Sell side Archive

The week in investor relations: Shell spends ‘gigantic’ quarterly profit on share buybacks, Zuckerberg’s metaverse hits investor reality and Musk ‘frees’ Twitter in $44 bn takeover

Oct 28, 2022

8 min read

– Shell will buy back $4 bn worth of shares and increase its dividend by 15 percent after posting another gigantic quarterly...

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The week in investor relations: Activist investors see opportunity in market turmoil, investor interest in cyber-security rises and markets ‘call the shots’ amid UK chaos

Oct 21, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

7 min read

– Activist investors in the US are seeing an opportunity in rocky markets, said The New York Times (paywall). Turbulent periods...

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Roche’s new head of IR discusses his latest role

Oct 20, 2022

By Garnet Roach

4 min read

You’ve been part of the Roche IR team for several years and before that worked on the sell side. What elements of your past...

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Opening bell: ABOUT YOU on its Frankfurt IPO

Sep 27, 2022

By Garnet Roach

5 min read

‘An IPO can be quite a frustrating process,’ says Julia Stötzel, who was brought in by German e-fashion darling ABOUT YOU to take...

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‘Siloed sustainability tells us something about a company’: Highlights from the IR Magazine Forum – Canada 2022

Sep 14, 2022

By Tim Human

4 min read

When IR professionals gathered in May for the IR Magazine Forum – Canada 2022, there was plenty to discuss. The Canadian market...

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GCC earnings sentiment ‘higher than before pandemic’ despite global concerns, finds Iridium research

Aug 25, 2022

By Garnet Roach

3 min read

Earnings call sentiment across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is trending back up to 2019 levels – despite a backdrop...

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The week in investor relations: Supply chain disclosures, UK political turmoil hits IPO plans and Russian bourse records $11 mn worth of trades in Hong Kong-listed stocks

Jul 22, 2022

By Garnet Roach

6 min read

– The Wall Street J ournal (paywall) said US companies will have to disclose the terms and size of their supply-chain financing...

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Peter McGough of Gambling.com talks IR priorities in his new role

Jul 21, 2022

By Garnet Roach

3 min read

A former sell-sider with experience in corporate access talks to IR Magazine about his move into IR, what investors will want to...

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Challenging male verbal aggression to female CEOs in earnings calls

Jun 17, 2022

By Dr Sebastian Tideman

4 min read

It’s nothing new that women leaders face more challenges than men. We already know women are less likely to become CEOs – the FTSE...

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Opening bell: Myesha Lacy of Arcellx on the biotech’s IPO

Jun 15, 2022

By Tim Human

4 min read

‘Why are you going public now?’ asked investors during biotech Arcellx’s IPO in early February this year. It was not a surprising...