Welcome to our first issue
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VEM people come from diverse backgrounds of corporate finance, broking and communications. But they all have a common aim of helping companies better understand and communicate with their stakeholders. So now, every few months, we’ll send you a snapshot of what’s exercising our minds. In this Christmas edition, David Perry, VEM’s Director of Research, looks at the recent report Fresh Approaches to Shareholder Communication from the Business Council of Australia and provides some previously unpublished VEM research about the role of AGMs in the IR mix. This newsletter is now available on our revamped website www.vemanage.com. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and prosperous New Year. But now, I am glad to introduce Perceptions – it’s now a reality!”

Mary Beth Bauer
Managing Director