Financial PR in Times of Crisis...

Carefully coordinated investor relations is a priority for listed companies seeking to restore confidence at a time of shareholder uncertainty, diminished trust and turbulent financial markets. By Anja Feuerabend.

The investor Warren Buffet observed: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” This holds true most notably in the sector where Warren Buffet made his name: the world of finance. A quick look at international surveys tells the tale: Worldwide erosion of trust in the finance sector; at the start of the year 61 per cent of top earners in Germany stated that they had lost faith in the banks. Read more...

Links to PR associations within ECCO countries

PRVA - Public Relations Verband Austria - AUSTRIA

BPRCA - Belgian Public Relations Consultants Association - BELGIUM

BPRC - Belgium Public Relations Centre - BELGIUM

Associaçao Brasileira de Relacoes Publicas (ABRP) - BRAZIL

APRA - Czech Association of Public Relations Agencies - CZECH REPUBLIC 

Shanghai Public Relations Association - CHINA

China International Public Relations Association (CIPRA) - CHINA

Hong Kong Public Relations Professionals’ Association - CHINA

DKF - Dansk Kommunikationsforening (Denmark) - DENMARK

Information, Presse & Communication - FRANCE

DPRG - Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft EV - GERMANY

Hungarian Public Relations Association - HUNGARY

Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI) - INDIA

PRII - Public Relations Institute of Ireland - IRELAND

FERPI - Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana - ITALY

Beroepsvereniging Voor Communicatie - NETHERLANDS

VPRA - Association of Dutch Public Relations Agencies - NETHERLANDS  

Kommunikasjonsforeningen  - NORWAY

NIR - Norwegian Public Relations Consultants Association - NORWAY

ADECEC - Assoc De Empresas Consultoras En Relaciones Publicas - SPAIN 

SPRA - Swedish Public Relations Association - SWEDEN

SPRG - Swiss Public Relations Society - SWITZERLAND

SPRI - Swiss Public Relations Insitute - SWITZERLAND 

PRCA - Public Relations Consultants Association U.K

Ukrainian PR League (UPRL) - UKRAINE

PRSA - Public Relations Society of America - U.S.A

Links to International PR associations:

IPRA - Gulf Chapter

Global Alliance for Public Relations & Communication Management 

CERP - European Public Relations Confederation 

ICCO - International Communications Consultancy Organisation  

IPRA - International Public Relations Association 

PRISA - Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa  

International Association of Business Communicators