WESTPORT, Conn., June 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Facing a period of profound uncertainty that is severely affecting confidence in the sector, utility companies now more than ever need to recognize and understand the expectations of their investor audience. In response, Rivel Research Group has made available Perspectives of the Utility Industry Today – a comprehensive national, survey research-based examination of investment predispositions and expectations of utility analysts and investors.
Focused on a representative sample of sell-side analysts, buy-side investors and investor relations professionals,yielding over 100 telephone interviews, Perspectives on the Utility Industry Today provides valuable insight into the issues and trends affecting the utility investment community and the utility investment decision-making process. It affords strategic guidance utilities need to keep pace with unprecedented change in the equity markets and ongoing macro challenges. In addition, the report offers an indispensable information database that utilities can use to shape and enhance strategies for reaching and positively influencing buy-side analysts and portfolio managers interested in the space.
Highlights from the report include:
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The make-up of investors with high interest in utilities has shifted, with hedge fund investors playing a key role.
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Regulated, diversified and purely unregulated utilities draw a decidedly diverse set of investment interest among the sector's audience, with one type undoubtedly judged the most investment-worthy utility today.
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The promise of long-term growth keeps investors interested in the space for a variety of reasons, though investment professionals are realistic and recognize the problematic constraints within the industry (i.e., carbon).
- With intense macro-generated uncertainty weighing on the investment appeal of utilities, intangible and non-financial factors are currently driving investment decisions in the space.
Perspectives on the Utility Industry Today is available now. For further information about the report and to purchase a copy, please contact Barbara Sullivan, Director of Marketing, at (203) 635-4383 or via email at bsullivan@rivel.com.
About Rivel Research Group
For nearly 20 years, Rivel Research Group has completed numerous custom survey research studies addressing the practices of corporate investor relations programs including many in the utility field. This expertise has allowed Rivel to gain a well-founded understanding of the investment and communication issues most important to the financial community as well as the particular challenges facing utilities.
Rivel 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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