WESTPORT, Conn., March 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rivel Research Group announced today the release of its groundbreaking study on vendor use and satisfaction among investor relations officers in North America. As part of its Intelligence Council offering, Rivel addresses a topic not previously scrutinized in any outlet – IR communications services – in the seminal North American IROS and the Service Vendors They Use. The report provides Intelligence Council members with an in-depth examination of the wide range of services utilized by IR professionals on a daily basis.
Focused on a broad-based representative sample of North American IROs at over 400 companies, North American IROS and the Service Vendors They Use provides a valuable, objective perspective on a common and frustrating conundrum for IROs – which outside vendors should you trust and hire to perform tasks essential to the successful execution of your IR strategy? The report explores such enduring questions as: How should I go about hiring them? Who do my IRO peers use? Are they happy with the suppliers they have chosen? Which vendors do the best job in which competencies?
North American IROS and the Service Vendors They Use supplies greater dimension and context for IROs as they cull through a long list of competing outside service vendors vying to assist them in the execution of investor communications strategy and outreach. In addition, this research represents a valuable tool by which IROs can ascertain the outside vendors most often used by their colleagues across an array of specialties and make better informed decisions as to which supplier to engage going forward.
Services examined include:
- Webcasting
- Teleconferencing Services
- Contact Management Software/Database
- Surveillance/Shareholder ID
- Website Design/Management
- Newswire Services
- Investor Targeting
- Annual Report Design
- Investor Relations Consultants
- Proxy Solicitation Vendors
To make the results as relevant to IROs as possible, the report details results are broken down by United States and Canada, size of firm and sector. Further analyses can be performed on a proprietary basis designed in close consultation with the IRO.
North American IROS and the Service Vendors They Use is available as part of a membership to Rivel's Intelligence Council. For further information about the report and Intelligence Council membership, please contact Barbara Sullivan, Vice President, Marketing, at (203) 635-4383 or via email at bsullivan@rivel.com.
About Rivel Research Group
Rivel Research Group specializes in delivering actionable insight based on in-depth measurements of the global investment community. Gathering, analyzing and interpreting investment community feedback is our only business. Rivel's highly experienced staff provides the well-informed, unbiased and strategically relevant intelligence companies need to effectively communicate with such important constituencies as sell-side analysts, buy-side analysts, portfolio managers, the financial media and other influential audiences. The comprehensive information that Rivel supplies enables companies to evaluate performance, formulate strategy and identify opportunities to achieve corporate objectives directed toward these groups. Additional information concerning Rivel is available on its website at www.rivel.com.
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About the Rivel Intelligence Council
Rivel's Intelligence Council is the only program of its kind that involves the perspective of the buy-side in the discussion of what is best-in-class investor relations. Most programs that exist today use peer-based information to uncover what is a "best" practice, which is more of a "common" practice rather than a "best" practice. By understanding buy-side needs, the Intelligence Council provides a better platform to connect with peers on discussion. It is no longer ONLY about what everybody else is doing, rather the question becomes, "What does the investment community expect and how does this correlate with what is currently provided?"