International IR
Investor relations is of fundamental importance to listed companies across the world. Despite the disparate cultural and political environments in which companies operate, the tenets of IR are the same the world over. Public limited companies will always need to talk to their investors, which requires good investor relations.
Increasing harmonisation of international regulation and global markets is resulting in permeable borders; a company listed in one country will often find its share price influenced by events in another. Of course, this is even more so for companies with multiple listings.
The Investor Relations Society is a member of the Global Investor Relations Network (GIRN). GIRN aims to support the further development and practice of global investor relations, in line with the rapid development of global capital markets and the increasing demands for greater disclosure and transparency following the effects of the financial crisis.
Other international IR societies:
Asociación Española para las Relaciones con Inversores (AERI)
www.aeri.es
Association of Investor Relations Professionals (OSSI)
Asociación Mexicana de Relación con Inversionistas (AMERI)
Association Française des Investor Relations (CLIFF)
Associazione Italiana Investor Relations (AIIR)
Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA)
Belgian Investor Relations Association (BIRA)
Bulgarian Investor Relations Society (BIRS)
Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI)
Circle for Investor Relations Austria (CIRA)
www.cira.at
Dansk Investor Relations Forening (DIRF)
Deutscher Investor Relations Verband e.V. (DIRK)
Egyptian Capital Market Association (ECMA)
www.ecma.org.eg
Financial Communications and Investor Relations Association – Russia (ARFI)
www.arfi.ru
Finnish Investor Relations Society (FIRS)
Hong Kong Investor Relations Association (HKIRA)
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes com Investidores (IBRI)
IR-India
Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA)
Korea Listed Companies Association (KLCA)
Malaysian Investor Relations Association (MIRA)
Middle East IR Society (MEIRS)
National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) - USA
Netherlands Society for Investor Relations (NEVIR)
Norsk Investor Relations Forening (NIRF)
www.nirf.no
Polish Investor Relations Institute (PIRI)
Portuguese IR Association
www.forumir.pt
Investor Relations Professionals Association Singapore (IRPAS)
http://www.irpas.com/
Swedish Investor Relations Association (SIRA)
Swiss Investor Relations Society (SIRV)
Swiss Society of Investor Relations Agencies (GIRAS)
The Egyptian Investor Relations Association
www.eira.org
Turkish Investor Relations Society (TUYID)
Ukrainian Investor Relations Society (UAIR)
www.uair.com.ua
If you are a representative of an overseas Society and wish to contact us please e-mail Richard Knight at richard.knight@irs.org.uk or ring us on +44 20 7379 1763