In our February 2020 survey of investor relations professionals we asked respondents about their greatest IR challenges in 2019. We then analyzed the answers, assigning the categories we have used in previous years. The most common challenges faced in 2019 related to investor/ analyst issues, with more than a quarter of mentions relating to challenges in this area. A further 15 percent of mentions relate to wider market issues, meaning that challenges relating to the external capital markets account for 42 percent of all mentions. Internal company-related issues account for 28 percent of challenges mentioned, with 7 percent relating to management, another 7 percent to resources and the remaining 14 percent to other company-related issues. The remaining mentions include 7 percent for ESG and 5 percent for regulatory issues.
What were the main IR challenges you faced in 2019?