Introduction to IR and the Financial Markets

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This one-day course provides an excellent introduction to the world of investor relations, listed companies and the financial markets in which they operate. It explains clearly how the markets are regulated as well as looking at equity investors and the underlying investment principles. A Q&A session with a senior IR professional provides an invaluable opportunity to clarify any practical areas of particular interest to the participants.

Who should attend?

• New IR professionals
• Anyone working in IR, corporate communications, financial PR and new to the financial world
• Those with no financial background and new to handling financial communications 

What will I gain?

• A good insight into the role of investor relations and the financial market environment in which IR operates
• A thorough understanding of the fundamentals of financial markets
• An overview of the current regulatory environment
• An invaluable opportunity to clarify specific questions through the Q&A session
   

When and where is this course running?

The Introduction to IR and Financial Markets course is running on the below dates. If you cannot attend any of the below training dates or your preferred modality is not yet scheduled, please do 'Register Interest' in the course. 

2024: In-Person, City of London

• Thursday 28 November 2024 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: Online, Zoom

• Tuesday 14 January 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: In-Person, City of London

• Tuesday 18 February 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: Online, Zoom

• Tuesday 15 April 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: In-Person, City of London

• Tuesday 19 August 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: In-Person, City of London

• Tuesday 21 October 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

2025: Online, Zoom

• Tuesday 02 December 2025 (09:30 - 16:30)

Course tutor: Deborah Morton-Dare

Deborah specialises in financial training for all levels from beginners to advanced. She presents a comprehensive range of courses to a diverse range of corporate clients and financial institutions and specialises in making complex technical subjects comprehensible. 

Deborah qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Young and then worked in Corporate Finance gaining wide ranging experience in a variety of corporate and financial institutions. She then worked as a financial consultant to companies assisting them in raising finance and structuring.

Guest speaker: Richard Foster

Head of Investor Relations - GBG plc

Richard is Head of IR at GBG, a global specialist in location and identity, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM: GBG). Prior to GBG, he had responsibility for investor relations at Aggreko, formerly the FTSE250 listed global leader in temporary power and temperature control. Notable achievements included our capital markets engagement to set out a Net Zero strategy, before working on the $3bn public to private sale of the Group to a private equity consortium in 2021, and its subsequent debt refinancing.

Richard’s background also includes two FTSE 100 multinationals in the energy and aerospace & defence sectors. 

Programme

• Companies
• Financial markets
• Stock exchanges
• Equity investors and investment principles
• Role of IR
• Summary and conclusion

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