Buy sideHermes: 2019 could be turning point for emerging markets Jan 30, 2019Garnet RoachToday’s emerging markets are ‘better placed to weather shocks’ than in the past, according to a research note from Silvia Dall’Angelo...Read more
ReportingAdding video to the spread: AstraZenenca on enhancing the webcast Jan 22, 2019Garnet RoachFor the first time, in it's recent year-end webcast, AstraZeneca embedded video to help bring the story to life When...Read more
Buy sideThe relentless rise of indices Nov 16, 2018Oliver SchutzmannAlthough the world’s first Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), was created in 1896, it was not until 1973 that the first...Read more
CareersIR professionals feel increasingly valued in Middle East Oct 05, 2018Garnet RoachMore than four fifths (81 percent) of IR practitioners across the Middle East say they feel valued by senior management, up from 73...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDPoland upgraded to developed market status by FTSE Russell Sep 25, 2018Garnet RoachPoland has joined a group of 25 of the world’s most advanced economies, including the US, the UK, Germany, France, Japan and Australia...Read more
Case studiesWhat Saudi Arabia’s MSCI upgrade means for IR in the kingdom Jun 21, 2018Oliver SchutzmannThe decision is made. MSCI, the global index provider, has joined its peer FTSE Russell in elevating Saudi stocks to emerging market...Read more
Buy sideMake boards conflict-free, AllianzGI official tells Hong Kong firms Apr 10, 2018Garnet RoachEugenia Unanyants-Jackson, head of ESG research at Allianz Global Investors, which has €498 bn ($613 bn) in assets under management,...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDHedge fund investors focus on Asia and emerging markets equity Mar 15, 2018Garnet RoachInvestors putting their money into hedge funds are setting their sights on equities in 2018 – with emerging markets strategies coming...Read more
Case studiesLessons from Mauritius on making companies more accountable Oct 30, 2017Jyoti Devi (Brinda) MahadeoTeerooven SoobaroyenSince the turn of the century, developing countries have been adopting corporate governance codes with the promise that they will...Read more