February 2012

Find out what appeared in the February 2012 edition of IR magazine.




Features...

COVER STORY
TSMC and SingTel rule Asian IR
The Taiwanese manufacturer and Singaporean telecoms giant both scooped record hauls at IR magazine's Asia awards events

Asia conferences spark heated debate
IR magazine's conferences in Hong Kong and Singapore saw fiery debate and a passionate defense of the IR profession

COMMUNICATIONS
Social media top dogs
Brad Allen talks to some pioneers of social media use for IR ends

TECHNOLOGY
British Land constructs award-winning website
Sally Jones, head of IR at British Land, explains the thinking behind her company’s corporate site, which picked up two awards from the UK's IR Society last year

TRADING
The rise of social exchanges
Imagine a stock market where making a positive social or environmental impact is as important as making a profit

INTERVIEW
Mike Mayo on bringing high finance to book
The scourge of the banking establishment says shutting out analysts just makes things worse

CONFERENCES
Think tank reveals SRI trends
Neil Stewart reports from the IR Magazine Winter Think Tank in London, where sustainability, consensus estimates and a new scenario analysis challenge were on the agenda

PROFILE
Li & Fung's IR approach
William Fung talks to James Chambers about his commitment to IR past and present

RESEARCH
Canada caters to C-suite demand
A sneak preview of the latest investor perception study of Canadian investors and analysts from IR Insight


Regulars...

ADVICE
Advice: What to do when your company is acquired
Having your company acquired by another doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the road for the IRO

RESEARCH
IR Papers: Price and promises
A roundup of academic research from the world of IR studies

M&A FOCUS
And the award for worst takeover attempt goes to…
Tim Human’s monthly M&A column

COMMENT
Punish managers, not shareholders, for corporate crimes
Ian Williams says it can’t be right that managers who defraud investors keep their jobs (and bonuses), while regulators confiscate shareholder funds to punish the company