Back in Fashion
01 September 11 - by Alex Joliffe, Inside Investor RelationsWhen emerging markets suffered, which companies held up as investors exited? And where is new investment coming from as emerging market equities resume their run? read more
Ipreo in the News
Informatica Customers And Executives Receive 2011 Ventana Research Leadership Awards
08 December 11 - Informatica Press ReleaseWhen emerging markets suffered, which companies held up as investors exited? And where is new investment coming from as emerging market equities resume their run? read more
Citibank Offers Real-Time Mobile Access To IPO Orders For Clients
07 June 11 - by Lynn Cowan, Wall Street JournalPutting a modern-day twist on the now-obsolete practice of giving away toasters to customers, Citibank is instead presenting executives who are doing IPOs free tablet computers such as the iPad pre-loaded with new deal-tracking software. read more
Muni bonds set to leap as default fears ease
07 June 11 - by Nicole Bullock, The Financial TimesThe US municipal bond market is poised for its biggest week of new issuance this year as concerns of mass defaults have eased, sending borrowing costs lower. read more
KKR to Buy Ipreo, a Capital-Markets Data Firm
23 May 11 - by ANUPREETA DAS, Wall Street JournalPrivate-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is expected to say Monday that it has acquired Ipreo Holdings LLC. read more
How companies select a broker
20 May 11 - by Staff writers, IR MagazineIR magazine reveals the findings of a new corporate access survey by Ipreo read more
Ipreo adds global market data to IR workflow suite
29 March 11 - by Dominic Jones, IR Web ReportMARKET intelligence firm Ipreo, best known for its Bigdough database of institutional investor contacts and profiles, has partnered with Interactive Data Corporation to add real-time global market data and news to Ipreo's IR workflow platform. read more
Die erfolgsorientierte Vergütung von Aufsichtsräten ist ein Diskussions punkt für ausländische Investoren
December 2010 - Going Public MagazinIpreo berät Unternehmen bei der Vorbereitung ihrer Hauptversammlungen, in denen Corporate-Governance-Themen in letzter Zeit immer stärker in den Fokus rückten. Im Interview mit dem GoingPublic Magazin berichtet Angelika Horstmeier über ihre Erfahrungen mit der zurückliegenden HV-Saison und ihre Erwartungen zum Abstimmungsverhalten von Investoren bei kommenden Aktionärstreffen. read more
Think tank roundup: voice of the cities
19 November 10 - by Staff writers, IR MagazineThis fall, IROs in North America had plenty to mull over. The big issue, of course, was new financial legislation, specifically the Dodd-Frank Act. But there was plenty more to discuss, including proxy plumbing, social media and Canada's imminent adoption of IFRS. read more
Trouble brews in corporate China
19 November 10 - by Tim Human, IR MagazineChina may have seen its first proxy fight, but don't expect too many more in the near future. The nature of the scrap at Gome – between the founder and majority shareholder on the one hand, and a management team backed by US private equity on the other – has stirred tensions in China to such an extent that companies will think twice, thrice and many more times before they allow themselves to fall into a similar situation. read more
California Bond Woe Bodes Ill for States
18 November 10 - By MICHAEL ANEIRO And STU WOOAmerica's strapped states and cities took another hit Wednesday, with California seeing tepid demand for its latest bond sale and other governments pulling about $700 million worth of borrowing deals this week as investors continued stepping away from the municipal bond market. read more
Bonds Face New Negativity in a Ballot-Box Backlash: Joe Mysak
19 October 10 - By Joe MysakOct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- This may be the worst year for bonds on ballots in two decades. read more
Inside Market Data 1985-2010 Hall of Fame
October 2010 - By Max Bowie, Editor, Inside Market DataIpreo Chairman Stuart Clark named to Inside Market Data's 1985-2010 industry Hall of Fame. read more
CREDIT MARKETS: Positive Tone As Earnings Season Is Strong
22 October 10 - By Anusha Shrivastava Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESNEW YORK (Dow Jones)--There's a positive streak in the credit markets as earnings season has been strong. read more
Strong September May Be Impetus For More Health-Care IPOs
30 September 10 - Dow Jones NewswiresNEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The strong performance of the equities market in recent weeks may help thaw the market for IPOs in the health-care sector, which has been by far the worst-performing industry for public offerings this year. read more
Stimmprobe statt Paukenschlag
June 2010 - HV MagazinDas Zusammenspiel von Unternehmen und aktiven Investoren read more
Firms Making Takeover Defenses More Transparent
17 June 10 - The NikkeiTOKYO (Nikkei)--Companies are increasing the transparency of their takeover defense measures as they are growing more conscious of investor disapproval of such systems. read more
Ipreo Hosts Roundtable Dinners to Discuss Current Trends in Asia-Pacific Investor Relations
March 2010 - IR MagazineThe Chinese dining tradition of a large, circular table with a rotating platform in the middle helped turn three recent dinner parties into true roundtable discussions. Last December, on the eve of IR magazine's conferences and awards luncheons in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, small, select groups of local investor relations officers and other senior executives gathered to share good food – and good ideas. read more
Westchester County Selling $173M in Pilot Program on Ipreo's Parity System
09 Feb 10 - The Bond BuyerWestchester County, N.Y., plans to competitively market $173.1 million of general obligation bonds tomorrow in its first new-money deal since Republican Robert Astorino was elected county executive in November. The deal will also be the first marketed in the state under a pilot program allowing Westchester to accept only electronic bids. read more
US equity investors swear off illiquid positions
27 July 09 - IR MagazineConsidering the credit crisis was strewn with the wreckage of illiquid investments, it's no surprise portfolio managers are favoring liquid stocks. According to new research from Ipreo, the top 10 biggest US equity investors have cut their exposure to illiquid positions by an average of 37 percent over the last 12 months. read more
Muni Service Firms Rush to Adapt to BABs
22 May 09 - The Bond BuyerThe America Recovery and Reinvestment Act's introduction of taxable Build America Bonds has required many market participants to make changes to their usual ways of business. read more
Bigdough adds fixed income data
21 May 09 - IR MagazineIpreo has struck a deal to roll Morningstar's fund ownership data into its Bigdough contact database, giving clients a view of fixed income holdings along with improved equity ownership data. read more
Fresh push to stop abusive short selling in the US
26 March 09 - IR MagazineAbusive short selling, blamed by Richard Fuld for bringing down Lehman Brothers, is against the law. Now plans are afoot to prevent it from happening in the first place. Little resistance is expected, even from hedge funds, and IROs at vulnerable companies may soon be able to sleep better at night. read more
SEC under fire for shorting 'about-face'
07 Oct 08 - IR MagazineThere, is a lot for an IRO to like in the SEC's series of emergency orders aimed at addressing rampant short selling in the markets, but critics still want more action. read more
New Realities: Six Things IROs Need to Understand in a Difficult Market
10 July 08 - IR MagazineLooking back five years, there's no question IROs faced many challenges - but the challenges they face today are far more numerous and complex. In this article, two of Ipreo's top managers focus on the trends IROs need to confront in order to succeed in today's difficult market. read more
Ipreo buys CapitalBridge
21 Feb 08 - IR MagazineIpreo, the private equity-backed market intelligence player behind Bigdough, today announced it is acquiring CapitalBridge, a competitor, for $31.5 mn. read more
Ipreo Acquires Institutional CRM Specialist
26 Nov 07 - Securities Industry Newsre: NSIGHT acquistion New York - November 28, 2007 - Electronic new-issue platform and data vendor Ipreo has acquired New York-based NSight, which offers enterprise-level customer relationship management (CRM) software and services to financial firms, for an undisclosed price. As part of the deal, NSight CEO Neil Hyman and CTO Jeff Lewis will head Ipreo's research, sales and trading division. read more
Inside Market Data
26 Nov 07 - Article by Max Bowie, Inside Market DataIpreo Buys NSight to Bolster Bigdough - Ipreo, the data and technology vendor formed last year by the combination of Hemscott, I-Deal and MarketPipe, will this week announce that it has acquired New York-based CRM software vendor NSight Enterprise Software, Inside Market Data has learned. read more
Ipreo Automates Meetings Data
15 Oct 07 - Article by Max Bowie, Inside Market DataIpreo, the business created by the merger of Hemscott, i-Deal and MarketPipe, is preparing to launch a new service aimed at automating meeting communications as part of the investment research process between broker dealers and investment managers. read more
IR Magazine article: Mainstream investors get behind activism
01 Apr 07 - IR MagazineIpreo study finds that activist funds are viewed as a positive and growing trend - What do mainstream investors think of shareholder activists in general and swashbuckling hedge funds in particular? That's what Ipreo , the market intelligence firm that owns Bigdough, set out to discover in a perception study of portfolio managers and buy-side analysts. The results, which Ipreo is preparing to distribute to clients, may come as a shock. read more
Cross-Asset Ipreo Targets Issuers
01 Apr 07 - Article by Max Bowie, Inside Market DataIpreo, the company formed by the merger of i-Deal, Hemscott and MarketPipe, is to bring its products together to target corporate finance officers at companies issuing stock or debt that require detailed data on their capital base and investors. read more
IR Magazine article: Taking control
01 Apr 07 - IR MagazineWeb-based targeting technology can serve multiple functions, from identifying current shareholders and targeting new ones to managing investor contacts. At their most primitive, targeting services offer vast databases with contact details of investors around the globe. More advanced platforms pipe in support from analysts, helping IROs whittle down lists of investors that are most likely to be interested in buying their stock. read more
