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IHS Markit Perspectives – Investor and Issuer Engagement in Uncertain Times – Part 6
30 July 2020
IHS Markit's Perception Analytics team engages in in-depth
discussions with investors and analysts daily. Given recent market
volatility and significant economic uncertainty, IHS Markit will be
speaking to investors and analysts on a regular basis to assess how
the current situation with COVID-19 is impacting their evaluations
of and engagement with corporate issuers. In our sixth installment,
we ask market participants whether they believe work-from-home
mandates will spark a paradigm shift for virtual corporate access.
Highlights include:
Buy-side investors suggest that with less time spent on the
road, management and IR should increase the frequency of investor
updates and interactions.
"I am surprised that the access that I have in this
environment is a lot better because there are more people willing
to speak. The interest in engaging shareholders has actually
increased significantly, which is a positive."
Video calls are widely accepted as the most effective tools for
conducting virtual meetings in lieu of in-person meetings.
"It is a very good idea to do a webcast presentation with
slides and the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the
company, especially if it is recorded and put on the company
website. If you are going to have this type of presentation, you
might as well get the CEO or CFO to do the presentation because you
can reach a huge audience with just a day's worth of
work."
Transparency and openness are critical to establishing trust and
credibility in this environment.
"The biggest things we are focused on are company news and
updates, rechecking fundamental factors about companies, and trying
to get some sort of details about the impact COVID-19 has had on
companies. Frank and open conversation is something that is very
important in this type of situation."
IHS Markit's Perception team will continue to gather real-time
market feedback as the situation unfolds, so please look out for
the next part of this series.
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