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This article is the first in a three-part series designed to help investor relations officers (IROs) adapt their IR websites for the era of AI. Over the coming weeks, we’ll explore:
Fostering strong relationships between management and investors is crucial for long-term success. With AI-based tools becoming more readily available, it is clear that investor relations professionals should focus on creating and nurturing relationships with investors. We also know senior management’s time is scarce, so we need to make meetings between senior leaders and investors as impactful as possible. We see a few fundamental principles and best practices which can help maximize the value of meetings between senior management and investors.
We connected with John Nunziati, IR Partner and Associate Vice President at Q4, who discusses shareholder engagement reporting in company proxies.
Pre-Earnings prep presents an opportunity to tell your company’s investment story, create interest, and influence your shareholder base. We recently hosted a webinar to ensure you’re prepared to maximize your earnings impact and minimize stress. The webinar, Taking the Stress Out of Pre-Earnings Prep, featured Mike Coffey, VP of Global Partnership & Alliances at Q4, John Nunziati, Investor Relations Partner at Q4, and Farah Soi, Partner at ICR. Among the topics discussed, the panel’s top priority was to offer best practices for building trust and confidence across the investment community with an elevated pre-earnings experience.
Last week was International Women’s Day, and Q4 took the opportunity to host a fireside chat titled “Stakeholder Management and the Role of the Board”. The webcast was moderated by Donna De Winter, Q4’s COO, and featured our own female leaders–Colleen Johnston, Q4’s Board Chair, and Julie Silcock, our newest Board Member. The fireside chat touched on the illustrious Industry into value-creating board members, and the path to-and the benefits of having women on board.
This week Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock, released his much anticipated annual letter to CEOs about the power of capitalism. The focus of the 2022 letter was aligned with prior years, specifically in relation to ESG, while also expanding on a brand of capitalism that may be viewed by some readers as “woke”. Rest assured, though, Larry Fink’s stakeholder capitalism is not “woke,” and once again this year, he calls it as he sees it.
The time has come not only to reflect on the last year but begin planning your investor relations program for the coming year. Mike Coffey, VP and Head of Global Partnerships & Alliances, sat down with a few industry leaders to discuss the dos and don’ts of investor relations programming. This includes quarterly earnings calls, what investors and analysts look for in a business and a management team, and their predictions for the future of investor relations technology.
It is quite rare for a company’s stock price to double in a single day. Even more unusual is a doubling after being up over 1500% in the past 5 months. When that happens, a lot of investor and media attention is focused on the company. That has been the case for AMC and the company is really taking advantage of the trend in their own shares. The share price trend shown below has pushed their market cap from ~$1B at the start of the year to over $30B yesterday.
Recent events have highlighted the fact that millions of retail investors are gathering online in chat forums like Reddit to discuss public companies every day and millions more are investing in the public markets for the first time. While the phenomenon of retail investors relations is nothing new, the dynamics may have changed. With this in mind, now is a good time for IR teams to refresh their digital investor relations strategy.
As 2020 comes to an end, IR teams are looking to 2021 with the experiences gained from an uncommon and challenging year. Bringing a unique perspective garnered from visibility across thousands of IR programs, the Q4 team hosted a webinar to help guide IROs through the 2021 strategic planning process.