As part of the DIRK workshop “Digital IR trends 2018” on 25 January 2018, Sandra Tietz gave a first insights into the research project “Digital Leadership in Investor Relations”.

30 invited guests – including Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications as well as selected communication experts from business and science – discussed current research results and challenges as well as trends in capital market communications at the first Financial Communication Summit which took place on 13/14 September 2017.

Based on a recent study conducted at the University of Leipzig, an empirically grounded job profile of the CFO in financial communication was presented during the workshop at the 20th DIRK Conference on June 13, 2017, in Frankfurt. A representative from the field of communication practice provided insights and the implications for investor relations were discussed with the participants.

With its paper “Investor Relations – A Systematic Literature Review” the team of the Center for Research in Financial Communication was contributing to the 67th annual conference of International Communication Association (ICA) which took place from May 25 – 29, 2017 in San Diego, USA.

On 30 June 2017, Prof. Christian Hoffmann and other experts will discuss the future of money at the international conference. Among other things, topics such as alternatives like “bitcoin” and “blockchain” by which startups and technology companies are revolutionizing the money and banking world.