Introduction and respondent data
In-person roadshows
Virtual roadshows
Virtual roadshow brokers
IRO satisfaction
Sector focus
Lloyd Bevan
Ariah Varcianna
Kathleen Hennessy
James Noden
The IR Magazine Global Roadshow Report 2021 is our 12th annual research report into corporate roadshow activity. This is the second roadshow report to deal with the impact of Covid-19 and the first to cover a time period completely under the travel restrictions imposed to combat the pandemic.
This report continues from last year’s in looking at both in-person and virtual roadshows. Because travel was restricted throughout the entire period covered by this report, in-person roadshow activity has been severely curtailed. As a result, this report has a greater focus on virtual roadshow activity, covering frequency and duration, brokers used and management attendance. Comparison in these areas is made between current virtual roadshow activity and pre-pandemic in-person activity.
New sections in this year’s report cover the relative satisfaction IROs have with in-person and virtual roadshows, as well as what the relative benefits and challenges of virtual roadshows are compared with going on the road in person. We also revisit questions posed to IROs last year about the permanence of change to roadshow activity and the future prominence of topic-related roadshows.
Findings in this report are taken from the latest round of IR Magazine’s Global IR Survey, carried out in Q3 2021. The year this report covers from Q3 2020 to Q3 2021 and any references in this report are for this time period unless stated otherwise.
These report findings are based on responses from roadshow participants only, meaning data for both in-person and virtual roadshows includes only participants in that particular type of roadshow. Most of the findings in this report have been split by geographical region and company market capitalization. For the purposes of this study the key regions examined are North America, Europe and Asia, while the categories for market cap are defined in US dollars as follows:
