Informed 125 – Winter 2024/25
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.
The Government and IR feature includes the following articles:
- How IROs can keep up-to-date with regulatory and policy change, by Ross Hawley.
- Why politics matters more now for business, by Tara Singh.
- Navigating policy and regulatory challenges, by Ross Hawley and Liz Scorer.
- The Treasury's plan to trump the US IPO revival, by Mark Leftly.
- The government's plans to mobilise retail capital, by Dave Eaton.
- A horizon scan for 2025, by Liz Cole.
The Innovation in IR feature contains the following:
- Reimagining the annual report, by George Yannakoudakis.
- How technology is changing investor communications, by Maria Siano.
- Unlocking the power of engagement analytics, by Tanya Thomas.
- Adapt or miss out: how to reach the modern retail investor, by Mike Cosgrove.
- Understanding investors who spurn fundamentals, Adrian Dacruz.
The Best Practice Awards 2024 coverage includes winners, judges comments, sponsors and photos from the night.
Other topics covered in this issue include a piece on capital allocation, by Mark Butler; a survey of the corporate reporting landscape, by Vicki Wright; and the work of the Investor Forum, by Sallie Pilot.
We also include an interview with Sue Scholes about the Society's DELIVER programme; an interview by Anna Hartropp with two Mentoring Programme participants; and a summary of the IR Society membership programme, by Sarah Wickens.
Regular features include Society news, IR industry news, events, courses, service providers and information about the certificate in IR and Diploma in IR.
If you have any suggestions for future topics or wish to contribute an article, please contact Laura Hayter.
Published 20 December, 2024