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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2021 - Issue 2

Join the Investor Relations Society

Youhavesomuchtooffer…andsomuchtolearn.

What is the role of the society? also being advised of practices that
have been less effective. This platform
The IRSSA was formed in 2015 to
of sharing will improve techniques and
represent the interests and provide a
encourage best practice. This includes
voice for professional Investor
networking and profiling of members
Relations practitioners and a place
and important challenges being
where IR practitioners, the service
addressed by IR practitioners for the
providers that support them and the
benefit of the community.
community within which they work can
come together. Engagement among practitioners that
are IRSSA members takes place through
IRSSA's ultimate objective is to set
various formats including annual
world-class investor relations
general meetings, conferences, digital
standar ds and str engthen
communication platforms, and other
communication between publicly
networking sessions.
listed companies and shareholders,
prospective investors and other Who should join?
interested parties. In turn, this will
The IRSSA is open to anyone but is best
impr o ve management ' s
suited to those who play a role in the
understanding o f company
community including IR practitioners
perceptions among the investment
themselves, C-suite who use them,
community and promote the role of
bankers, brokers, analysts, sponsors,
investor relations as a strategic
regulators, company secretaries,
function.
media and investors. IR is a melting pot
How do we fulfil this role? and the ultimate place the financial
positioning of a company comes
The IRSSA enables IR practitioners to
together for investors and other
share experiences, become familiar
interested stakeholders.
with new trends and how to apply
these within their programmes, while

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