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NIRI COVID-19 Impact Survey - Spring 2020 The survey inquired about the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on NIRI members and the investor relations profession. See Survey Results
IR Profession and Compensation Corporate and counselor IR professional compensation trends including research from NIRI's unique partnership with Korn Ferry International. Data on base salaries, bonus, equity and additional benefits, career trajectory, IR budgets, reporting structure, professional and administrative staff sizes, as well as current demographics of the profession and their working environments. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Learn More Earnings Guidance Practices For IR professionals, providing what most commonly is referred to as "earnings guidance" is a core concern. Guidance practices trend data related to both company financial, and non-financial guidance, frequency of guidance, and periodicity of guidance. NIRI regularly conducts this survey in order to understand all facets of guidance practice and provide benchmarking data for best practices. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Learn More The Annual Report Annual reports are a significant investment for many companies and a key communications vehicle. NIRI tracks trends in annual report practices in order to help organizations benchmark against their peers. Data includes longitudinal trends on annual report production (both paper and online), types of materials included in AR development, key leaders in production of annual reports across departments, roles and responsibilities, overall and specific budget items and costs, and annual report assessment. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Learn More Additional NIRI Research IR Profession, Budget, and Staffing NIRI and Korn Ferry partner to provide current budget, staffing, and profession benchmarking and trend data for corporate investor relations professionals. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Earnings Process Practices Due to the highly-interconnected nature of the earnings process, NIRI has combined three previously separate research efforts into one comprehensive study and report about quiet periods, earnings guidance, earnings releases, and earnings call practices. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Activist Investors Details activist investor practices and company response including activist ownership of company stock, frequency and method of outreach from activist investors to a company, activist stated primary objectives, and company communication methods. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Social Media and Investor Relations Investor relations social media use, which is activity focused on a company's IR program (i.e., where the investment community is the primary audience). This report details social media practices specifically for use in investor relations. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. NIRI Analytics Reports by Year 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 IR Counselor Profession and Compensation Report Measuring Your IR Program's Success Report IR Profession, Budget, and Staffing Report Earnings Process Practices Report NIRI - Korn Ferry Corporate IR Profession and Compensation Study - 2016 Advocacy Issues Agenda Report Social Media for IR Use - 2016 Annual Report Practices Activist Investor Survey Report Global IR Practices Brief IR Counselor Profession and Compensation Study Corporate Sustainability Communications Practices Report: A NIRI-MIT SMR Research Collaboration Non- Deal Roadshow Practices Report IPO Process Focus Group Report Trading Blackout and Quiet Period Practices Report Guidance Practices Report Corporate IR Profession and Compensation Study: A NIRI-Korn Ferry Research Collaboration Earnings Call Practices Report Retail Shareholder Practices Report The Investment Horizon and Expectations of Shareholder Base Impact Corporate Decision-Making: A NIRI-Stanford University Research Collaboration Analyst Sponsored Investor Conferences Report Board-Shareholder Engagement Practices Report Communicating with Your Board Focus Group Report IR Counselor Profession and Compensation Study Managing Shareholder Expectations Report Shareholder Identification Challenges Report Social Media Use for IR Report Use of Corporate Websites for Disclosure NIRI Senior Roundtable: Measuring IR Program Success Annual Meeting Practices
Earnings Guidance Practices For IR professionals, providing what most commonly is referred to as "earnings guidance" is a core concern. Guidance practices trend data related to both company financial, and non-financial guidance, frequency of guidance, and periodicity of guidance. NIRI regularly conducts this survey in order to understand all facets of guidance practice and provide benchmarking data for best practices. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Learn More
The Annual Report Annual reports are a significant investment for many companies and a key communications vehicle. NIRI tracks trends in annual report practices in order to help organizations benchmark against their peers. Data includes longitudinal trends on annual report production (both paper and online), types of materials included in AR development, key leaders in production of annual reports across departments, roles and responsibilities, overall and specific budget items and costs, and annual report assessment. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store. Learn More
IR Profession, Budget, and Staffing NIRI and Korn Ferry partner to provide current budget, staffing, and profession benchmarking and trend data for corporate investor relations professionals. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store.
Earnings Process Practices Due to the highly-interconnected nature of the earnings process, NIRI has combined three previously separate research efforts into one comprehensive study and report about quiet periods, earnings guidance, earnings releases, and earnings call practices. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store.
Activist Investors Details activist investor practices and company response including activist ownership of company stock, frequency and method of outreach from activist investors to a company, activist stated primary objectives, and company communication methods. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store.
Social Media and Investor Relations Investor relations social media use, which is activity focused on a company's IR program (i.e., where the investment community is the primary audience). This report details social media practices specifically for use in investor relations. NIRI Analytics reports are available for purchase by non-members via NIRI's online store.