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Mar 20, 2020 Coronavirus and Corporate Communications
The initial phase of companies’ response to COVID-19, which focused on employee issues and customer outreach, is moving into a second phase of addressing the business and financial implications, as well as the broader economic impact.
Mar 3, 2020 A View From Investor Relations: Trends in 2020
A survey by Gladstone Place Partners in partnership with the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) on M&A, activism, company risk and ESG trends in 2020.
Sep 13, 2019 Today’s Earnings Call Participants: AI Bots
The machines are listening. And learning.
In addition to analysts and reporters scrutinizing what is said on a quarterly conference call, investor relations officers and C-suite executives are now facing a new reality: smart computers parsing their terminology, tempo and tone faster than their human counterparts.
Apr 10, 2019 Gladstone Place Partners Appoints Christina Stenson as Partner
Gladstone Place Partners, a strategic and financial communications firm, said today that Christina Stenson has joined the firm as a Partner based in San Francisco. Ms. Stenson was previously a partner at Brunswick Group, where she worked for more than 12 years on a range of client matters including M&A, IPOs and crisis communications, and also helped to run the firm’s San Francisco office.
Mar 12, 2019 From Foe to Frenemy: The Changing Forces of Shareholder Activism
n today’s ever-changing shareholder landscape, companies are struggling to determine whether an investor is their friend, their enemy, or, in a number of cases lately, their frenemy.
Investor dynamics shift, and recently, some activist managers have functioned more as white knights than barbarians at the gate. At the same time, some usually quiet fund managers are starting to make noise, not unlike an activist.
Nov 29, 2018 Talking Governance With T. Rowe Price’s Donna Anderson
The head of T. Rowe’s governance policy and engagement discusses the importance of treating active and passive managers differently, the pitfalls of quotas and unnecessary outreach, the benefits of virtual meetings and what puts her in a happy place (calls with no deck-flipping)
Oct 10, 2018 With One Year Complete at Gladstone Place Partners, Looking Ahead
A year ago today we at Gladstone Place Partners opened our doors. We started with a strong team that hit the ground running on day one, and we have made significant strides in a short 12 months.
Oct 2, 2018 Patricia Figueroa Joins Gladstone Place Partners as Senior Vice President
Gladstone Place Partners, a strategic and financial communications firm serving clients in the U.S. and abroad, announced that Patricia Figueroa has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President. Ms. Figueroa joins the firm from Arconic Inc., where she served as the head of investor relations since it launched as a stand-alone company after its separation from Alcoa Inc. in 2016.
Aug 3, 2018 GPP Summer Intern Class of 2018: Lessons Learned, Baseball and Free Lunch
This summer, GPP signed up its inaugural summer intern class. We had four interns with us over a two-month period: Taylor J. (Tulane), Jessica (University of Maryland), Alex (Yale) and Connor (Boston College). Before they said their goodbyes, GPP put them through their paces. Each of them made a big contribution to our firm during their internships and took the first step in a career in financial communications.
Mar 13, 2018 Preparing for the Year of the “S”
Guns, addiction, discrimination. While classic shareholder activists remain a front-burner concern for corporate America, companies are also grappling with a wave of environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy pressures. Within that struggle, the “S” factor is under the microscope.