
article
Russia’s two IR associations – the Financial Communications and Investor Relations Association (ARFI) and the Russian Association of...Read more
article
The majority of companies in the UK’s FTSE 350 Index have adopted annual elections for the full board, according to data from...Read more
article
Singapore-based companies are having a tough time finding candidates with the desired experienced for vacant IR positions, according...Read more
article
A new report has called on companies to spend more time talking with the buy side about long-term business plans and sustainability. ‘...Read more
article
A shareholder body has issued a warning over pay practices and recent boardroom changes at Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&W...Read more
article
Norske Skog, the Norwegian paper manufacturer, has announced the appointment of a new vice president of investor relations. Tom Rogn,...Read more
article
Zynga has become the latest social media company to file for an initial public offering, following the likes of LinkedIn and Groupon...Read more
article
For the second year running, BASF has been crowned the best large-cap company for investor relations in Europe at the IR Magazine...Read more
June 2011
article
TMX Group and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have called off their proposed merger after it became clear they would not secure enough...Read more
article
While attitudes are changing, the majority of IR professionals remain cautious about social media. That fact was underlined during an...Read more
article
PDC Energy has appointed IR veteran Ron Wirth as director of investor relations. Wirth has two decades of experience in the IR field,...Read more
article
Religare Capital Markets (RCML), the investment banking arm of Religare Enterprises, has brought in John Sturmey as its global head of...Read more
article
M&A activity in the US continued to pick up pace in the first five months of 2011 and is set to accelerate further during the...Read more
article
German companies once again performed strongly at an awards ceremony yesterday, picking up best quoted company for IR and best pan-...Read more
article
StockTwits , the fast-growing online investment community, today officially launched a suite of services to help companies manage...Read more
article
Jefferies has added three new analysts to its Asian equities business as the investment bank continues to expand its presence in the...Read more
article
Prada has began the bookbuilding for its Hong Kong listing as luxury brands seek to take advantage of interest among Chinese investors...Read more
article
Broadridge’s Canada business has launched a new educational site for public companies called Charting the Course . The site includes...Read more
article
Albemarle, the NYSE-listed producer of specialty chemicals, has promoted Lorin Crenshaw to the role of director of investor relations...Read more
article
The chairman of Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission resigned today following a row over his alleged involvement with a group...Read more
article
WPP saw off an investor backlash over pay at its annual meeting yesterday when more than 40 percent of investors voted against the...Read more
article
The takeover of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) by Singapore Exchange (SGX) was blocked, along with other reasons, because the...Read more
article
General Growth Properties (GGP), the NYSE-listed real estate investment trust, has hired Andrew Joa as its new vice president of...Read more
article
Coca-Cola is exploring the possibility of a listing in Shanghai, according to a news report out today. A spokesperson for the soft...Read more
article
Tesco has brought in a new approach to executive pay, following a significant revolt by shareholders over the issue last year. The new...Read more
May 2011
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Paul Myners, the former UK City minister and shareholder engagement advocate, has joined Cevian Capital as chairman of the investment...Read more
