Archive for August, 2009

Optional Chaos, Investor Relations and Institutional Selling

We’ll concentrate on what happened last week when the markets were shelled by broad-based institutional selling. Our sample data showed anonymous electronic order flow accounted for 42% of all trading Nov 5-9 and an astonishing 69% of volume on Nov 8. What happened, why does it matter, and what’s to be learned, IROs? First, we [...]

Investor Relations practitioners drive communication initiatives to preserve corporate reputations

The Battle for the Corporate Conscience In today’s scandal-ridden business environment, investor relations practitioners and their counterparts in public relations and corporate communications have a vital role to play. Their voices must be heard in the boardroom and they must assume the role of corporate conscience as a means of safeguarding a company’s reputation, which [...]

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