Relationships with the financial community are the lifeblood of corporations around the world because companies, without access to capital, simply cannot prosper.

In recent years, the financial community has witnessed a significant transformation: intense regulatory activism, an increase in the numbers of investment institutions, and an explosion in the quality and variety of print and electronic business media. At the same time, in the U.S., sell-side research has contracted, while in other markets it has expanded.

This is the complex environment – characterized by stricter regulatory oversight and increased media scrutiny – in which companies must establish and maintain relationships with the investment community.

Consequently, achieving market differentiation and maximizing valuation have, more than ever, become major challenges for today’s companies. Approaching the investment community no longer involves the application of IR strategies and tactics distinct from an overall financial media strategy. On the contrary, financial communications and IR have become inextricably linked in the effort to establish an effective investor communications strategy.

Located in key cities, serving all of the major financial markets, Global Consulting’s investor relations and financial communications consulting staff is drawn from a broad set of relevant disciplines, including banking, equity research, accounting, and the financial media. The firm has among the most experienced and highly regarded consultants in the industry today.

Global Consulting works with clients to ensure that communications with the investment community and financial media are conducted to the highest quality standards. The firm’s consulting services include strategic messaging, investor targeting, sell-side and buy-side perception studies, on-going results (earnings) counsel, as well as IR and communications activities in support of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), IPOs, bankruptcies and restructurings, and crisis situations.

Global Consulting’s clients are able to draw upon the firm’s vast local knowledge, cross-border capability, financial expertise, and emphasis on quality to ensure the effectiveness of their outreach to the investment community.