Investing
Investors lie at the heart of corporate and financial reporting
"Investing is trying to predict how other investors will behave."
(John Maynard Keynes)
"Humans are naturally bad investors"
(Edward Chancellor, GMO investment manager, commenting on the work of Daniel Kahneman, a founder of the behavioral school of economics, in Financial Times fm)
"Investor confidence and market efficiency depend on the disclosure of accurate, timely information about corporate performance. To be of value in the global capital markets, disclosed information should be clear, consistent and comparable."
(OECD, Corporate Governance Guidelines)
Links
Links to investor relations and financial communication organizations, contacts, sources, publications...- http://Facebook.com/IRHub Essential news and insights for IR professionals globally. Managed by the Editorial IRHub from Thomson Reuters.
- http://irwebreport.com No human here. Just aggregating posts by bloggers relevant to investor relations professionals.
- http://sharonmerrillassociates.wordpress.com/about We are a Boston-based investor relations and corporate communications strategic advisory firm. The Podium will serve as an open forum for discussing ideas related to communications.
- http://us1.institutionalriskanalytics.com Creative risk management solutions
- http://www.actifin.fr Actifin est une société de conseil en communication d'entreprise, spécialiste de la communication financière et des introductions en bourse.
- http://www.africanir.com/ Spreading the word and managing the communication obligations of a dedicated community of African listed companies for the benefit of everyone participating in African capital markets.
- http://www.aira.org.au Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA)
- http://www.allbusiness.com/corporate-governance/4096770-1.html "Complacent" US firms slip down must-read list of annual reports
- http://www.capitalmarkets.com/main/1283177553 Transparency changes the business
- http://www.cira.at Circle Investor relations Austria (CIRA)
- http://www.ciri.org Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI)
- http://www.cliff.asso.fr Association Française des Investor Relations (CLIFF)
- http://www.designate.com.au/designate_investor/index.php Designate Group is Australia's leading independent specialist in strategic corporate and investor communications.
- http://www.dirk.org Deutscher Investor Relations Verband e.V. (DIRK)
- http://www.dix-eaton.com/ A Cleveland, Ohio-based communications boutique that specializes in public relations, investor relations and customer communications. Also has a blog “A View from the Intersection of Wall Street and Main Street”.
- http://www.edhec-risk.com EDHEC-Risk Institute, in Nice, Singapore and London. Teaching and learning risk management and finance.
- http://www.eiris.org Experts in responsible investment solutions
- http://www.enhancedanalytics.com/portal/ep/home.do Promoting better research for better investment decisions. EAI is an international collaboration between asset owners and asset managers aimed at encouraging better investment research.
- http://www.eta-beta.de/webseiten/brandt-fc Viona Brandt financial communication
- http://www.firs.fi Finnish Investor Relations Society (FIRS)
- http://www.futurevalue.co.uk/ Our mission is to make the market value of listed companies a less risky and more certain proposition through the effective communication of intangible value.
- http://www.hemscottir.com Hemscott IR is a market-leading provider of online investor relations and corporate communications solutions.
- http://www.iasb.org/Home The International Accounting Standards Board has summaries of all IFRS standards, news and accounting projects in progress
- http://www.igbir.com Full service investor relations agency that helps public and pre-public companies effectively navigate through a dynamic investor relations environment
- http://www.iirf.org The International Investor Relations Federation is a federation of the national professional bodies for investor relations – currently 25 of them, representing thousands of listed companies worldwide
- http://www.impacct.de Wir entwickeln funktionierende Corporate und Equity Stories, um Unternehmen nachhaltig einzigartig zu positionieren und anspruchsvollste Zielgruppen zu überzeugen.
- http://www.insideinvestorrelations.com With roots in the Economist Group, we are renowned for providing quality insight and a global perspective.
- http://www.investorcalendar.ar.wilink.com A free service for investors seeking stock research and financial information, powered by VCall and PrecisionIR
- http://www.investorrelations.com Sharon Merrill Associates assists corporate clients across the U.S. and internationally in planning and executing critical communications that resonate with stakeholders and deliver desired results in virtually any situation an enterprise may confront.
- http://www.investorrelations.de/cms/front_content.php?idart=192 Unter dem Namen ReportWatch veröffentlichte e.com zum 9. Mal ihr jährliches Ranking der besten annual reports.
- http://www.ir-soc.org.uk (UK Investor Relations Society): Over 600 members drawn from listed companies and consultancies, including around 80% of the FTSE 100, and a growing number of smaller companies
- http://www.iralert.com Daily updates and analysis for investor relations professionals
- http://www.irasia.com The Internet platform for companies in the Asia Pacific to communicate effectively with the global investment and business community
- http://www.irpas.com Investor Relations Professionals Association Singapore (IRPAS)
- http://www.irwebreport.com/ IR Web Report was created in 2001 to publish research and news about online investor relations practices around the world. Today, IR Web Report is internationally recognized as the world’s premier source for advice about online investor relations communications.
- http://www.jira.or.jp Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA)
- http://www.klca.or.kr Korea Listed Companies Association (KLCA)
- http://www.labrador-company.com Labrador is an independent company that helps companies to communicate “best in class” regulated information in a transparent, timely and secure manner.
- http://www.libi-ir.com Full-cycle Russian investor relations agency.
- http://www.lombardstreetresearch.com Lombard Street Research was founded in 1989 and quickly established its reputation as a leading provider of independent macroeconomic research. It provides accurate economic forecasts in order to improve the investment thinking and strategic decisions
- http://www.lulu.com/content/364138 Exceptional gains. Strategies for enhancing corporate reputations in times of conflict, controversy and crisis, by Ewold de Bruijne
- http://www.nevir.nl Netherlands Society for Investor Relations (NEVIR)
- http://www.nirf.no Norwegian Investor Relations Forening (NIRF)
- http://www.niri.org (National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI): 4,400 members in 33 chapters represent the majority of the largest publicly held corporations in the U.S.
- http://www.publicregister.com The Public Register provides free annual reports of public companies trading on the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and OTC exchanges. We aim to provide a quality service that fulfills annual report orders in a timely manner.
- http://www.publicregisteronline.com The largest FREE directory of online annual reports available on the web.
- http://www.reportinsights.com An Indian quarterly magazine on annual reports
- http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets Global market news
- http://www.sec.gov/investor.shtml United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy.
- http://www.sira.org.se Swedish Investor Relations Association (SIRA)
- http://www.sirv.ch Swiss Investor Relations Society (SIRV)
- http://www.sri-connect.com Sustainable and responsible investment can play a major role in achieving sustainable development, if it puts, at its heart, intelligent and constructive dialogue between companies and investors.
- http://www.thecrossbordergroup.com/pages/56/IR+magazine.stm Investor Relations Magazine
- http://www.vmagroup.co.uk Europe’s leading specialists in Investor Relations Search and Selection
- http://www.wilmott.com Serving the quantitative finance community
- http://www.workir.com WorkIR, Inc. is a career placement firm specialized in serving the investor relations department of publicly traded companies.
- https://www.lanternresearch.com A growing international network of financial analysts.
- https://www.lanternresearch.com/contents/view/about_us A website aiming to become a leading virtual market place where financial analysts and research boutiques can sell their reports and analyses, and investors can find information on any sectors/companies.
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