SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The role of the board
in investor relations, increasing activism by hedge funds, market volatility,
increasing M&A activity and whether to give profit guidance to analysts are
just some of the topics up for debate at this year’s Australasian Investor
Relations Association Annual Conference.
This year, the conference is being held at The Westin Hotel in Sydney, 1
Martin Place on Thursday, 23 November 2006. Registration starts at 8:15 AM.
The theme for the conference is The Perfect Storm: managing investor
relations in a volatile market. This theme sets the scene for what will be an
interesting day of debate and discussion.
Some of the high-profile Australian businesspeople speaking at the
conference include:
* Maurice Newman, Chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
* Company directors Patricia Cross, a non-executive director of
National Australia Bank; Jill Segal, a director of the ASX; and
Meredith Hellicar, chairman of James Hardie
* Mark Hynes, managing director, investor relations PR Newswire
* Representatives from some of Australia’s largest financial
institutions, including Mark O’Brien, chief investment officer, AMP
Capital Investors, Doug Little, managing director, Constellation
Capital Management, Tom Elliott, CEO, MM&E and John O’Connell, Head
of Research, Macquarie Equities
* Senior journalists including Alan Kohler, founder of Eureka Report,
the Australian Financial Review’s Alan Jury and John Durie, and
Adele Ferguson from BRW
* Chief financial officers including David Irvine, United Group;
George Venardos, IAG and Paul Leaming, AMP
A full conference program can be downloaded from http://www.aira.org.au .
The inaugural AIRA Awards and Gala Dinner will be held following the
conference, also at The Westin Hotel. Full details can also be found on AIRA’
s web site.
Speakers and panellists are available for interview. Please contact Jana
Hunt on 0409 319 026 to arrange an interview time.
ABOUT AIRA
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) was established in
2001 to advance the awareness of and best practice in investor relations in
Australia and New Zealand and thereby improve the relationship between listed
entities and the investment community. The Association’s 92 corporate
members now represent approximately $760 billion of market capitalisation or
nearly half the total market capitalisation of companies listed on ASX.
