The new research and transfer project examines how medium-sized and family-owned companies deal with the requirements of CSRD.

The results of the “Normate requirements of finfluencer relations” research project were presented to the project partners for the first time today.

This CRiFC study examines the extent to which corporate purpose is addressed in the letters to shareholders of the DAX 40 companies.

On Sept. 13, 2023, Prof. Dr. Christian Hoffmann presented the latest results of the “Reporting Perspectives” study during a webinar at the IR23-Autumn Edition conference.

A new research project by the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences and the University of Leipzig will shed light on the hitherto less transparent market of finfluencers and thus provide orientation for issuers.

Although holding (partially) virtual or hybrid Annual General Meetings would have been possible even before the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, only a few companies took advantage of this option. This changed when, due to emergency legislation (“Covid-19 Act”), it was only possible to hold the Annual General Meeting in virtual format from March 2020.

With the new “Generation Share”, the group of young private investors under 35 years of age is increasingly becoming the focus of practice and research in the financial sector. In a recent CRiFC study, the YouTube platform was identified as a popular source of information for capital market knowledge among the “Generation share”.

In cooperation with Deutsche Aktieninstitut and DIRK – Deutscher Investor Relations Verband, the Center for Research in Financial Communication publishes its study “Capital market communication for the new “Generation Share” – An empirical study of the requirements of young private investors in the communication of stock corporations and financial service providers” – a broad-based empirical study in Germany.

Publication of brief study: The Instagram communication of neo-brokers A new generation of app-based brokerage providers, so-called “neo-brokers,” are also targeting young retail investors in particular. However, the low financial literacy of the young population is one of the biggest barriers to their financial market participation. Therefore, this short study investigates: How do neo-brokers address their […]

The study “Online Reporting Perspectives” is the longest continuously conducted analysis of online reporting in Germany and Switzerland. Since 2016, it has examined developments and trends in online reporting of the largest listed companies in both countries on an annual basis.