The requirements for corporate publicity are increasing, especially against the background of the balance sheet scandals of listed companies. In addition, the MAR (Market Abuse Regulation) adopted by the European Union tightens or extends the publicity obligation.
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The broad social debate on dealing with environmentally friendly business practices, ensuring minimum social standards and transparent corporate governance has long since reached companies. In practice, this means that ESG issues are becoming an integral part of investor relations work as a whole.
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There are many criticisms of ESG company ratings. They are actually intended to provide scoring approaches for the evaluation of companies with regard to ESG aspects. In other words, for numerous aspects relating to the environment, social issues and corporate governance.
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There is now a consensus in politics and business: a green and sustainable shift is needed, which must be driven forward in all sectors and supported as best as possible by political initiatives. It has also become a consensus that it needs rules and ambitious goals.
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Every year, IR magazine conducts a survey of IROs. In the last 18 months, there were 1,700 IR managers who were asked about their IR targets, among other things. The result? Investors, investors, investors!
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Every week we publish an IR press review with exciting topics related to IR. And every week we look at the number of hits on the most read articles. What do you think are the topics that readers are most interested in? ESG? Yes, that is usually quite far ahead. “Sea change in research costs”? Interestingly enough, no.
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According to a forecast by management consultancy PwC, around 16 percent of asset and wealth managers will either merge or disappear from the market by 2027. This consolidation is mainly a result of increasing digitization, changing investor expectations and an increased focus on retail customers. The industry is also worried about inflation and volatility in the capital markets.
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ESG ratings have become an important tool in the financial world to assess the sustainability performance of companies. However, the ESG ratings market is under increasing pressure and is drawing much criticism for opaque methods and possible conflicts of interest. In addition, there are significant deviations in the ESG ratings issued by different rating agencies, especially for individual companies.
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“An AGM is not a zoom event!” – there is no shortage of bold statements when it comes to the growing criticism of the still-widespread practice holding general meetings online. The legal framework for this has been set out in the political sphere. On 7 July 2022, a bill from the traffic light coalition was passed by a broad parliamentary majority.
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Brexit is having a direct impact on London’s attractiveness as a global hub for financial transactions. The latest analysis by the City of London Corporation concludes that the London Stock Exchange now has to share its status as investors’ undisputed favourite with the New York Stock Exchange. At the same time, other trading venues such as Singapore, Paris or Frankfurt have gained ground as well.
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