It seemed impossible that the appetite for corporate access – the work by sell-side firms to connect investors with corporate executives – could exceed last year’s fever pitch.
But the higher levels of engagement that began during the Covid-19 pandemic and expanded over the past three years show no signs of abating. Although in 2023, the drivers behind the increase are different, according to the leading U.S. corporate access firms.
“Demand for access has grown from last year’s already elevated levels,” confirmed Charles Wardell, head of U.S. investor access at J.P. Morgan. “This was fueled by investor interest in wanting to hear first-hand how management teams are adapting to shifting macroeconomic conditions and a proliferating variety of formats in which to connect.”
For Corporate Access, buy-side voters were able to rate up to seven firms in each of the seven categories. We received responses from 489 buy-side individuals at 335 firms.
Corporate voters ranked their top four firms across seven performance attributes. We received responses from 325 voters.
Attribute results were aggregated to create separate Leaders Tables from the buy-side and corporate points of view.