Audio articles: IR Magazine fall 2017

Don’t have time to read all the longer features in your new copy of IR Magazine? Or simply want to listen to the latest in IR trends? A selection of features from each print magazine are chosen to be made available as audio articles so if you’re a standard or pro subscriber, simply click on the article below and look for the SoundCloud file. You can then stream or download the article of your choice.

COVER
Keeping IR in good health
Andrew Holt gets the multi-layered story behind AstraZeneca’s award-winning IR team from head of IR Thomas Kudsk Larsen

SHAREHOLDER ID
Mapping transparency
Candice de Monts-Petit presents a global guide to identifying your shareholders in different market 

REGIONAL FOCUS: NORTH AMERICA
Has the bull lost its horns? 
The number of US public companies has halved since its peak in 1996. Ben Ashwell explores what can be done to revive the US IPO market 

REGIONAL FOCUS: EUROPE
Masters of crisis management 
Garnet Roach finds out how IR teams have been responding to turbulent times in Turkey

REGIONAL FOCUS: ASIA
How they do it at Baidu 
Alexandra Cain talks to Sharon Ng, head of IR at Baidu, one of the world’s largest internet companies 

INTERVIEW
Getting the chemistry right 
Ian Williams talks to US Award winner Bob Wells, IR officer at materials company Sherwin-Williams

CONFERENCES
City chatter 
Europe’s senior IROs met in London to debate the big IR issues at the IR Magazine Think Tank – Euro Leaders 2017. Candice de Monts-PetitTim Human and Garnet Roach report

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