What is in the report?
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected public health in a manner unparalleled in modern times. The measures taken to combat it have dramatically impacted the global economy and working practices, creating insecurity for businesses in the short, medium and long term.
This report looks at how the pandemic has affected investor relations so far and what the perceived prospects are for its future. For this we have interviewed members of the IR and investment communities to see how resources and working practices have changed, and to evaluate the effectiveness of communication in terms of both logistics and message.
The findings in this report are taken from 187 online interviews conducted with members of our research panel, which consists of IR heads, IROs, fund managers and analysts. Fieldwork for this survey was conducted between May 12 and May 21, 2020.
During the course of the report we refer to ‘investors’ and ‘IROs’ for shorthand purposes. In this, ‘investors’ refers to findings from the investment community (fund managers, buy-side analysts, sell-side analysts) while ‘IROs’ refers to both IR heads and IR officers.
We also refer to ‘larger’ and ‘smaller’ companies to mean companies with more than $5 bn in market cap and companies with less than $5 bn in market cap, respectively. Data is further broken down geographically according to region.
Report editor Lloyd Bevan Chief copy editor Kathleen Hennessy Art & design James Noden IR Magazine editor Ben Ashwell Head of research Paul Crooke Subscriptions Paul Campbell Virtual events Lauren Wilson
Introduction IR resources Working practices Virtual events Investor communication Economic outlook
