Richard Davies: A lifetime’s work
I started my career in IR as a result of the changes enshrined in the 1985 UK Companies Act, which allowed public companies, under...
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Shareholder targeting & ID Archive
Going beyond the data
For IROs everywhere, information about prospective shareholders is the Holy Grail. This information is the basis of key targeting...
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Scott Ganeles: From start to finish
My parents originally wanted me to be a lawyer, and in college I was lucky enough to get an internship with IBM in its corporate...
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Global practice in 2012: the IR audience
On a global basis, a typical company’s investor base now has fewer institutional investors than last year. While institutional...
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The perfect shareholder base
Even though the question has no definitive answer, only guidelines and rough guesses, IROs haven’t given up trying. ‘We get asked...
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New IR firm set up by former Capital Precision director
A former director at market intelligence provider Capital Precision has set up his own London-based ownership analysis firm.Amit...
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Icahn’s son gets $3 bn to invest
Companies spooked by the Carl Icahn name don’t look like getting respite any time soon. The legendary hedge fund manager is...
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Asian investors to shake up home market bias
Nearly half of all institutional investors in Asia plan to allocate a larger proportion of their funds to non-domestic companies...
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M&A attracts new types of investors
You spend years cultivating your relationships with the buy side and then, just when those ties would most come in handy, you find...
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Retail shareholders: looking out for the little guy
Aunt Minnie from Kansas has been through a lot in the last few decades. Once a dizzy retiree, the stereotypical retail investor...
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