The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), in association with Maroon Capital, Sunday started a four-day investor relations (IR) training programme.
The training is being imparted with the expert inputs of the UK IR Society, which delivers their programme on global basis.
As many as 17 investor relations officials representing eleven listed companies are participating in the training course, which is being held virtually through the Zoom application and will continue until Wednesday, September 8.
The event is aimed at enhancing the skills needed to manage investor relations in the financial markets in accordance with the international best practices, as well as allowing participants to demonstrate the essential knowledge of the financial and market environment, the regulatory and reporting requirements for listed companies and their sound understating of the principles of IR.
One of the strategies of the QSE is to ensure that the listed companies are committed to improving the standards of investor relations across the market because they are the corporate ambassadors representing Qatar.
Abdulaziz al-Emadi, director of the Listing Department at the QSE, stressed the importance of the role played by investor relations managers in terms of providing immediate information to investors that would help them make their investment decisions.
"This training programme is of particular importance to the listed companies as it constitutes their readiness to abide by the rules of investor relations adopted by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority, which have been effective since two years," al-Emadi said.
The training includes several lectures covering various subjects on the IR practices including the principles of IR and why companies need it, the role of regulatory and authorities, the responsibilities of IR managers in the financial market environment, the laws and bylaws regulating IR practices, and the market’s regulatory environment, including malpractices and insider trading, and material information and disclosure principles.
Participants will later undertake an examination that will allow them to earn the international certification in IR.
As many as 17 investor relations officials representing eleven listed companies are participating in the training course, which is being held virtually through the Zoom application and will continue until Wednesday, September 8.
The event is aimed at enhancing the skills needed to manage investor relations in the financial markets in accordance with the international best practices, as well as allowing participants to demonstrate the essential knowledge of the financial and market environment, the regulatory and reporting requirements for listed companies and their sound understating of the principles of IR.
One of the strategies of the QSE is to ensure that the listed companies are committed to improving the standards of investor relations across the market because they are the corporate ambassadors representing Qatar.
Abdulaziz al-Emadi, director of the Listing Department at the QSE, stressed the importance of the role played by investor relations managers in terms of providing immediate information to investors that would help them make their investment decisions.
"This training programme is of particular importance to the listed companies as it constitutes their readiness to abide by the rules of investor relations adopted by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority, which have been effective since two years," al-Emadi said.
The training includes several lectures covering various subjects on the IR practices including the principles of IR and why companies need it, the role of regulatory and authorities, the responsibilities of IR managers in the financial market environment, the laws and bylaws regulating IR practices, and the market’s regulatory environment, including malpractices and insider trading, and material information and disclosure principles.
Participants will later undertake an examination that will allow them to earn the international certification in IR.