The risk in silence: what the Gulf’s IR teams learned from war, volatility and uncertainty
It’s hard to imagine a more intense start to the lead role at an IR association than Reza Eftekhari has had as CEO of Dubai-headquartered Meira. Joining the Middle East’s IR association in October last year, he had just a…
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The risk in silence: what the Gulf’s IR teams learned from war, volatility and uncertainty
It’s hard to imagine a more intense start to the lead role at an IR association than Reza Eftekhari has had as CEO of Dubai-headquartered Meira. Joining the Middle East’s IR association in October last year, he had just a few months of normality before the region – along with its stable, reliable capital markets – were plunged into uncertainty. ‘It’s been an eventful introduction, but in many ways it’s also reinforced exactly why organizations like us exist,’ says Eftekhari. ‘While the circumstances have been challenging, they’ve also accelerated important conversations about resilience, communication and the evolving role of IR.’…
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How Anta Sports broadened its investor reach – and took home three IR Impact trophies in the process
Multiple factors – from geopolitics to regulatory changes and capital movements – have been reshaping the Hong Kong equity market in recent years, driving companies like Hong-Kong-listed Anta Sports to shift their IR strategies to better focus on long-term institutional investors, strengthened ESG credentials and expanded engagement with global fund managers. Suki Wong, vice president of IR at the sportswear firm, talks to IR Impact about her award-winning IR strategy and how she has been attracting shareholders with that coveted long investment horizon. At the IR Impact Awards – Greater China 2025, Anta Sports took home the trophies for best…
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‘It strengthens your credibility, reinforces you as a trusted source and makes you a go-to person internally’: Technip Energies’ Phillip Lindsay on winning two IR Impact awards
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‘Being able to teach, mentor and promote my team is the highlight of my career,’ says Pfizer’s Francesca DeMartino
In her almost three years as chief investor relations officer at Pfizer, Francesca DeMartino has already racked up two IR Impact trophies and a nomination. In an exclusive interview with IR Impact, she talks about the way the team is set up, the support that IR gets from Pfizer management and other functions across the firm – all of which comes together to allow DeMartino to implement ambitious projects beyond the bread and butter of IR. Still, it is the Street-facing side of the role – the lunches that let you get inside the minds of investors and analysts, the…
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‘AI tools helped us shave a week off the earnings process,’ says Lear Corporation IR leader
The earnings call process is one of the biggest placeholders on the IR calendar. Research by IR Impact from last year shows that IR professionals are spending 25 percent of their time on earnings preparation – notably more than the next biggest time sink, roadshows and investor meetings (19 percent), even though corporate access is the bread and butter of the role. Technology is rapidly reshaping many elements of the IR function. And the biggest changes are in those areas where tasks are time consuming and often repetitive, where regulation leaves no wiggle room – and where many other people,…
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The CFO: ‘Tokenization is becoming an important part of how people invest,’ says Streamex’s finance chief Christine Plummer
Few forces on the markets threaten to change the day-to-day working of IROs as much as the tokenization of securities. With some exchanges already experimenting with tracking share trades on blockchain, the technology has the potential to transform ownership practices and how shareholder engagement takes place at a fundamental level.
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How pass-through voting is rewriting the rules of corporate influence
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Playbook: How to build a long-term relationship with retail
When it comes to investor relations and retail investors, there is a disconnect – a gap in engagement that offers a real opportunity for those companies that build a meaningful relationship with retail. At present, too few companies are really talking to potential or even existing retail shareholders. For example, 68 percent of retail investors rarely or never listen to an earnings call; 67 percent rarely or never visit the IR website. Still, these people say they would appreciate more and better engagement. Some companies do a great job on retail though. We hear how these IR teams are learning…
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Playbook: The future of earnings calls
The earnings call is a high-pressure, essential marker in the IR calendar. It is also an area where companies are increasingly going their own way. This might be behind the scenes in their prep and post-earnings KPIs or it might be front-and-centre with an AI avatar of management. The common denominator in the future of earnings calls is the individualism that is emerging – from regional trends down to single companies at the forefront of change. Today’s earnings calls are all about modular elements that you can pick and choose from in order to deliver an earnings call that works…
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Rules of engagement: How leading IR Pros are using modern intelligence techniques to identify investors with influence
Investors are becoming more selective in their engagement and less predictable in their voting, driven by a growing focus on company-specific issues, customized voting approaches and the rise of pass-through voting. At the same time, tighter regulations and more sophisticated activist strategies are making direct communication harder, increasing pressure on IR professionals to act earlier and more strategically. This playbook goes beyond ownership data to help identify who truly influences investment and voting decisions, spot early shifts in sentiment and prioritize the investors who matter most, enabling more targeted engagement, better-informed conversations and stronger investor support. Download this playbook to: …
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Playbook: The value of IR in an increasingly passive investment landscape
ETFs, index funds and other ‘passive’ instruments are making up an increasingly large part of the investment universe. But such investors are far from passive in their appetite for engagement from IR teams and are increasingly demanding specialized attention from issuers. Understanding how fund flows are impacting companies – and turning that data into actionable, strategic intelligence – is a key challenge facing IROs in 2026.
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About the event A year ago, the conversation around AI within investor relations centred on adoption and implementation: which tools to use, how to implement them and how to manage the associated risks. Today, the landscape has evolved significantly. AI is no longer an emerging concept for many IR teams,…
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