The Thomson Extel Pan-European Investor Relations Review

By Steve Kelly

With the role of IR assuming great prominence, so the need grows to benchmark its key parameters and direct resources accurately to compete for investors.

This unique report draws on years of data, experience and opinion to provide practical insights and guidance on IR planning, management and decision making.

Using unrivalled data from the last four Pan-European Surveys by Thomson Extel, this report provides an in-depth review of the IR industry across Europe and answers the key questions:

  • Where should IR effort and spend be focused?
  • How do other IR professionals’ and competitors use their resources?
  • Which are the most effective criteria for measuring IR success?
  • What IR tools work best?
  • How much influence do IR professionals really have?
  • Who are the best European investors to work with and why?
  • What do buyside and sellside companies value most?
  • Who will be the IR high-performers of the future?

Does IR really work?

A key feature of the report is a comparison between the performance of IR and stock for the past 5 years to resolve this critical question once and for all.

…Plus a wealth of clear data and views for board meetings and to influence senior executives:

  • Rankings and ratings of the IR performance of the top 500 companies in Europe
  • Detailed breakdowns of investors, brokers and companies by sector and location
  • Opinion from over 1,200 buyside firms, 1,400 sellside analysts and 484 companies in 2006
  • Insights from over 300 meetings with IR professionals, buyside firms and all brokerages.

The Thomson Extel Pan-European Investor Relations Review provides an immensely valuable insight into the latest thinking on IR and its activities from investors, quoted companies and IR professionals themselves.

This unique report is now availabe at a 20% dicount and priced at £396/€589.

To download a brochure giving full details, contents and an order form click here.

To order now contact John.Woodward@thomson.com or call him on +44 (0) 20 7369 7317.