Publications

INSIGHTS

Jun 2007
The Role of the Corporate Website in the Investment Process (PDF - 57kb)
Key messages from fund managers: websites influence investment decisions; first impressions persist.

Mar 2007
US Deregistration (PDF - 61kb)
Our interviews suggest that a company has to weigh carefully if and how it goes about deregistration.

May 2006
Rewarding the Top Management Team (PDF - 129kb)
The cost of the senior management team is significant highlighting the importance of linking pay to strategy for all executives in this group.

Dec 2005
The New US Market System (PDF - 252kb)
There is a significant change underway in the capital markets that is redefining the basic relationship between the buy-side and sell-side.

Oct 2005
IFRS – The Story So Far (PDF - 209kb)
At a market level the actual effects of IFRS have been rather less than expected. In contrast, at an individual company level, effects are more extreme.

Apr 2005
Stock lending - a perspective (PDF - 134kb)
Stock lending is an increasing focus of attention in the UK and is likely to increase. Companies are rightly concerned.

Dec 2004
Proxy voting looking forward to 2005 (PDF - 258 Kb)
However optimistic we might be about further progress in 2005, we are certain that the pressures on company secretaries in the run up to AGMs will be as intense as ever.

Nov 2004
The hedge fund industry (PDF - 235 Kb)
Some hedge funds will and should be included in companies' programmes. This should involve thought and discrimination. Hedge funds are not all alike.

Feb 2004
The 2004 AGM season – proxy voting (PDF - 234 Kb)
The spotlight on the whole subject should help to ensure that more votes are cast and fewer votes are “lost” in 2004.

Jan 2004
Communicating the impact of IFRS to institutional investors (PDF - 90kb)
The potential for confusion is high. It behoves all companies to communicate clearly. This is a very significant step change for all concerned.

Nov 2003
US mutual funds trading abuse investigations (PDF - 89 Kb)
With US mutual funds figuring prominently in many UK registers, these investigations could have meaningful capital markets implications

Aug 2003
Managing Hedge Funds in Your IR Program (PDF - 58kb)
What role should hedge funds play in the market overall and in companies’ IR programs? We look at 1,300 hedge funds and provide a screening mechanism.

Aug 2003
Demographic trends & economic growth: positioning companies for the long term (PDF - 132 Kb)
Any international company which wishes to retain its current world ranking will clearly need to amend its geographical exposures.

Oct 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley institutional perspectives (PDF - 13 Kb)
Non-US companies that are listed in the US should be held to the same reporting requirements as US companies.

Sep 2002
Corporate bonds institutional perspectives (PDF - 12 Kb)
Many European companies are still seen as not good at communicating with bond investors, and as reluctant to respond to their requirements.

Dec 2001
How international investors see corporate Germany (PDF - 179 Kb)
Corporate Germany, it was said, was not concerned to maximise shareholder value. Germany lacked a shareholder culture. All that has been changing, and the pace is set to accelerate.

Dec 2001
The gold standard in incentive remuneration (PDF - 156 Kb)
Few areas of corporate governance generate as much divisiveness and distrust as incentive remuneration.

Dec 2001
Investor relations the new regime: a practical guide (PDF - 32 Kb)
In recent years, the process of communication between quoted companies and external audiences has been changing rapidly.

Jan 2000
Corporate websites expectation and reality (PDF - 78 Kb)
Websites were assessed against investor priorities. The work revealed that resources and technology companies generally had the highest scores.

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