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Abchurch strengthens European IR offering

02 August 2010

Abchurch Communications, the award winning corporate communications agency, has offered its clients direct introductions to the Private Client Investment Management (PCIM) community successfully since setting up this Investor Relations service in 2001.  During this time, Abchurch has developed a state of the art Investor Relations product including a sector-focused database of PCIMs in the UK and Europe. 

Throughout Europe, private client investment managers manage significant amounts of money on a discretionary basis for high net worth individuals, charities and local businesses.  This wealth management community sits between the retail and institutional investor and PCIMs are extremely important participant within the UK investment landscape and an essential part of:

• increasing liquidity
• decreasing volatility
• broadening the shareholder base

Abchurch has tried and tested success in organising and hosting roadshows across Europe in key cities such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Zurich..

For one of Abchurch’s clients which operates in the medical technology sector, Abchurch arranged a number of PCIM meetings in each of these cities, attracting up to 30 wealth managers in one sitting.  The four day roadshow resulted in seven new investors. Commenting on the European PCIM roadshow, the CEO of this med-tech company said:

“Abchurch demonstrated that they can help companies broaden and expand their exposure to potential investors.  This includes institutions, private banks, independent asset managers and individual private persons. It is clear that the high-net worth individual typically relies on their adviser to tell them where to invest and so the group forum works very well.  These new investors are long term partners and have been instrumental in increasing the liquidity of our business.”

Through its financial PR and investor relations practice, Abchurch ensures that PCIM targeting throughout the UK and Europe is effectively integrated and supported alongside the client’s communication with other key stakeholders.

Media enquiries:
Henry Harrison-Topham
henry.ht@abchurch-group.com
+44 (0) 20 7398 7702