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IR magazine - February 2010

• Getting the green light

  A recent SEC ruling will open the doors to more climate-risk resolutions making the ballot. Adrienne Baker reports

• Cheat sheet: What the SWF?

  SWFs control trillions of dollars in assets under management but are tricky to define - and even tricker to monitor

• Blooming boutiques
  • Shock as sell-side coverage increases for many firms
  • Part of this is down to rise in number of boutique houses
  • IR agencies offer advice on handling the unknowns

  By Tim Human

• Odds-on success

  
  

  • Building IR from scratch during a recession
  • Attention to detail is crucial: don’t build a practice on sand
  • Relationship building, both internally and externally, is key

  By Robin Froggatt-Smith

• Penny pinching

  Brad Allen unearths strategies for living within tight IR budgets

• Asian achievers

  Clare Harrison catches up with some of the big IR Magazine Award winners across Asia

• The IR papers

  Empirical evidence from the world of IR studies, as seen by Jeff Cossette

   

• M&A focus: Not-so-sweet words

  Tim Human’s monthly M&A roundup

• Speculator: Fair share?

  Ian Williams suspects little altruism in Goldman’s latest move

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