Why one IRO traded in a cushy position at a FTSE 250-listed company for a punishing role elsewhere. By Fay Sanders
Anna Snider sorts the winners from the losers in how companies communicated the impact of the US subprime crisis
COMPASS POINTS
The capital of Qatar
IR has some way to go at the 42 listed companies in a region where IROs have to adapt to cultural peculiarities, as Alex Sehmer reports
FUNDS
Massive, mysterious and misunderstood
Sovereign wealth fund cash is pouring into listed companies. Carolyn Iglesias ponders the potential cost
M&A FOCUS
Tim Human’s monthly roundup of M&A activity
SPECULATOR
Ian Williams gets excited about the sex trade
SHAREHOLDER ID
Identity crisis
Moves to communicate directly with companies’ beneficial shareholders have stalled. Will these shadowy figures ever be revealed? Elizabeth Judd investigates
RETAIL INVESTORS
Going on tour
Clare Harrison talks to some regular attendees about how to make the most of a retail investor fair or convention
BEST PRACTICE
How they do it at Banco Itaú
Ian Williams talks to the São Paulo-based bank’s tireless IRO
MEETINGS
Circus atmosphere
Annual meetings are natural forums for activist grandstanding, finds Terry McWilliams
PROFILE
Ethical matters
Adrian Holliday talks to Susan Round, manager of ethical fund Allchurches Amity