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Family offices of tomorrow: more than just investing

Family offices of tomorrow: more than just investing The Hong Kong government has high hopes that its new tax regime, which provides profits tax concessions on qualifying transactions of family-owned investment holding vehicles managed by single family offices, will encourage more family offices to set up and operate in the city, create new business opportunities […]

Awakening of the U.S. IPO Market

Awakening of the U.S. IPO Market During the first half of 2023, the NASDAQ index demonstrated remarkable resilience, defying macroeconomic headwinds and surging by an impressive 38%. Despite this positive momentum, the US IPO market has been subdued for the past 24 months as companies approached it with caution. However, recent indicators suggest that brighter […]

Influencing the influencers – how activist campaigns are won and lost

Influencing the influencers – how activist campaigns are won and lost Not a week goes by without the news of a new activist campaign being launched. Activist hedge funds generate significant news coverage in the financial media because their campaigns to achieve change at target companies are often rich in drama and colour. An observer […]

Coldplay’s sustainability report strikes the perfect chord

Coldplay’s sustainability report strikes the perfect chord Ever since I graduated from university and entered the world of communications, ESG has consistently been a top priority for all my clients and constantly makes headlines. Throughout my career, I’ve witnessed businesses that have truly led the way in this space as innovators, while others have failed […]

Introducing POP: Insights with PrimaryBid

CDR Asia: PR partner for fifth ASIFMA Sustainable Finance Conference https://youtu.be/H6AJxRpiHBg Join us as we explore the evolving landscape of retail investors and the communication strategies required to engage with them effectively. In our first episode of CDR’s new insights series, People Opinion Perspectives (or POP for short), we speak with James Deal, co-founder of […]

Navigating the growing risk of ESG litigation: the next big challenge for communicators?

Navigating the growing risk of ESG litigation: the next big challenge for communicators? Take a glance at some of the recent news headlines and it’s clear that litigation around ESG is a hot topic. The prospect of reputationally damaging lawsuits is cited as the reason behind one investment bank pulling funding for new gas projects. Then there […]

2023 Investor Relations Society Conference: CDR’s view

2023 Investor Relations Society Conference: CDR’s view CDR was proud to support the Investor Relations Society conference hosted last week in London. Following disruption from the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and rail strikes in 2022, the 2023 conference felt like the first opportunity in a long time for the IR community to come together […]

Beginning to change the game: AI in IR

Beginning to change the game: AI in IR If you go back to ancient Greek literature, philosophers like Aristotle and Plato wrote about the possibility of creating intelligent machines that could perform tasks in a human-like manner. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) dominates the headlines and is impacting our everyday interaction, from dinner recommendations on food […]

G7 summit hands foreign policy wins for Japan PM Kishida

G7 summit hands foreign policy wins for Japan PM Kishida Kishida’s support ratings rise, focus shifts to chances of an early general election The conclusion of an expanded Group of Seven summit in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima was the last of a series of foreign policy wins for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida […]