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Financial Communications, Investor Relations, Perspectives
Investor Engagement During the Tariff Swirl: Communicating Guidance Amid Market Volatility
As earnings season is now officially in full swing, management teams and Boards are wrestling with decisions regarding guidance, operational plans and relevant financial forecasts. Clearly and concisely communicating about impacts and outlook while the tariff picture, and associated market upheaval, is evolving on a day-to-day basis is imperative this earnings season.
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Financial Communications, Investor Relations, Public Affairs, Shareholder Activism
Amid Tariff Turmoil, Companies Need to Speak to Stakeholders Now to be Able to Thrive Later
The Trump administration’s tariffs have ushered in unprecedented economic uncertainty that has greatly rattled most major global equity indexes and flummoxed corporate executives, Boards of Directors and the general public, alike. In times of intense volatility, strong stakeholder communications are the key to protecting a company’s reputation and ensuring the business is still standing. Business leaders need to focus simultaneously on the near- and long-term, nimbly navigating through trade uncertainty while also carefully developing an operating model for the full length of a Trump presidency.
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Dealmaking, Investor Relations, M&A, Shareholder Activism
Mardi Gras, M&A and Market Movers: On the Ground at Tulane 2025
The day after Mardi Gras, a sea of M&A lawyers, bankers, proxy solicitors, and communications advisors arrived for New Orleans’ second-biggest party of the year: the 37th annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute. The H/Advisors Abernathy team spent three productive days on the ground discussing the trends shaping the deal environment in 2025.
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Dealmaking, Financial Communications, H/Advisors Abernathy News, M&A, Research
H/Advisors Abernathy 2025 M&A Data and Insights: More Than 60% of the Largest Transactions Announced in 2024 Leaked Before Announcement
In its fifth annual edition, our proprietary research – ‘When Deals Spring a Leak Volume V’ –provides corporate leaders, Boards of Directors and M&A advisors with key insights and trends from the past year of dealmaking. Building on the firm’s proprietary database of M&A transactions, our Research & Insights team analyzed announced transactions valued at $1 billion and greater to understand the frequency at which deals leak as well as how a leak may affect perception of the transaction among media and digital audiences.
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Financial Communications, Investor Relations, Perspectives, Shareholder Activism
The Repeal of Chevron: What’s an IRO to do?
The recent repeal of the Chevron doctrine has been characterized as a landmark decision that could offer corporations a new level of freedom from regulation. In the resulting environment, what are investor relations practitioners to do to manage financial disclosures through uncertainty and rapid cycling of regulatory regimes?
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