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Legally speaking: IR, storytelling and the red pen
Though it might feel like legal qualifiers are ruining your work, they are there to make it bulletproof For IR professionals, the art of storytelling often feels like a delicate balancing act. You spend time to craft the perfect narrative — clean slides, compelling data, and a golden CEO quote that’s meant to inspire. Then […]
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Navigating investor relations during a market selloff in a quiet period: dos and don’ts
For many public companies, a quarter ended on March 31, 2025, and management has entered an investor quiet period until the financial results are reported. This creates a unique challenge: how to address investor concerns during a market downturn while adhering to quiet period restrictions. Below are key dos and don’ts to guide companies through […]
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Enhancing decision quality through advanced investor intelligence: the hidden engine of competitive advantage
In today’s volatile and hyper-competitive markets, the difference between a market leader and an also-ran often comes down to one crucial factor: decision quality. While product innovation, brand recognition and capital access are still important, it is the consistency and accuracy of decisions — particularly strategic, operational, and financial ones — that sets enduring winners apart in terms of valuation. For public companies, this is especially true at the management team and IR level, where every choice can ripple across long-term growth trajectories, investor perception and ultimately valuation.
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The valuation engine: thriving in the age of infinite momentum
We have entered the ‘Age of Infinite Momentum’, where disruption unfolds faster than understanding. Strategic adaptability is the indispensable skill of the elevated IRO as they find themselves on fluid terrain, as market forces, technological disruption, geopolitical shocks, regulatory changes and shifting investor expectations converge at an exponential pace.
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The art of trajectory: how AI-powered analytics can help distribute your messages effectively
Advanced data analytics and AI have unlocked unprecedented insights into behaviors, preferences and emerging trends
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Rethinking IR performance measurement: how AI and financial models can help calculate impact in dollars and cents
Moving beyond non-financial indicators can give a better indication of IR success
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Scaling investor relations with a ‘team of one’
Having worked in IR and communications for over a decade – almost always as a ‘team of one’ – I’ve learned a thing or two about making the most of limited resources
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IR on rotation: how Ford creates ambassadors for investor relations
Two former IR team members talk about the ways in which their stint in IR continues to benefit them today
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A 2025 playbook for IROs: navigating IPOs, retail power and data-driven IR
Share buybacks and retail investors have dominated the conversation early in the year
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Maximizing shareholder value by combining IR with corporate communications – and reporting directly to the CEO
The case for IR to report to the chief executive, even as increasing numbers report to the CFO
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Global Investor Relations Practice Report 2024 – North America
This is the 2024 edition North America of the global practice report, IR Magazine’s annual assessment of how IR teams are operating around the world
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Global Investor Relations Practice Report 2024 – Europe
This is the 2024 edition Europe of the global practice report, IR Magazine’s annual assessment of how IR teams are operating around the world
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How to handle profit warnings
IR veterans share experiences and best practices for communicating around an earnings miss
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Making waves: Eco Wave Power CEO on building trust through the IPO
Founder of Nasdaq First North-listed firm on weathering the fossil fuel rally and why stock price matters less in such a new sector
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Transforming IR strategy: How retail shareholders drive liquidity and growth
The key to unlocking liquidity for small caps
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Best bites: CSRD compliance, AI and the buy side and M&A strategies
In this episode of IR Voice – formerly The Ticker podcast – we look back at some of the main interviews from the past six months.
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Best bites: CSRD compliance, AI and the buy side and M&A strategies
In this episode of IR Voice – formerly The Ticker podcast – we look back at some of the main interviews from the past six months.
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Sylvie Harton of Lumi Global on how to modernize your investor day
Manuel Taverne, head of IR at German recreational vehicle manufacturer Knaus Tabbert, and Wolfgang Speck, CEO of the firm, talk about the role ESG plays in the firm’s corporate narrative today, how investor focus on ESG-related topics has shifted for Knaus Tabbert since its IPO and how often it addresses the matter in investor meetings
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Why Iberdrola takes retail investors on El Camino de Santiago
Spanish electric utility’s retail IR chief talks evolving and optimizing the firm’s unique retail IR strategy and the importance of fostering a sense of community
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Streamlining investor relations: A playbook for efficiency and impact
Exclusive data that details where IROs are spending the most time engaging with investors, how they track changes in their investor base and more
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New skills for investor relations
IR skills: unveiling the expertise considered most critical and the key trends that are driving the need for new competencies
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The CFO: Talking transformative mergers and electric helicopters with Bristow’s finance chief
Jennifer Whalen shares her thoughts on going from accounting to the public-facing role of CFO, balancing the ESG conversation and when Bristow Group might need a dedicated IR person
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Purcari Wineries’ IR director on turning challenges into triumphs
Eugeniu Baltag, director of IR at Moldovan company Purcari Wineries Group, discusses how, despite challenges, IR efforts leveraging agility and transparency with investors have been crucial in maintaining trust and helping the share price to recover
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Streamlining IR: innovative strategies to maximize efficiency and impact
Darrell Heaps, founder and CEO of Q4, shares best practices on how IR teams can free up time from admin tasks and automate processes to focus on what really matters
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Rolls-Royce director of IR on steering investor communication through business changes
Rolls-Royce’s director of IR, Jeremy Bragg, discusses what part of the firm’s IR strategy resonates most with the investment community
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A geopolitics playbook for IROs
Comprehensive geopolitics playbook for IROs to help communicate around sensitive and uncertain events
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IR Playbook: Measuring the success of your shareholder communications
Crucial insights into how leading IR professionals are optimizing their communication strategies to enhance efficacy
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Opening bell: The story of the only company to complete an IPO on TSX in 2023
Lithium Royalty Corporation’s president and CEO discusses listing success and the business model that allowed it to buck the trend
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The IR behind the iconic red-and-white can – and so much more: Investor relations at Campbell’s Soup Company
Rebecca Gardy, chief IRO, talks shifting brand demographics, why she sends packages to analysts and why quant investors are a key IR challenge
