Approved Professional Development Units (PDUs) Providers are organizations that offer educational programs and training in investor relations. They are approved to issue PDUs to meet the continuing education requirements needed by the IRC certification holders. To earn the Approved Provider status, a provider must meet or exceed the program requirements and guidelines.
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The following organizations are NIRI Approved Providers:
Broadridge
Broadridge provides the critical infrastructure that powers corporate governance, capital markets and wealth and investment management. Their industry-specific technology, solutions and data and intelligence power business transformation – helping you get ahead of today’s challenges while preparing for what’s next.
FINEO Investor Relations Advisors
FINEO Investor Relations Advisors is an international consultancy dedicated to helping boards and leadership teams articulate shareholder value. Since inception in 1998, IR training and coaching has been at the core of the firm’s practice through its School of Investor Relations. More than 1,500 companies in over 70 countries have attended FINEO’s IR courses and masterclasses which have been instrumental in the success of some of the world’s largest IPOs ever. The instructors are seasoned finance professionals with over 30 years’ experience as IROs working with Boards, executive teams and investors in challenging, price-sensitive situations and cross-cultural settings. The firm’s best-in-class Investor Relations training and coaching offering comprehensively covers all the essential topics to master both the art and science of Investor Relations. These programs are designed to meet the needs of all levels of experience, are offered online and in person, and can be customized to meet company-specific requirements, ensuring participants gain actionable skills for real-world application.
IR Magazine
IR Magazine is a publication of IR Media Group, a business media company renowned for its magazines, websites, events and research. Originally launched in 1988 by the Economist Group, IR Magazine is renowned for providing quality insight and a global perspective. IR Media Group’s flagship publications, IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary, are essential reading for executives around the world.
Irwin
Build, innovate, and grow your business with Irwin, the only investor relations platform designed with automation and reduced time-to-insight at its core. Irwin unlocks and enhances investor and shareholder relationships for your business—for various use cases, market caps, and industries—whether you have an established IR program or are just getting started.
At Irwin, they are building a better way to manage investor relations. Legacy tools and companies in capital markets often grow stagnant, and the capacity to innovate wanes over time. This has left the majority of IR teams with two to five inefficient tools to manage their program and workflows—over time, they hope to reduce that to one. Their full-service tool suite includes powerful investor targeting, comprehensive shareholder monitoring, an intuitive CRM (with built-in email and engagement tools), and timely research, estimates, and transcripts.
Q4
Q4’s purpose is to help their clients achieve their IR goals and build trust and confidence in the capital markets, giving them a competitive advantage as they compete for capital. They do this through their commitment to providing actionable intelligence, ever-evolving technologies, and industry-leading client service. In a world that’s changing faster than ever before, they partner with public companies to tell their narrative and strengthen their brand, enabling them to attract, pursue, and retain a high-quality shareholder base, and measure the success of their IR program. They offer a full stack of solutions and services public companies need to solve their most pressing challenges. They are proud of what they’ve created and where they are going next — and will continue to push the limits and innovate the investor relations marketplace.
Rivel
Since 1991, Rivel has been helping companies improve valuation, mitigate risk and drive performance. Rivel advises management teams and boards on how aligning attitudes and behaviors of key stakeholders (employees, customers and shareholders) can make the difference between success and failure in their business. By understanding key decision drivers of each audience (through precise measurements) and acting on this information, our clients build better outcomes.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence is a world-leading provider of financial information services. Their award-winning solutions span industries across the globe as they partner with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.
Stockperks
Stockperks is reimagining and revolutionizing how retail investors and companies connect. It’s the first multi-channel marketplace where individual investors get the perks of company ownership, companies create a community of engaged, informed and loyal individual investors, and everyone is invested in the company’s success.
International Approved Providers
Please note that only members of these societies can earn credits from these international organizations.