Communications consultancy Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) and Buchanan, a leading financial communications consultancy, have formed a specialist financial communications division.
Staffed with 60 advisers in investment banking, equity research and financial journalism, H+K Financial will provide financial communications and capital markets services to international listed and private companies in Middle East and African (MEA) markets.
H+K Financial addresses the growing demand for world class financial communications and investor relations services in MEA as companies seek to raise their profiles and gain access to international capital markets, while upgrading their corporate governance. The firm will also provide international investors access to growth opportunities in the region.
“We want to tap into the growing need for specialist advisory and investor relations services,” said Sconaid McGeachin, CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies in the MEA region. “This is a win-win for clients as they benefit from combining the strength of the region’s longest-established international communications consultancy with one of the City of London’s most respected financial communications firms.”
Bobby Morse, Buchanan’s Senior Partner, said: “This is an exciting time for capital markets across the MEA region with developments such as the opening of the Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, to qualified foreign investors, and the emergence of successful family owned conglomerates seeking a better profile on international capital markets.”
The offer includes investor relations services from shareholder register analysis and investor access, through to annual reports, corporate governance and financial transparency communications.
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