Presentation on “Finfluencer Relations” at the DIRK Conference 2024

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ Or: what can cooperation between companies and finfluencers look like?

At the 27th annual conference of the DIRK – German Investor Relations Association, Christian Pieter Hoffmann, Sandra Binder-Tietz and Monika Kovarova-Simecek presented the results of our research project of the Center for Research in Financial Communication and the FH St. Pรถlten – University of Applied Sciences on finfluencer relations.

Thanks also to the support of DIRK – Deutscher Investor Relations Verband, CIRA – Cercle Investor Relations Austria and IR club Schweiz, we were able to provide exciting insights and answers to many questions after a year of deep diving into the finfluencer spheres:

โ˜‘๏ธ What is the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜ like in the DACH region?
โ˜‘๏ธ How do finfluencers operate and position themselves at the interface between the capital market and investors? What makes them so convincing?
โ˜‘๏ธ What is theirbusiness model and who are their most important cooperation partners?
โ˜‘๏ธ How could listed companies work with finfluencers?
โ˜‘๏ธ What demands do finfluencers place on their cooperation partners – and vice versa?
โ˜‘๏ธ What risks could be associated with such cooperation?
โ˜‘๏ธ And: How can a code of ethics for finfluencers provide orientation in an environment that is still not very clear in legal terms?