Informed 24 March, 2025

This issue of Informed contains a special feature titled 'The debt IR rulebook' plus a range of articles on topics pertinent to the IR community.

IR Society News 1 July, 2025

The Investor Relations Society (the Society) is pleased to announce the appointment of three non-executive Directors to the Board, effective June 24, 2025.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 27 June, 2025

The Investor Relations Society has responded to the ISSB, welcoming the ISSB’s approach in proposing targeted amendments to IFRS S2 to clarify the application of GHG emissions disclosure requirements, as it aims to balance the need for high-quality, decision-useful information with the practical challenges that preparers face in data collection and reporting. The Society supported these reliefs as a pragmatic and proportionate evolution of IFRS S2, whilst emphasising the importance of maintaining a strong focus on consistency and transparency, and the need for clear disclosures about the methods, assumptions, and scope of emissions reporting.

IR Society News 24 June, 2025

Laura Hayter, Chief Executive Officer of The Investor Relations Society, has advised the Board of The Investor Relations Society that she plans to step down at the end of August.

IR Society News Consultation Responses 20 June, 2025

The Investor Relations Society has responded to the LSE's discussion paper on Shaping the Future of AIM. The Society has a growing number of AIM-listed Members, and we have set out below our general, high-level comments on those aspects of most relevance to our Members. In summary, the IR Society supports the London Stock Exchange's proposals to reduce regulatory burdens and costs for AIM companies. These initiatives have the potential to foster a thriving and more dynamic market that can attract and retain growth-oriented businesses than at present.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 10 June, 2025

The IR Society has responded to the Government's proposal to extend gender pay gap reporting to ethnicity and disability, calling for minimum ‘response rate’ thresholds for employee data (on ethnicity/disability) before any employer publication becomes mandatory, to reduce the risk of misleading/unreliable reporting. Measures requiring that employers seek to collect this data (on a voluntary basis) from employees may be more appropriate at this stage.

IR Society News Industry News 8 June, 2025

Join another Investor Forum 'Investor Showcase' Initiative on 24th June – Shaping Investor-Corporate Dialogue

IR Society News Members' News 7 May, 2025

IR Society 2025 Best Practice Awards entries open today (7 May 2025)

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 6 May, 2025

The IR Society has responded to EFRAG's questionnaire on how to simplify the ESRS as part of the 'Omnibus' proposals, principally focusing on DMAs, which are of significant benefit to stakeholder understanding but require more guidance on recommended process to aid consistency, and interoperability, which is essential but needs to be carefully thought through and managed.

Members' News 28 March, 2025

Broome Yasar Partnership is marking the launch of The Global IR Revolution, a new groundbreaking book examining the evolution, challenges, and future of investor relations on the global stage, with a high-profile panel discussion, hosted by Goldman Sachs on May 22nd and in collaboration with the IR Society.

IR Society News Industry News Policy & Positions Members' News 27 February, 2025

As the market and technology evolves and investor demographics and expectations change, the Best Practice Committee refines these guidelines so that they continue to be an ongoing tool to help Investor Relations Officers tackle new challenges and improve their current skills.

IR Society News Industry News Members' News 27 February, 2025

The Investor Forum are hosting their second showcase, this time featuring Large Global Active Investment Firms.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions Blogs 19 February, 2025

The IR Society responded to the FRC consultation on the review of the Stewardship Code on behalf of our members, broadly supporting the separate principles for proxy advisers and their users, and the new reporting requirements that should provide IRs with useful intelligence on key issues for their significant investors.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses 6 February, 2025

The Society's overall concern is to avoid the complexity and confusion that would result if the UK were to introduce a taxonomy to support investor decision making, stewardship and engagement without very strong alignment with the EU Taxonomy.

Blogs 24 January, 2025

In the ever-turbulent world of capital markets, where the only constant is change (and the occasional market crash), is it time to rethink the title of the erstwhile Investor Relations Officer?

IR Society News 17 January, 2025

This is an intensive full-day online course hosted by Deborah Morton-Dare ACA, Dip IOD, BSc.

Informed 20 December, 2024

This issue of Informed provides full coverage of the 2024 Best Practice Awards and includes two special features – titled Government and IR and Innovation in IR – as well an anonymous letter written by an IRO to a CEO.

12 December, 2024

The Investor Forum have developed this Investor Showcase Initiative, which will take place on 16th January, as part of the Society's ongoing Shaping Investor-Corporate Dialogue with them.

Blogs 11 December, 2024

Following Donald Trump’s election win, Matt Hickman outlines the prospective appointments and their implications and provides an update on the UK Budget policies, to date, and their possible implications.

IR Society News Informed 11 December, 2024

Informed magazine, the quarterly journal of The Investor Relations Society, is regularly ranked as one of the most valuable benefits of membership in our annual membership survey.