Investor relations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two women I know with jobs in investor relations are conventionally attractive boarding school/NESCAC alums who had looks and connections. They’re not dumb, but not brilliant.

As I said earlier, if you can sleep around then it is a good fit for you otherwise use it as a stepping stone.

Too bad I am ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two women I know with jobs in investor relations are conventionally attractive boarding school/NESCAC alums who had looks and connections. They’re not dumb, but not brilliant.

As I said earlier, if you can sleep around then it is a good fit for you otherwise use it as a stepping stone.

Too bad I am ugly.

Don't be disheartened, PP. Do you think there are other areas in your skill set that you can excel? They just need to see your worth and sometimes people who think they are ugly make others very happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for a large F500 publicly traded company. Stock price is a very, very, very important metric for all public companies. As is adhering to SEC laws and guidelines. As is maintaining a good relationship w Wall Street, institutional investors, industry analysts, etc. Investor Relations folks are the ones that do this all. Most IR people have an MBA.

I don’t know where the idea that they are glorified PR people came in on this thread, but in my experience this is very far from the truth.

+1. and many hold (or did hold) dual roles in treasury, so they may also have cash management experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember one in our office who used to be head queen for the BoD. Nice

ugh gross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember one in our office who used to be head queen for the BoD. Nice

ugh gross

I guess but you know it is more common than you imagine otherwise some of them get replaced easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two women I know with jobs in investor relations are conventionally attractive boarding school/NESCAC alums who had looks and connections. They’re not dumb, but not brilliant.

As I said earlier, if you can sleep around then it is a good fit for you otherwise use it as a stepping stone.

Too bad I am ugly.

Don't be disheartened, PP. Do you think there are other areas in your skill set that you can excel? They just need to see your worth and sometimes people who think they are ugly make others very happy.

You don't have to be pretty in this field, just willing to sleep around and please the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The two women I know with jobs in investor relations are conventionally attractive boarding school/NESCAC alums who had looks and connections. They’re not dumb, but not brilliant.

As I said earlier, if you can sleep around then it is a good fit for you otherwise use it as a stepping stone.

Too bad I am ugly.

Don't be disheartened, PP. Do you think there are other areas in your skill set that you can excel? They just need to see your worth and sometimes people who think they are ugly make others very happy.

You don't have to be pretty in this field, just willing to sleep around and please the board.

Even in IR as a man?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really depends as it can mean several different things. Public companies, private companies/private equity, which path are you specifically looking at? Some are glorified salespeople but others have to have sharp financial and verbal acumen with high EQ and social skills.

Bump. Interested in IR at a private equity firm or hedge fund

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really depends as it can mean several different things. Public companies, private companies/private equity, which path are you specifically looking at? Some are glorified salespeople but others have to have sharp financial and verbal acumen with high EQ and social skills.

Bump. Interested in IR at a private equity firm or hedge fund

HF don't have dedicated IR people. You will do IR and BD together.

You have to know the fund performance like the back of your hand - hundreds of numbers throughout fund life cycle. and in the end, you need to get investors to commit capital.

Being a pretty party girlie is 5% of the job. No one is going to commit capital just bc you are pretty and know how to party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for a large F500 publicly traded company. Stock price is a very, very, very important metric for all public companies. As is adhering to SEC laws and guidelines. As is maintaining a good relationship w Wall Street, institutional investors, industry analysts, etc. Investor Relations folks are the ones that do this all. Most IR people have an MBA.

I don’t know where the idea that they are glorified PR people came in on this thread, but in my experience this is very far from the truth.

The private equity or venture capital IR folks can run the gamut. Intelligent, former investors, former placement agents or just outgoing people to field incoming calls and questions and travel a lot for fundraising.

A lot of former investment bankers too - top grades from top school on top of being a good looking athlete. The junior we poached from Goldman was a physics major from Harvard + ballerina.

[Anonymous]

Any advice to get into this field? DD is graduating next spring but all these IR Analyst roles at PE firms seem to want 2+ years of investment banking experience.

Given she's not doing IB, what's her best bet of a post-grad job to fill in those gaps or be in the right rooms?