Reflect, reinvent, grow a beard
The end of one decade and the start of the next is a natural time for reflection and change. I spent a lot of time over the holidays looking in the mirror – both metaphorically and literally. I decided to read more, spend less time on social media and grow a beard.
Change and reinvention are central themes in this issue. These days, the trading floors of stock exchanges aren’t the chaotic places they used to be. Yet the vibrant conversations of old may not be happening too far away: amid the Mifid II-inspired disruption to corporate access, many stock exchanges are expanding the number of events they host. In our cover story, we explore the corporate access solutions on offer.
Stock exchanges have long been cultural symbols of capitalism and wealth creation. But is the notion of capitalism fundamentally changing? Last year both the Business Roundtable in the US and the World Economic Forum in Davos released statements that placed stakeholder value at the heart of the role of business. Our second lead feature looks at the two statements and ask what this shift in focus means for the future of investor communications.
In this issue’s regional features, we look at how the UK’s new stewardship code will affect debt IR (see Growing interest), explore how IR teams can deal with the effects of short-reports (see Drawing the short straw), and profile Hong Kong, a city that has celebrated the world’s largest IPO and mourned months-long violent clashes between government and protesters (see A year of highs and lows for Hong Kong).
This issue also features the latest IR Magazine research report, which pulls together years of research into small-cap investor relations.
If you decided to make some changes of your own at the start of this year, I wish you well. I’ve had mixed fortunes: as of mid-February, I’ve read two books, deleted Twitter from my phone (and reinstalled it) and grown a beard, only to shave it off because it’s a hassle.
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