About IRGL
Independent Market Coordination for Financial Events
IR Global League (IRGL) is an independent financial market coordination and scheduling platform serving listed companies, Investor Relations teams, analysts, and financial market participants across the Nordic and European markets.
IRGL helps companies improve visibility, strengthen market transparency, and reduce scheduling conflicts between:
- Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
- Earnings presentations
- Webcasts and Telco events
- Capital Markets Days
- Investor and analyst meetings
- Financial market communication activities
Our mission is to support a more coordinated, transparent, and efficient financial communication environment for all market participants.
Request A Live Demonstration
IRGL offers live demonstrations of its market coordination and scheduling platform for listed companies and Investor Relations professionals.
To request:
- a platform demonstration,
- membership information,
- or access to the IRGL platform,
please contact: info@irgl.info
What IRGL Does
IRGL functions as an independent coordination and monitoring platform for financial market communication.
Through its scheduling and monitoring tools, IRGL helps companies:
- avoid conflicts between important financial events,
- improve investor reach and visibility,
- coordinate communication timing across sectors and markets,
- strengthen planning around reporting periods and AGMs,
- gain better overview of market activity and event flows.
IRGL does not organize or produce financial events directly.
Instead, IRGL provides the logistical coordination, market overview, and planning infrastructure that support a more efficient financial communication ecosystem.
Why Coordination Matters
In increasingly active financial markets, overlapping events create challenges for:
- listed companies,
- Investor Relations teams,
- investors,
- analysts,
- and financial media.
Scheduling conflicts between earnings reports, AGMs, webcasts, and investor events can reduce visibility, dilute audience participation, and weaken communication impact.
The platform functions similarly to an “Air Traffic System” for financial events — helping improve timing, visibility, and communication efficiency across sectors and regions.
Who Uses IRGL
IRGL supports:
- Listed companies
- Investor Relations teams
- CEOs and CFOs
- Chairmen of the Board
- Analysts and investors
- Financial communication professionals
- Market participants involved in event planning and coordination
The platform is designed to support both Nordic and broader European market environments.
Independent and Neutral Position
IRGL operates as an independent and neutral platform.
Following the conclusion of the cooperation agreement between Inderes and HK Investment in May 2026, IRGL now communicates directly with its clients and partners and continues to develop its services independently.
This structure reinforces IRGL’s long-term objective of providing transparent and impartial market coordination for all participants.
IRGL continuously develops tools supporting scheduling, monitoring, coordination, and financial communication planning across international markets.
Nordic and European Market Coverage
IRGL supports companies and market participants across multiple sectors and regions, with particular focus on the Nordic and European financial markets.
By combining sector monitoring with international coordination tools, IRGL aims to strengthen market transparency and improve communication planning across increasingly interconnected financial environments.
Our Vision
IRGL’s vision is to improve information flow, transparency, and coordination across the financial markets.
We believe that stronger scheduling coordination and better communication visibility support:
- improved market transparency,
- more efficient investor communication,
- better corporate governance,
- and a more balanced financial communication environment for all stakeholders.
IRGL has been developed as a neutral platform serving the broader financial market ecosystem.
History of IRGL
The origins of IRGL date back to the International Investor Relations Federation (IIRF), an initiative originally developed by Neil Ryder and Lou Thompson, former leaders of the UK and US Investor Relations societies.
Together with France and Denmark, they sought to increase transparency and coordination across international capital markets through stronger collaboration between Investor Relations organizations worldwide.
Under the leadership of former IIRF Chairman Lynge Blak, the federation expanded from 4 to 35 national Investor Relations societies. IIRF operated between 1990 and 2007 and became an important international network for Investor Relations professionals.
IRGL, originally named Investor Relations Global League, was initially developed within this international environment as a Nordic pilot project focused on improving coordination of financial events and presentations.
The first version of the scheduling platform was launched by Financial Hearings together with the Nordic Investor Relations societies in 2002. IRGL was then formally launched internationally together with IIRF in 2003 during the Interbourse financial football event in Frankfurt, with the objective of creating a global “mutual exchange of event information.”
Since its launch, IRGL has focused on helping listed companies improve visibility and reduce scheduling conflicts within increasingly active financial markets.
Over the years, IRGL has also supported the market through:
- scheduling services,
- event monitoring,
- quarterly and yearly conflict reports,
- and coordination support across sectors and regions.
The platform operated initially from London before significant parts of its operations later moved to Stockholm and the Nordic region.
Founding and Advisory Background
IRGL was developed through collaboration between Investor Relations professionals, financial communication specialists, and market participants involved in improving transparency and coordination within the financial markets.
Founding and historical contributors include:
- Lynge Blak – former IIRF Chairman
- Per-Erik Holmström – founder of IRGL and Financial Hearings
- Neil Ryder – founder of IIRF and contributor to IRGL
- Laurence Westerlund – contributor to the Nordic pilot initiative
- Tim Beyts – technology advisor
- Mats Andersson – technology and senior advisor
Partnerships
IRGL has collaborated with a range of organizations and ecosystem participants active in:
- Investor Relations
- Financial communication
- Event production
- Market monitoring
- Webcasting and digital communication
- Financial technology and scheduling infrastructure
One historical collaboration includes Swedish watch manufacturer Sjöö Sandström, which participated in the development and visual presentation of the IRGL scheduling concept.
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