IR Society News

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.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 14 November, 2024

The Society would support a system based on the IFRS Foundation taxonomy, to promote the international consistency and comparability of annual financial statements and thus help attract international issuers, dual listings and global investors/capital. Any mandatory reporting and tagging of sustainability-related data would impact on costs, process and timetable for filing ARAs and thus should be phased in over time, starting with the largest caps, to enable the development of software solutions/best practice. Moreover, the cost of introducing ‘disclosure management systems’ to comply with any mandatory sustainability reporting would currently be very significant for small- and mid-cap companies.

IR Society News Industry News 4 November, 2024

The Investor Relations Society (IR Society) is delighted to announce that HSBC will be the new sponsor of the senior investor relations development programme, DELIVER (DElivering Leadership in InVEstor Relations).

IR Society News 1 November, 2024

Exclusively available to IR Society members, the monthly Policy RoundUp email is a comprehensive overview of the impending changes to the existing regulatory regime and how this is likely to impact the IR community.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 25 October, 2024

The Society raises issues around the materiality timeframe and quantification/ assessment for proposed requirements for prospectuses to include climate-related disclosure, and supports the concept of introducing a safe harbour for forward looking disclosures but calls for further review of the criteria to ensure it would cover forward-looking climate-related and transition reporting.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 24 October, 2024

This IR Society response supports transparency of fund investment in the UK’s ‘unlisted’ quoted SME markets (AIM and Aquis) separately from unlisted equity as this could facilitate investor targeting for AIM companies.

IR Society News Informed 18 October, 2024

The IR Society's Informed magazine continues to be one of the most popular benefits of membership and the main reason for its enduring popularity is the extremely high quality of the content - and that is almost entirely down to you, our members!

IR Society News 4 August, 2024

We are very excited to be joined by comedian, Lucy Porter, as the host of our Awards Dinner on 26 November.

IR Society News Industry News Consultation Responses 15 July, 2024

This IR Society response expresses concern around the risks of requiring this non-GAAP reporting in the back half of the annual report, which would significantly increase the audit burden and would be especially difficult when the reporting timetable is tight.

IR Society News Consultation Responses 28 June, 2024

This IR Society response calls for increased standardisation, given the sizeable disparities in price and quality, rigour and methodology amongst providers.

IR Society News Consultation Responses 6 June, 2024

This IR Society response calls for simplicity to allow straightforward and speedy implementation, supports the eligibility of companies listed/traded on a UK recognised stock exchange (including investment trusts) for the UK ISA, but questions the exclusion of companies with overseas incorporations (except in the case of secondary listings).

IR Society News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions 5 June, 2024

In this IR Society response, which draws on the findings from our 2023 member poll on investment research, we emphasise the importance of research for valuations and the London markets, noting the impact of MiFID II unbundling on the quality of coverage and the industry perspectives provided. We are therefore generally supportive of the FCA's proposals for increased payment optionality as this could lead to increased/improved quality of coverage for small- and mid-caps, provided the associated ‘guardrails’ are proportionate and aligned with the equivalent US and proposed EU regimes.

IR Society News 10 May, 2024

We are delighted to announce our next keynote speaker will be Robert Pickering, former CEO at Cazenove, in converstion with Evan Davis.

IR Society News Industry News 8 May, 2024

The IR Society, the UK’s professional body for investor relations practitioners, today launches its 24th Annual Best Practice Awards (the ‘Awards’). These prestigious Awards celebrate the achievements of companies demonstrating their commitment to delivering best-in-class investor relations and communications.

IR Society News Industry News 13 March, 2024

The Society partnered the Investor Forum on their latest white paper, which focuses on helping build stronger, more collaborative partnerships and rejuvenating the investor-company dialogue.

IR Society News Members' News 8 March, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that EQ RD:IR has confirmed that it will sponsor the IR Society once again in 2024.

IR Society News 9 February, 2024

Informed magazine is the quarterly journal of the IR Society and our members continue to rate it highly as one of the most valuable resources we provide. We are asking for contributions for the Spring 2024 edition, to be published in mid-March.

IR Society News Industry News 31 January, 2024

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 Members' News 29 January, 2024

The IR Society is delighted to welcome Orient Capital once again as a sponsor for 2024!

IR Society News Consultation Responses Policy & Positions Research & Surveys 5 January, 2024

This IR Society response draws on the findings from recent member research on Scope 3 and SECR reporting.