IR Voice - The investor relations podcast

IR Magazine talks to Jeffrey Goldberger, managing partner at KCSA Strategic Communications, about investor communications in the cannabis sector. Goldberger is bullish on pot. But, he warns, in today’s uncertain world, transparency trades at a premium. And in an industry struggling with so many fundamental — even existential — questions, that makes IR more relevant than ever. Hosted on Acast. See...

IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Robert Winters, senior managing director at Alpha IR Group, about communicating with debt investors. Winters says companies often only engage with debt holders when they need to and, as a result, this important investor group can feel ignored. He explains how companies can embed debt IR within the finance function and ways to stay on top of debt-investor sent...

IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Phil Denning, a partner at ICR, about the growth of special purpose acquisition companies (Spacs), which last year recorded 59 IPOs in the US. They discuss how regulatory changes led to a booming Spac market and why companies require an ‘aggressive’ approach to IR as they transition out of the Spac structure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Antonio Ortolani, a media analytics and measurement consultant at Brunswick Group, about the threat to companies from disinformation attacks, including so-called deep-fake videos, and how they can protect themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Cossette talks with Julie Gorte, senior vice president for sustainable investing at Impax Asset Management and Pax World Funds, about how she engages with corporate boards over climate risk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Laura Kiernan, founder and CEO of High Touch IR, an IR consultancy, about how short-selling works and how IR teams should respond to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Investors want to see a pathway to profitability.' IR Magazine's Jeff Cossette talks with Patricia Graue, director at Brunswick, about the state of the IPO market in 2020 and what companies need to do to achieve investor backing for a public listing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Progress has been slow. Steady, but slow.' IR Magazine’s Jeff Cossette talks with Richard Mahony, senior director at Gargiulo + Partners, about the state of climate disclosure among US companies and the growing influence of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Will artificial intelligence replace corporate directors?' IR Magazine's Jeff Cossette speaks with board director John Hotta and Broadridge's Michael Tae about the impact AI is expected to have on directors and their responsibilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. IR departments need to go into listening mode when they engage with investors over ESG issues, says Alexandra Higgins, managing director at Okapi Partners, the proxy solicitation and investor response firm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IR Magazine's Jeff Cossette interviews Paul Simpson, the founder of the Carbon Disclosure Project, which has campaigned for better climate-related disclosure since its launch in 2000. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The IR conversation is now bigger than just the numbers.’ With a purpose beyond profits, IR teams have the chance to create a truly memorable value creation story, says Louis Sciullo, executive director, head of financial services in North America at branding specialist Landor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Blackrock managing director Chad Spitler was one of the first people to recognize the natural affinity between ESG and passive investing, leading the move to integrate ESG factors throughout Blackrock’s investment process. Now he says the next step in the field may be back to a sort of active management. A new kind of fund. For a new kind of investor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Companies don’t make money the way they once did. Intangible assets like patents, brands and R&D drive value. Yet you wouldn’t know it reading a standard financial report – which hardly anyone does anymore anyway. The average publicly traded firm has its annual report downloaded from...

If you missed the news, ESG investment is becoming increasingly important for investors. This episode of The Ticker podcast features sustainable investment veteran Adam Kanzer, head of stewardship for the Americas region at BNP Paribas Asset Management. In this wide-ranging conversation with host Jeff Cossette, Kanzer talks about why the fringe has gone mainstream, why our disclosure regime needs...

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Six years ago, after almost two decades as a successful derivatives trader, Hervé Duteil asked for a demotion. Now, as chief sustainability officer at BNP Paribas Americas, New York-based Duteil has become one of finance’s most influential disruptors. How did he do it? ‘By reconnectin...

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE.ESG issues are increasingly on the radar of both activists and big institutional investors. Top proxy solicitor Bruce Goldfarb, founder and CEO of Okapi Partners, says companies with strong shareholder communications and robust ESG policies are better positioned to deter or fend off an...

This edition of The Ticker podcast is sponsored by Broadridge Financial Solutions. If one single quality could define the millennial generation as a market segment, it’s that its members are digital natives. Rob Krugman isn’t a millennial – but he knows people who are. And as Broadridge’s chief digital officer, he’s picked up a few ideas for IR teams looking to adapt their storytelling to the digi...

DFIN’s Ron Schneider on why IROs are playing a bigger role in the proxy process and how graphic design can help tell a complicated story. This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This edition of the Ticker podcast is sponsored by Broadridge Financial Solutions. A few years ago, amid a massive turnaround, medical device maker Cardiovascular Systems (CSI) began conducting its annual general meeting entirely in cyberspace. ‘We viewed moving to a virtual-only meeting as an opportunity to save on resources,’ says Jack Nielsen, vice president of investor relations and corporate...

This edition of the Ticker podcast features Cathy Conlon, head of corporate issuer strategy and product management at Broadridge Financial Solutions. Conlon reviews the 2018 proxy season and offers her views on the issues and technologies set to drive the upcoming AGM season – including the rise of ESG proposals, the debate around legislating for greater board diversity and the growth of electroni...

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE.More and more of the world’s largest fund managers expect that the delivery of long-term plans will become a mainstream feature of the schedule of corporate communications with shareholders. This week’s Ticker podcast guests talk about the emerging ‘new normal’ and the role of IR in re...

While retail investors own about a third of US public company stock, few ever bother to vote their shares. But that’s changing. Sherri McLoughlin, senior director of data strategy and innovation at Broadridge, says most retail shareholders can now be reached electronically. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alpha IR Group’s Robert Winters says the auto and truck supply sector still has plenty of room to run and offers advice on how IROs can reclaim the narrative. We also hear from Corbin Advisors’ IR guru Thang To, who shares tips on planning a best-in-class investor day event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Ticker podcast, Broadridge Financial Solutions’ Patricia Rosch on proxy pain points, the role of trust in shareholder democracy and Broadridge’s network approach to building a blockchain solution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.