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Inside Investor Relations
IR Magazine Awards - Europe 2013


Location: London, UNITED KINGDOM

Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013

On June 20, 2013, London will once again play host to the annual IR Magazine Awards ‒ Europe. This internationally renowned event will look at the very best the IR community has to offer across the whole of Europe, celebrating the sucesses of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in the IR community in 2013.

View the 2013 nominees!


Will you win?

The research process for these awards is about to begin and nominations will be announced in April 2013, but book your place today to take advantage of our early bird discounts.

The IR Magazine Awards are the leading international awards honoring excellence and leadership in investor relations. The IR Magazine Awards ‒ Europe comprises the largest gathering of leading investor relations practitioners from across Europe. This annual event brings together the industry’s elite performers for a night of unrivaled celebration. Attendees are given a fantastic opportunity to network among their peers and top industry advisers to make the connections needed to excel in investor relations.

Please view our awards research section to gain an understanding of our process and our level of engagement with the investment community.


VIEW THE 2012 WINNERS!

Order the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2012 now!

2012's winning companies have been profiled in the Investor Perception Study, Europe 2012, which is available to order here. The report contains quotes from buy-side and sell-side analysts on why these companies were chosen as the best exponents of IR in the region, as well as their comments on corporate IR and wider topical IR issues. The report also contains interviews with the best-performing IR practitioners on their success strategies.





Sponsors

Arkadin Global Conferencing


Founded in 2001, Arkadin is a leading Global Collaboration Service Provider offering a complete range of remote collaboration solutions from audio, web and video conferencing to Unified Communications and Event services that include webinars and webcasts. With a global network of 51 operating centres in 31 countries worldwide, Arkadin delivers its solutions using a SaaS model, allowing customers to benefit from fast, scalable deployments with a high ROI, as well as dedicated, local support.



 

Barclays


Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.  With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, we operate in over 50 countries and employ over 140,000 people.

We provide large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Our clients also benefit from access to the breadth of expertise across Barclays.  We’re one of the largest financial services providers in the world, and are also engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate banking, and wealth and investment management.

Barclays offers premier investment banking products and services to its clients through Barclays Bank PLC. For more information, please visit barclays.com

 

Bloomberg

Bloomberg, the global leader in business and financial information and news, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real-time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries.


 

BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon acts as depositary for more than 2,700 American and global depositary receipt programs, acting in partnership with leading companies from 68 countries. BNY Mellon is committed to helping securities issuers access the world’s rapidly evolving financial markets and delivers a comprehensive suite of depositary receipt services. Learn more at www.bnymellon.com/dr.

BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 36 countries and more than 100 markets. As of March 31, 2013, BNY Mellon had $26.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.4 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com, or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon.

 

 

Business Wire


Fast, reliable and quality news distribution service for corporate and regulatory announcements to targeted media and the investment community globally. All-in-one seamless service: UK regulatory disclosure, European disclosure, EDGAR & SEDAR filing services, XBRL consulting services, buy-side investor targeting, IR website hosting and Corporate Social Responsibility news distribution. With 31 offices worldwide, including London, Frankfurt, Paris and in the US, Business Wire will work with you on the best strategic approach for communications, and how to anticipate and satisfy regulatory concerns.

 

CitySavvy


CitySavvy (www.citysavvy.com) is a full-service corporate and financial communications agency with offices in London and Amsterdam. It provides financial and corporate public relations, investor relations and internal communications services to public and private multinational companies. The team is made up of former financial journalists and in-house professionals who have worked for major international news organisations, as well as global agencies and financial services companies.

 

Davy


Based in Dublin, Davy is a leading provider of stockbroking, wealth management, asset management and financial advisory services. Our client base encompasses global institutional investors, corporations and private clients.  Each day, Davy handles more than 40 per cent of all trading in Irish equities, acting as primary adviser to the majority of listed Irish companies.  Davy is also very active in the debt and specialist finance space, being the only primary dealer in Irish government bonds.
Our research offering has taken a pan European sectoral approach in recent years with focus on the industrials (construction, steel), transport, gaming, natural resources and food and beverage sectors.

 

 

Espirito Santo

For over 140 years, our strong family values have governed the way we do business and care for our Clients, our colleagues and our community. Continuously adapting our business to evolving market conditions, we differentiate ourselves by building on our collective expertise and experiences and bringing creative thinking to help solve our Client’s Business needs.

Espirito Santo Investment Bank is a leading Investment Bank with considerable strength in its European home markets and expertise in the most dynamic emerging market economies. Currently present in 4 continents and with access to worldwide coverage, the Bank offers its Clients access to distribution platforms in the most important financial markets in the world: London, New York & Hong Kong.

 

Investor Relations Society

The Investor Relations Society exists to promote excellence in investor relations and our work is supported on four main platforms. We represent the views of our members to regulatory bodies, the investment community and government; promote best practice in IR and provide resources to help our members achieve this; support and encourage the professional development of our members through a wide range of courses and provide an informative and thought-provoking forum for networking and the exchange of ideas between IR professionals. With more than 650 members The IR Society is the focal point for IR in the UK.

 

IRSOFT LTD


IR.soft
provides software solutions for optimal Investor Relations.

IR.soft’s IR.manager software – along with the new IR.mobile companion app – is the “Investor Relationship Management” solution of choice for a growing number of FTSE 100, DAX 30, and small- to large-cap companies across Europe:

  • manage relationships with institutional investors, analysts and other stakeholders;
  • email contacts with the built-in IR.mail or your own corporate email;
  • produce a wide range of value-adding reports for Management;
  • access anywhere with IR.mobile.

IR.manager can supplement your knowledge base with comprehensive, high-quality investment industry intelligence from FactSet, ideal for: 

  • investor profiling and pro-active targeting;
  • keeping your IR database up-to-date with minimal effort.

www.irsoft.com

 

NASDAQ OMX

NASDAQ OMX Group fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire life cycle of a trade, from risk management and trade to surveillance and clearing. In the US and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets including three clearing houses and five securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. We can process more than 1 mn messages per second and our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries, powering one in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry and we are home to approximately 3,300 listed companies. To learn more, please visit www.nasdaqomx.com.


 

OTC Markets


OTC Markets Group Inc.
 (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities. Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities. We organize these securities into marketplaces to better inform investors of opportunities and risks – OTCQX®, The Best Marketplace with Qualified Companies; OTCQB®, The Venture Stage Marketplace with U.S. Reporting Companies; and OTC Pink®, The Open Marketplace with Variable Reporting Companies. Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors. To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.
OTC Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC regulated ATS.



 

PR Newswire


PR Newswire makes it simple for public companies throughout multiple EU markets to comply with disclosure regulations while maintaining open and transparent communication with key stakeholders. PR Newswire is an official disclosure vehicle in the United Kingdom and provides disclosure services for companies throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/products-services/ir/

 

 

The Works
The Works Design Communications Ltd is an award-winning integrated communications company. Providing a full range of in-house services, including strategy, writing, design, multimedia development and print production, The Works has developed annual reports and Corporate Social Responsibility reports for many well-known and well-respected international organizations. We help our clients define their objectives, sharpen their messages and connect with their most important audiences.

 



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