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Boston and London, August 27, 2020 – SuperReturn, the world’s leading private equity and venture capital conference series, has named BackBay […] Read More

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Boston, MA, August 24, 2020 – BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated content marketing firm, will again […] Read More

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Our new family office study, “Family Offices Tiptoe Into the Spotlight,” found that while family offices remain more discreet, many […] Read More

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Despite changes to the PR landscape in recent years, earned media persists as a top goal for many companies. Earned […] Read More

Big Year for BackBay: BackBay Communications founder and CEO, Bill Haynes, discusses the firm’s growth with O’Dwyer’s. [View PDF]

Provider of Technology-Enabled Regulatory and Compliance Consulting and Fund Distribution Services to the Global Financial Services Industry Chooses Financial Services […] Read More

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Pioneering Impact Investing Firm Focused on Sub-Saharan Africa Hires BackBay Boston – BackBay Communications, a leading integrated financial services public […] Read More

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Across BackBay’s four focus areas – private equity and venture capital, asset management, impact investing, and fintech – team members […] Read More

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New York – To raise awareness of its fourth annual Investing for Impact conference, the Economist Events has hired BackBay […] Read More

Boston and Los Angeles – SuperReturn, the world’s leading private equity and venture capital conference series, has named BackBay Communications, a […] Read More

Boston – BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated marketing firm, today announced it is once again a sponsor […] Read More

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As we celebrate BackBay’s 15th anniversary this year, we would like to thank our clients for placing their trust in […] Read More

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Boston – BackBay Communications, a leading integrated financial-services public relations and content-marketing firm, today announced that Will Hernandez has joined […] Read More

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When the Business Roundtable released its new statement of purpose in August, the rest of corporate America did a double take. […] Read More

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Boston – BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated content-marketing firm, today announced that financial services and healthcare public […] Read More

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London – The Economist Events has appointed BackBay Communications, a public relations and integrated marketing firm specialising in financial communications, […] Read More

This year, The Association for Corporate Growth’s (ACG) EuroGrowth conference returned to London. The annual international middle-market event saw M&A […] Read More

Guiding panel discussions at the conference, BackBay CEO Bill Haynes and Vice President & Head of Content Development Ken MacFadyen […] Read More

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As we look forward to The Economist Event’s upcoming Climate Risk Summit on July 21, 2019, we reflect on their […] Read More

BackBay to provide integrated marketing communications for the leading provider of financial email marketing and event management technology and services […] Read More

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Bulldog Reporter – The Economist Events has selected financial services public relations and integrated marketing firm BackBay Communications as its PR agency […] Read More

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New York –  To help raise awareness of its third annual Impact Investing conference, the Economist Events has hired BackBay […] Read More

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Bulldog Reporter – BackBay Communications, a Boston-based financial-services public relations and integrated content-marketing firm, announced that former Money Magazine Deputy Editor Paul Lim has joined […] Read More

Boston Business Journal – BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated content-marketing firm, today announced that former Money […] Read More

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Every day brings a new development in the ongoing disruption of the financial services industry. To help make sense of […] Read More

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BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated marketing firm, received two awards by the Publicity Club of New […] Read More

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Markets Media – Compliance set to consume a greater proportion of asset managers’ financial resources against a backdrop of mount […] Read More

Our annual survey ahead of The Summit for Asset Management (TSAM) New York, in collaboration with Osney Media, indicated that […] Read More

Our recent private equity study, Private Equity Gets Its Arms Around Content, indicated that 63% of the top 100 global […] Read More

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M&A Journal – The digital age necessitates that everyone — not just organizations — build and maintain an online presence […] Read More

Our annual survey ahead of The Summit for Asset Management (TSAM) London, in collaboration with Osney Media, revealed that 33% […] Read More

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Investment Week – Two-thirds of asset managers believe cyber crime presents a greater threat to their business this year compared […] Read More

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The latest report from BackBay and The Summit for Asset Management (TSAM), Trends in Asset Management, is based on a […] Read More

It was a rather chilly Berlin that played host to SuperReturn International, the world’s largest private equity gathering. Taking place […] Read More

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Bulldog Reporter – BackBay Communications, a financial services public relations and integrated marketing firm, announced that it has been honored […] Read More

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Digital Journal – BackBay Communications, a leading financial-services public relations and integrated marketing firm, today announced the publication of a […] Read More

BackBay Communications’ study finds 88% of the world’s 200 largest asset managers utilize content marketing as part of an integrated […] Read More

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In collaboration with the capital markets financial data software company, Pitchbook, our joint survey in 2014 revealed 98% of respondents […] Read More