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June 2003

• Media mavens

  Adrienne Baker finds out what is unique about doing IR for a big media company

• Leader: The bright side

  Just when things seemed to be settling down a bit, along came Ahold and HealthSouth with yet more off-the-charts financial scandals to drag corporate trust through the muck again

• Letter from a CEO

  Michael Sabia, BCE, Montreal

• Fashion hospital

  Curing all your sartorial ailments

• The quote doctor

  The Doctor dissects this month's best and worst quote

• Missed opportunity

  Richard Carpenter says Spitzer's settlement didn't settle much

• Trust me, I'm an IRO

  Heather McGregor examines the virtues of humility and straight-talking

• Rating credit ratings

  Elizabeth Judd examines the potential for new competition and regulations for the big three, and discovers how IROs communicate downgrades

• Warming up to greens

  Martin de Sa'Pinto looks at how cooperation between companies and non-profit organizations may make winners of both

• The trouble with Higgs

  No-one wants to be singled out for failing to comply with Higgs. Matthew Gower looks at how IR fits in

• Proxy paper trail

  Martin de Sa'Pinto finds that, for the world's non-domestic shareholders, voting across borders can mean a lot of hassles

• Swap meets

  Survivors tell all about about debt-for-equity swaps, by Jana Sanchez

• Investment pro files

  In a new, regular column, Adrian Holliday provides snapshots of investment pros. In this issue he talks to top-rated analysts

• Sticking to fundamentals

  Ian Williams meets Global Asset Management, which has an operational and investment style all its own

• Holistic investing

  Ian Williams sits down with AR Schmeidler, a small buy-side player that takes a big picture view of potential investments

• Looking after number one

  Should companies be good to get better profits or just because it's right? Caroline Thomas investigates

• Getting help

  Vanessa Theiss reports on how in-house IR teams use outside agencies

• Celtic pride

  Matthew Gower finds a burgeoning investor relations scene at the first annual IR Magazine Ireland Awards

• Between a lawyer & a hard place

  Carolyn Iglesias looks at the conflict created by the push for increased disclosure and the potential for personal liability for IROs

• Ready or not

  Matthew Gower looks at the upheaval coming with the EC's new transparency directive

• Looking for options

  Ian Sax finds out why some technology companies are bucking the sector trend and expensing options

• Glad to be gray

  The buck stops here: annual report printers. Adrian Holliday uncovers the trends

• Improved transparency?

  Have recent changes in US disclosure requirements improved or diminished the quality of information communicated to the market? Anne Louise van Lynden and Richard Feenstra investigate

• Stats strategy

  Information about who's visiting web sites and watching webcasts can develop IR strategy, writes Richard Carpenter

• XBRL language pains

  XBRL may be the betamax of electronic languages, says Richard Carpenter

• Great escapes

  Morgan Molthrop has some ideas for getting away from it all

• Italian style

  Italian IR has come a long way. But Martin de Sa'Pinto finds investors still have to fight to see the wood for the trees

• A buy, sell or giveaway?

  Janet Dignan learns why Claire Mackintosh launched ShareGift

• Questions, questions

  Caroline Thomas looks ahead to IR magazine's UK conference on June 30

• Behold a Wall Street verse

  Ian Williams relays a message found in an expensive wine bottle

• The time-saver's guide to the niri conference

  Adrienne Baker with all the juice on how to navigate the largest IR event of the year

• Who do you trust?

  Trust is scarce. But the winners of this year's IR Magazine US Awards have earned it. Adrienne Baker finds out why