Laurie Havelock is an Editor at The i Paper. She specializes in finance, commodities, and futures, providing insightful analysis and coverage of market trends and economic developments. Laurie has been featured in The i Paper and The Business Herald, where her expertise in these critical areas is widely recognized.
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By: Laurie Havelock
IR Impact was delighted to accompany two groups of award-winning IROs to open both major New York markets the morning after the IR Impact Awards – US 2026.
By: Laurie Havelock
TD Bank emerged at the head of the pack of Toronto-listed companies at the IR Impact Awards – Canada 2026, scooping five awards at the gala evening that recognized the country’s leading investor relations teams.
By: Laurie Havelock
The award-winning Pfizer IR team has added Jack Yauch to its ranks, taking on the role of director, investor relations.
Investors have allocated trillions of dollars to companies driven by AI fantasy. Technology and AI companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft have seen 30 to 100 percent valuation premiums for AI, while the broad market is benefiting by 10 to 30 percent in value.
By: Laurie Havelock
Bosses at US companies are getting older, posing a risk to some IR teams
By: Laurie Havelock
US hardware chain Lowe’s has brought in experienced IRO Shelly Hubbard as its new vice president, head of investor relations.
By: Laurie Havelock
What’s the cost of a bad interview? If you ask video game retailer GameStop – whose CEO Ryan Cohen had a torrid time appearing on CNBC last week – it can come out to about 10 percent of your share price.
By: Laurie Havelock
Over the past decade, the use of adjusted EBITDA metrics has spread exponentially among listed companies and in the private equity world. What began as a tool for normalizing and comparing results by removing clearly non-recurring effects has become a tool for valuation engineering and leverage. Adjustments have moved from removing one-off expenses and distortions to anticipating future improvements and treating projections as if they were historical data, diluting economic rigor.
By: Laurie Havelock
Spanish energy company Iberdrola and Swiss-based office operator International Workplace Group (IWG) are the frontrunners at this year’s IR Impact Awards – Europe, with both firms appearing across five shortlists.
By: Laurie Havelock
When I started my journey in investor relations 15 years ago at a large-cap energy company, the focus was on the quality of materials, transparency and disclosure cadence. We wanted to report results ahead of peers, disclose all the metrics necessary to build high-quality financial models, maintain a regular cadence of disclosure – think monthly operating updates – and build presentations that clearly explained our investment story, our challenges and our strategy to overcome them. Slides had to tell a story and leave an impact.
