Why Choose Us?

• Standardized, objective and cost-effective research.
• Access to reputed global distribution platforms
• Higher visibility for company and the brand
• Improved investor relations

• High quality information and research on smaller firms
• Trusted, objective and non-conflicted providers

• Enhanced information flow and insights into their investment
• Potential for enhanced liquidity via access to wider investor base

• Increased information, enhanced trust and confidence for any business discussions (M & A, joint ventures)

Companies who subscribe to the IRIDEUS.org service are sending a clear message to the market that they want:
 

• To help communicate with investors, forming part of a comprehensive investor relations strategy
• To increase visibility and understanding about their stock, leading to a wider and more balanced shareholder register and ultimately enhanced liquidity
• To increase information flow which enhances their company's awareness and positively impacts market reputation, M&A opportunities and business growt
• To provide additional insight to research produced by the house broker or to fill a gap in instances where no research is published by the house broker
• To create a widely-distributed source of reliable information on their company in a cost effective manner
• To minimise the cost of capital. Companies recognise the value research provides for existing shareholders who can be a source of additional fundraising

Investors world-wide are driving the demand for wider access to equity research:
 

• Company sponsored research is increasingly recognised by institutional and retail investors as a valuable source of information
• In the AIM Arbuthnot Investor Survey, 2008, 68% of institutional investors saw benefit from company sponsored research, up from 60% in the prior year
• 57% of private investors said that the reasons for not owning small cap shares was due to the lack of information available *
• Only 7% of retail investors said they were happy with the information available on smaller companies compared to 25% on larger companies *
• With companies competing for opportunities to access capital, investors will focus on those companies with the strongest research profiles

* Taylor Nelson Sofres Plc Market research 2007