Reverse angle
Improved disclosure. More transparency. Better corporate governance. The calls are frequent and well-rehearsed. Everyone on the...
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Regulation Archive
The disappeared
The total value of financial assets seeking their rightful owners can probably be reckoned in billions of pounds in the UK alone...
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Quid pro quo
This month's cover story tackles a thorny issue for many investor relations officers – shareholder identification. It is the key...
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Track stars
Flip through recent issues of any major financial publication and you're bound to stumble across a story on 'tracking stocks'. The...
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As Delaware goes...
According to the Chief Justice of Delaware's Supreme Court, Hon E Norman Veasey, over half of the Fortune 500 and over half of the...
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Retail revival europe
Retail shareholders have often been characterized as being much less influential, less knowledgeable investors than their...
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In extremis
Can good IR outweigh 'bad demographics?' Service Corporation International (SCI) provides an ambiguous case. For years, the...
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Boardroom battles
Being caught up in a civil war is a nightmare for anyone. But when that civil war is in your own boardroom, IROs are in a...
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Gucci bagged?
Fashions come and go but quality lasts forever. That, anyway, is the premise underlying a decision to buy a Louis Vuitton handbag...
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Behind the mask
Some of my most relaxing days at the office are the days when earnings are released. It's a blast – I come in and I talk to the...
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