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Informed 16 October, 2017
Informed 96 – Autumn 2017
The Autumn 2017 issue of Informed contains a special feature titled ‘Navigating a new landscape for IR’. This explores the changing patters in finance and technology – with implications for IROs.
Blogs 20 July, 2017
The ascent of fund management
The fund management industry is exercising increasing power in financial markets, and there are implications for companies and for IROs, argues Richard Davies.
Informed 14 July, 2017
Informed 95 – Summer 2017
The main feature in this issue of Informed reports on the IR Society’s 2017 annual conference, A new world order: the ascent of IR, which took place on June 20th 2017.
Blogs 8 June, 2017
It’s award season: Best practice and the value of awards
In my job, I’m constantly thinking about annual reports; I not only read a lot of annual reports but I analyse them every day. And yes, I even believe that annual reports are important! In fact, I’d even say very important- and even useful!
Blogs 17 May, 2017
IR Society advised to get out the lifeboats, the day of the MiFID II is really upon us this time!
When we wake up on Wednesday, 3 January 2018, will it be any different to the day before and possibly a day of woe for more than just Wednesday's child?
Blogs 7 April, 2017
MiFID II: This time it really is different
Managing the MiFID II changes will be difficult. For IR teams, the need to be quick-footed is the greatest challenge, as Steve Kelly reports.
Blogs 4 April, 2017
Poacher turned gamekeeper – from City role to in-house IRO
Echoing market changes of recent years, Alexandra Hockenhull describes her personal City evolution from fund management to becoming an IRO.
Blogs 4 April, 2017
Thirty years on – the IR profession’s ‘Big Bang’ revolution
Reg Hoare looks back at the radical changes to financial market structures and regulation which were introduced in the 1986 ‘Big Bang’. He spells out their significance and their lessons for today’s new changes.
Blogs 29 March, 2017
Quarterly reporting – the argument against
The debate between investors and companies about the merits of quarterly reporting remains intense. Phil Corbett is opposed.
Blogs 27 March, 2017
New York – if IROs make it there, they’ll make it anywhere
Which institutions should you visit in New York? How should you manage your schedule? Where should you stay? Top tips from IROs themselves on how to manage a New York roadshow are reported by Charlie Hamlyn.
Informed 21 March, 2017
Informed 94 – Spring 2017
The Spring 2017 issue of Informed contains a special feature titled ‘All change in the City: another Big Bang?’. We asked contributors to comment on forthcoming regulatory changes, the global economic climate and what the future of IR may look like.
IR Society News 9 October, 2014
AGM Season Offers Evidence of Good Stewardship
The voting pattern at recent AGMs offers strong evidence that effective stewardship is alive and well in the City of London. This is the conclusion of the Investor Relations Society’s IR Forum, a regular gathering of governance experts from institutional investors and senior investor relations officers representing a cross-section of the UK's listed businesses.