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Will Shaw added to conference list of speakers.
Published: 16 February, 2012
Several large hedge funds took or increased their stakes in Wall Street bank stocks during the fourth quarter of 2011
Published: 16 February, 2012
FSA announces departure of managing director and Board member, Margaret Cole
Published: 16 February, 2012
FRC publishes paper on its comply or explain approach to Corporate Governance
Published: 16 February, 2012
The IR Society is delighted to announce that Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liberal Democrat MP, Rt Hon. Danny Alexander, will deliver the pre-lunch keynote address at this year's conference.
Published: 13 February, 2012
At a ground-breaking meeting held on Tuesday, representatives from some of the UK's largest fund management firms met with senior investor relations directors to discuss issues relevant to both investors and public companies.
Published: 9 February, 2012
A mini-survey of IRO members has produced revealing results
Published: 9 February, 2012
A new set of proposals over listing rules
Published: 9 February, 2012
Government answers questions over proposed regulatory regime
Published: 1 February, 2012
European Commission blocks major exchange merger
Published: 1 February, 2012
Revised proposals for the Future of Financial Reporting Standards
Published: 1 February, 2012
Platinum sponsor BNY Mellon Depositary Receipts and professional development sponsor Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts on board for 2012
Published: 1 February, 2012
Major case for FSA as David Einhorn and Greenlight heavily fined
Published: 26 January, 2012
The IR Society, UKSIF (UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association) and www.sri-connect.com hosted a discussion evening on how to improve communications between investors and companies on sustainability issues.
Published: 26 January, 2012
Update on government executive pay proposals by James Drewer of Maitland Political
Published: 24 January, 2012
NYSE and Deutsche Borse appeal to Barroso over merge
Published: 19 January, 2012
On the accountabilty of the Bank of England.
Published: 19 January, 2012
We would like to draw your attention to three joint events due to take place in Scotland in the next three months.
Published: 19 January, 2012
Happy New Year from the IR Society by Michael Mitchell
Published: 5 January, 2012
According to Reuters "Investors falling out of love with hedge funds".
Published: 5 January, 2012
Following a roundtable discussion on 1 December 2011, Communicate magazine wrote an open letter to the International Integrated Reporting Council, IIRC, in response to its Discussion Paper, Towards Integrated Reporting: Communicating Value in the 21st Century. They believe that action is needed on reporting. Their respondents took the view that financial reporting is now sufficient, but that the same rigour should be applied to non-financial reporting.
Published: 5 January, 2012
How to give investors what they want? This is at the heart of investor relations practice and the impetus of the communications strategies and tactics employed by IR professionals when telling the company story. But as a new book by Baruch Lev, Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Director of the Vincent C. Ross Institute for Accounting Research details, when it comes to securing investor backing “there is no magic bullet…no quick PR fix”...
Published: 5 January, 2012
We are setting up a new IR Forum to facilitate dialogue between issuers and the buyside.
Published: 22 December, 2011
At this time of year we all send our requests to Santa. We can reveal that a number of letters sent up air conditioning hot air units in the City have passed into the hands of the bulletin...
Published: 22 December, 2011
Growth revised up with strong performance in manufacturing
Published: 22 December, 2011
Minimum free float for UK incorporated companies in the FTSE UK Index Series will be increased from 15% to 25% from 1 January 2012.
Published: 22 December, 2011
Insider dealer given prison term
Published: 22 December, 2011
Equiniti's regular ezine reports on the AGM season of 2011
Published: 22 December, 2011
The FRC this week issued a report on the progress made on the implementation of the two codes in 2011.
Published: 15 December, 2011
Gloom with some green shoots for 2012 as senior financial figures address annual policy forum
Published: 8 December, 2011
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services say 2011 could be a record breaking year for FSA fines.
Published: 8 December, 2011
ESMA has published responses to its call for evidence concerning empty voting.
Published: 8 December, 2011
Spencer Stuart recently published their 2011 UK board index looking at current board trends and practices at major UK companies
Published: 8 December, 2011
Are some types of funds gaining an advantage from meetings?
Published: 30 November, 2011
Grant Thornton's annual corporate governance review
Published: 30 November, 2011
Our response to BIS on the future of narrative reporting
Published: 25 November, 2011
At last night’s Investor Relations Society annual best practice awards dinner in the Pavilion at the Tower of London, the IR Society recognised those companies which have implemented an outstanding programme of corporate reporting in the last twelve months.
Published: 23 November, 2011
How much of on-going Eurozone turbulence is down to sentiment?
Published: 17 November, 2011
EU looks to toughen credit rating regulation
Published: 17 November, 2011
The report from our recent fund managers' lunch
Published: 9 November, 2011
FTSE considering raising free float requirement
Published: 9 November, 2011
US companies are turning to private funding
Published: 9 November, 2011
The FT reports that the FSA has handed out its biggest ever market abuse fine to a Dubai-based investor of $9.6million.
Published: 8 November, 2011
Key findings from BNY Mellon's 7th Investor Relations survey.
Published: 3 November, 2011
EU Commission proposes allieviating quarterly reporting
Published: 3 November, 2011
Middle East Investor Relations Society Annual Conference and Awards 2011 21st November 2011 Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi Marina
Published: 31 October, 2011
The 2011 IR Society Best Practice Awards Shortlist has been announced.
Published: 3 October, 2011
The Society's consultation response to the FRC on 'Cut the Clutter'
Published: 3 October, 2011
Please note that this year's membership survey has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. We will release results to members shortly.
Published: 30 September, 2011
Forthcoming CIPR events and collaborations
Published: 19 August, 2011
We’re very pleased to announce that this year’s Annual Dinner and Best Practice Awards will be hosted by one of the most famous faces of comedy today, Fred MacAulay.
Published: 18 August, 2011
EU should encourage investors to take a longer term interest in companies
Published: 25 July, 2011
We are very pleased to announce the relaunch of the IR Society website.
Published: 4 July, 2011
John Dawson takes over from Richard Davies as IR Society chairman at IR Society AGM.
Published: 22 June, 2011
25th IR Society annual conference finds that 'investor relations and stakeholder relations are all part of the same story' and need to be part of a co-ordinated communications programme
Published: 7 June, 2011
The thorny issue of companies' wider stakeholder responsibilities will be debated at the 25th Investor Relations Society annual conference to be held on Tuesday 24th May at Kings Place, London.
Published: 20 May, 2011
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of The Investor Relations Society will be held at 5 -7 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AD on Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 17.30.
Published: 17 May, 2011
There are still a few tickets available for The Investor Relations Society's 25th annual conference.
Published: 4 May, 2011
Letter to FRC regarding Effective Company Stewardship - Enhancing Corporate Reporting and Audit
Published: 31 March, 2011
John Dawson to become chairman of the Investor Relations Society The Investor Relations Society today announces that Richard Davies will be retiring as Chairman at the AGM on 21 June 2011. John Dawson, currently Deputy Chairman of the Society and Director of Investor Relations at National Grid plc, will take over as Chairman and Karen Keyes, Head of Investor Relations at Logica plc, will become Deputy Chairman after the AGM
Published: 21 March, 2011
Are consensus forecasts and transparent reporting at odds? An IR Society Survey into producing consensus forecasts
Published: 14 March, 2011
At this morning's excellent breakfast meeting the team at RBS gave us a really useful update on the developments in trading and markets.
Published: 7 March, 2011
The IR Society is very pleased to announce its first annual sponsors for 2011.
Published: 10 February, 2011
IR Society members will be very interested to discover this morning that the London Stock Exchange and Canada's TMX group have agreed to merge.
Published: 9 February, 2011
Many thanks to everyone who attended this week's annual policy forum kindly held at 3i. An expert panel of speakers summarised the economic developments of last year and looked forward to 2011 covering areas from UK and European equities to levels of US debt and Chinese output in the context of the impact on the investor relations profession.
Published: 21 January, 2011
Digital chip paper - Has our General Manager had a Damascus Road conversion? Read his latest views on his social media experiment. More topical articles and comment in the Winter Edition of Informed which members will have received. Contact richard.knight@irs.org.uk to join the Society and receive your copy!
Published: 17 December, 2010
Response to consultation on The Future of Narrative Reporting
Published: 3 November, 2010
This Charter has been prepared by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the PRCA (Public Relations Consultants Association), and the Investor Relations Society (IRS) and is backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). It provides guidance to Members and the wider PR profession on standards of conduct when working with the media and bloggers.
Published: 29 September, 2010
Re Consultation Paper Issued By The Code Committee Of The Panel : Review Of Certain Aspects Of The Regulation Of Takeover Bids
Published: 26 July, 2010
Takeover Panel rules largely work well, says IR Society, although greater flexibility in interpretation is needed.
Published: 26 July, 2010
The Investor Relations Society today welcomed the FRC's publication of the UK Stewardship Code
Published: 2 July, 2010
Investor Relations Society (IR Society) Chairman, Richard Davies, launched the Society's ‘Guidance for Investor Relations Practitioners on the UK Corporate Governance Code' at the Society's Annual General Meeting last night.
Published: 16 June, 2010
The Investor Relations Society today welcomed the ECB's announcement that it would be delaying the introduction of the "T2S" project to streamline securities settlement systems across Europe.
Published: 15 April, 2010
Many companies are today guilty of prosaic, tick the box compliance reporting with the UK Governance Code. To help public companies move beyond this, and meet the spirit of the new Governance Code from the Financial Reporting Council, the Investor Relations Society (IR Society) has created a Good Practice Guide, now open to consultation.
Published: 30 March, 2010
During the course of 2009, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) carried out a review of the impact and implementation of the Combined Code, the results of which were published in December. The main findings of the review are set out in "2009 Review of the Combined Code: Final Report", which is available at: http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/reviewCombined.cfm.
Published: 29 March, 2010
The Investor Relations Society believes that the Walker Review gives companies and their stakeholders an important opportunity to consider how to improve the process of communication between them. The Investor Relations Society which represents three quarters of the UK's largest public companies believes strongly in the value of engagement between issuers and investors and supports proportionate regulation that promotes equity and fairness.
Published: 26 November, 2009
The Investor Relations Society together with other partner societies from the Global Investor Relations Network has responded to the IOSCO consultation on short selling.
Published: 7 May, 2009
The Investor Relations Society (the Society) today welcomed the announcement by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that the new regime for disclosure of CFDs would commence on 1 June 2009. The Society had been pressing the FSA for earlier implementation than the original autumn target date.
Published: 2 March, 2009
The Investor Relations Society (IR Society) welcomes the announcement by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of new rules to ban short selling of financial stocks.
Published: 19 September, 2008
At an EGM of the International Investor Relations Federation Limited (IIRF) held today, the members agreed to dissolve the existing organisation and initiate a new body to be called the Global IR Network (GIRN), to focus more on sharing the experience and resources of the existing national societies, rather than on having to organise commercial activities in order to fund the international body.
Published: 4 September, 2008
Investor Relations Society welcomes new rules on disclosure of holdings including Contracts for Difference. Disclosures will add to market transparency and improve companies' interaction with investors.
Published: 2 July, 2008
IR Society calls for clarity on market abuse - not just short selling. Markets need consistent approach to transparency and policing.
Published: 19 June, 2008
The Investor Relations Society welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposals laid out in HM Treasury’s Consultation Paper “FSMA market abuse regime: a review of the sunset clauses”.
Published: 9 May, 2008
The Investor Relations Society (the Society) has submitted its response to the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) Consultation Paper on the Disclosure of Contracts for Difference, ahead of the FSA’s deadline of 12 February.
Published: 11 February, 2008
Peregrine Riviere, the Chairman of the Society has written a letter to our members outlining the current position in the FSA’s consultation process on disclosure for Contracts for Difference. The Society has been actively lobbying for improved disclosure of CFDs and our feeling is that opinion is moving in our favour.
Published: 31 January, 2008
Unenforceable, inadequate and increasingly complex. Investors still able to build 8% stakes without disclosure.
Published: 21 November, 2007
The Investor Relations Society (IRS) today welcomed the proposal in Sir Andrew Large’s Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG) report for greater disclosure of holdings in companies through derivatives such as Contracts For Difference (CFDs).
Published: 11 October, 2007
In a survey of the UK’s top quoted companies, over 95% of respondents supported the extension of the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) major shareholder disclosure regime to cover holders of Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and other derivative instruments.
Published: 28 September, 2007
Thank you for the opportunity to share our views on the effectiveness of the above. Our response is focussed on the rules changes in regard to notification of major shareholdings in an offer period. As this is a critical subject for all our members, and where some strong views are held, we are particularly pleased to have the chance to put forward our members’ opinions.
Published: 5 February, 2007
In response to today's ever more complicated world of regulation and compliance, The Investor Relations Society has revamped the role of its policy committee. One of its first actions has been to produce the first of a series of briefing documents for its members, focusing on the issues at the top of Investor Relations Officerss agendas.
Published: 1 February, 2005
We strongly support the introduction of these overarching principles which will provide a comprehensive and clear framework within which companies are required to operate. We believe that these principles will further enhance the UK’s listing rules and ensure that we maintain our high standards of corporate governance.
Published: 29 April, 2004