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03/03/2023

Have Doubts About a US Listing? Read This.

Have Doubts About a US Listing? Read This. CRH plc, the world’s largest building materials company, is the most recent UK company to announce plans to move its primary listing from the London Stock Exchange to a US exchange. The UK is the world’s second-largest capital market, so CRH’s decision…
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01/30/2023

It’s Time to Play Offense

It’s Time to Play Offense China likely becoming less attractive to Emerging Market Investors, creating an opportunity for LatAm companies Pardon the title’s sports analogy, but the World Cup ended only a month ago. Congratulations, by the way, to Argentina as well as all the teams that qualified for the…
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10/14/2022

Investor Days in a Post-Covid New York

Investor Days in a Post-Covid New York What has changed and what to anticipate when planning a capital markets event in New York Although the Covid-19 pandemic has ended in the U.S., it has both temporarily and permanently impacted the way companies interact with investors and analysts, including Investor Days.…
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10/04/2022

Bond Market Adds to Volatility and Risk-off Sentiment in Capital Markets

Bond Market Adds to Volatility and Risk-off Sentiment in Capital Markets InspIR’s perspective on last week’s downdraft and expected investor focus for the Q3 earnings call season Inflation and the ability to pass through Signs of slowing demand Balance sheet strength Using financial strength to advantage Impact of geopolitical risks…
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11/09/2021

The Emergence of SASB: Why it’s Become Mission Critical for IR

Accounting is the language of business, as we know. As financial accounting evolved over the centuries, new rules and standards emerged, terms were added to the lexicon, and applications clarified. In more recent years, the operating environments of companies have been changing dramatically along with the information requirements of investors.…
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06/16/2021

SASB: The industry specific, financially material, and decision-useful standards for ESG reporting

SASB: The industry specific, financially material, and decision-useful standards for ESG reporting As vaccines are rolled out and hopes of fully emerging from the global pandemic brighten, the impact of what we went through is bringing about permanent change to the way business is conducted. The new US President and…
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02/02/2021

SASB Provides Decision-Useful ESG Disclosure Standards

SASB Provides Decision-Useful ESG Disclosure Standards In part 2 of our series on SASB we review the background on the growth of ESG disclosure, reveal the continued dissatisfaction by investors with the lack of decision-useful disclosures and provide guidance on where to turn to enhance disclosure. You will  also find…
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01/07/2021

Direct Listing Becomes More Attractive, but Not for All Companies Going Public

Direct Listing Becomes More Attractive, but Not for All Companies Going Public The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved a proposed change to NYSE listing rules that would allow private companies to raise capital through a direct listing. Like an initial public offering, or IPO, a direct listing on…
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01/06/2021

Foreign Institutional Investments in LatAm: What ADRs Told Us During 2020

Foreign Institutional Investments in LatAm: What ADRs Told Us During 2020 “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Søren Kierkegaard Introduction As the wounded world hobbled into 2021, the specter of rising infection rates is encouragingly mitigated by welcome optimism surrounding the roll out…
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01/05/2021

Why SASB is Mission Critical for IR

Why SASB is Mission Critical for IR Accounting is the language of business, as we know. As financial accounting evolved over the centuries, new rules and standards emerged, terms were added to the lexicon, and applications clarified. In more recent years, the operating environments of companies have been changing dramatically…
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