SMGI, the leading boutique business strategy and management consulting firm, today announced that it will now offer outsourced investor relations services to companies in both the public and private sectors.

With this new service offering, companies will be able to benefit from a suite of services aimed to facilitate communications with shareholders, potential investors and the financial markets. SMGI’s outsourced investor relations offering include corporate communications, media relations, market intelligence, analytics, and corporate finance. In addition, SMGI will facilitate the development and distribution of quarterly and annual reports to shareholders.

The need for investor relations services has become a critical component in modern business, especially for non-public companies that have numerous private equity investors. SMGI will offer outsourced investor relations service to public and private companies in an effort to help them reduce costs and achieve greater value. “Companies are outsourcing various aspects of their businesses everyday, investor relations may be the best candidate for outsourcing as it provides objective and unbiased information for investors,” noted Houman Salem managing director at SMGI.

As competition for capital markets has steadily increased over the past year, outsourcing investor relations offers a highly effective and cost efficient method to communicate with shareholders, potential investors and the financial community.