Closir chosen to be founding member of Innovate Finance

Closir joins UK’s Top 50 to launch Innovate Finance, the City of London’s new financial tech industry body.

Closir, the global investor relations platform, today joins Innovate Finance, an elite industry body…

12 Steps to Best Practice ESG Reporting

We spotted this in F&C’s Corporate Governance Guidelines document published earlier in the year, and took the liberty to share. Particularly interesting for IR teams responsible for communicating ESG matters to investors.

Home bias persist amongst global investors

Despite the benefits of diversification, institutional investors in most countries have a strong home bias, buying shares in companies that they know and ones that trade in their local markets, according to the latest report by Goldman Sach’s José Ursúa.

3 steps to make the most of your digital IR Strategy

There were many trends and topics covered during this year’s annual conference of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) in June 2014 in Las Vegas. From social media to corporate access, there was significant interest from IROs…

Flash Update: UK Corporate Access Shake-up

Corporate Access, a service usually offered by investment banks / brokers that brings investors and corporate management teams together, is going through a radical shake-up in the UK. These developments could potentially impact not just UK-based companies…

BNY Mellon: Insights into North American Investors’ Views of Corporate Access

BNY Mellon recently interviewed 40 institutional investors to gauge opinions on non-deal roadshows by foreign issuers. The profiles of investors, their assets under management, styles and location…

Regulatory update: IR Guide to MiFID II

Last month the European parliament approved MiFID II, an ambitious piece of EU law, which will have meaningful implications on how shares are traded, cleared and reported. We aim to provide some insight on developing issues, with particular reference for…

Global pension funds to increase in-house management of assets

According to research published this week by State Street, more than 80% of pension schemes globally plan to bring more asset management responsibilities in-house as part of a more proactive approach to investing. As long…