Bucharest, 26th of February, 2019 – The Romanian Investor Relations Association (ARIR)announces the partnership with Institutional Investor – industry leader in providing unparalleled global benchmark research on corporate issuers, buy-side and sell-side research, hedge funds, fixed income and asset management – for the very first AR&IR Gala Awards that will take place on November 25, 2019.
The cooperation between the two organisations will help raise awareness of the importance of capital market engagement and identify best practice in Investor Relations.
Institutional Investor’s renowned research survey attracts the participation of leading global portfolio managers and sell-side analysts who independently evaluate the quality of IR of companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Their votes and assessment will determine Best CEO, Best CFO, Best IRO, and Best IR Program. There cognition of the top three winners in each category will take place during a ceremony in the presence of governmental and capital markets stakeholders, as well as media.
In addition to this,retail investors will have the possibility to vote for the Best Company, in terms of communication with their investors, through online voting.
Daniela Șerban, ARIR President:
We are delighted to organise this first award ceremony in cooperation with an international trusted organisation, in a transparent and professional manner, to reflect the opinion of institutional investors. The involvement of retail investors is equally important and together will contribute to recognising the listed companies that implement best practices in investor relations in Romania.
Amani Korayeim, Director, All-EMEA Sales and Product Development – II and Extel Research:
As great supporters of capital markets development around the world,we are welcoming the cooperation with ARIR on their first annual ceremony, as an important milestone for the young, but ambitious professional organisation.
Institutional Investor, an independent and internationally renowned organisation, will manage the process to deliver the first three awarded categories, using a proven research methodology and its proprietary institutional investor database.
ARIR and Institutional Investor will organise a webinar in order to present the research methodology.All Romanian listed companies are eligible for this qualitative assessment and strongly encouraged to participate at this webinar.
Webinar date: Monday, 4th March 2019, 11:30 AM (Bucharest time)
Presentation language: English
Registration at: apapa@ir-romania.ro