IROs with aspirations to improve often look to a handful of role models: those investor relations professionals who have exemplary relationships with institutional investors and the media, whose corporate stories are well told and whose stocks have risen steadily over time, and who are then recognized with industry achievement awards. | Read Article |

Most Annual General Meetings are rather dismal, dull affairs that follow a prescribed legal and regulatory format. The votes, for the most part, have already been cast – as most were made by proxy – so the whole event is a rather orchestrated exercise. Move this, second that; no stone is left unturned, as lawyers and transfer agents ensure that all goes according to plan. Questions from the floor are avoided, lest they derail the legal process. But people do attend AGMs. | Read Article |

The Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") in August 2013 published Consultation Paper 54-401, entitled Review of the Proxy Voting Infrastructure, which sought feedback from issuers, investors and other stakeholders on a proposed approach to address concerns regarding the integrity and reliability of the proxy voting infrastructure. The CSA identified two issues for further examination, which they believe have the most potential to impact the ability of the proxy voting infrastructure to function accurately and reliably. | Read Article |

In 2014, audit committee agendas will be influenced by continuing economic uncertainty, globalization and geopolitical turbulence, more government regulation, and an interconnected world where technology is accelerating everything. | Read Article |

"How do you get management buy-in for social media?" This is the most common question our IR team receives in relation to social media. | Read Article |