Rise of the boutiques
By definition, boutique investment houses hold only a small proportion of all funds under management. But the percentage is rising...
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Shareholder targeting & ID Archive
IR teams target sovereign wealth funds
With more than $3 tn in assets, the world’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are becoming a prime source of potential investment...
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Do image campaigns need IR input?
On the face of it, corporate image campaigns look like an IRO’s dream: addressing thousands, indeed millions, of investors at once...
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The small-cap trap
To attract a mate, peacocks perform an elaborate love dance. They strut, fan out their tail feathers and shake their shimmering...
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Feedback at a cost: measuring shareholder sentiment
Measuring shareholder sentiment can be tricky. You can pay a consultancy a huge fee in the hope that the carefully crafted...
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Shareholder ID: identity crisis
No matter how brilliantly IROs refine their techniques, they keep bumping up against brick walls. Communicating directly with...
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A tight squeeze: debt IR
After the recent upheaval in the debt markets, many IROs are probably loath to use the ‘D’ word. But the current situation makes...
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World's favourite shareholders
Shareholder envy can be a bitter pill to swallow. This is especially true for companies that always attract the usual suspects –...
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Reaping the rewards of the right investor
Refreshments‘I am extremely fond of Julius Baer in New York. First of all, you have to go to floor 12A as it is too superstitious...
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Best practice: how they do it at RPM
Like the paint it makes, RPM is spread thinly but widely across the world. Its brands, such as Rust-Oleum, have more recognition...
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