At the 22. Conference of the DIRK – German Investor Relations Association on 03.-04. June 2019, the Center for Research in Financial Communication provided insights into the research project on Integrated Financial Communication.

On the occasion of the 10th Annual Report Symposium, organized by the Center for Corporate Reporting (CCR) in Zurich on June 13, 2019, the Center for Research in Financial Communication presented first insights into the results of the Corporate Reporting Monitor 2019.

The Center for Research in Financial Communication welcomes Dr. Stefanie Wettberg, Senior Vice President Investor Relations at BASF SE, as a new member of its Steering Committee.

Diversity is currently very popular as a social topic. Demands for more diversity in the supervisory boards are a result of the public debate about quotas for women and greater regulation by lawmakers. So far, the composition of supervisory boards in the DAX has been discussed.

The Center for Research in Financial Communication has once again examined the development of online annual reports in cooperation with Neidhardt + Schön and the Center for Corporate Reporting in Zurich (CCR).

In the October issue of the PR magazine, a guest article to the study “Communicative Financial Officer: When and why CFO positioning makes sense” has been published.

The new study by the Center for Research in Financial Communication addresses the challenge of making the success of investor relations work tangible – and thus further strengthening its legitimacy base. It summarizes the current state of the still young field of research in the sucess and value measurement of investor relations, shows the challenges of the evaluation and provides an overview of communication and financial measurement instruments. Finally, recommendations are made to advance the measurement of success and value added in investor relations.

Hering Schuppener, founding partner of the Center for Research in Financial Communication, extends its commitment as sponsor of the Center for Research in Financial Communications by an additional 3 years. The financing of the Hering Schuppener doctoral fellowship for financial communications is the core of the sponsorship. In addition to financial support, Hering Schuppener also supports the scholarship holders ideationally and with professional contacts.

On 28/29 November 2018, the 3rd Financial Communication Summit took place in the ‘Alte Börse’ in Frankfurt am Main at the invitation of Deutsche Börse AG. 30 invited guests – including Heads of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications as well as selected communication experts from business and science – discussed current research results and challenges as well as trends in capital market communications.

At the DIRK workshop on “Digital IR trends 2020” on January, 23, 2020, Sandra Binder-Tietz presented the results of the study “Online-Report-Perspektives 2019” to those responsible for investor relations.