MIAMI: Shareholder activism is increasing the need for financial communications professionals to serve as advisers beyond investment, M&A, and legal issues, said Michael Fox, president of the corporate communications group at ICR.
“The landscape for public companies, from a communications standpoint, is only getting more complicated, regulated, and challenging, particularly with respect to shareholders and companies reporting their results and activities,” said Fox, speaking Wednesday at the ICR XChange conference in Miami. “It includes a lot of things, whether it's ...