Taylor Rafferty Management Acquires Assets From DF King Worldwide

NEW YORK and LONDON, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The management of Taylor Rafferty, the world's leading cross border investor relations firm, has acquired the company's assets from DF King Worldwide. 

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Founded in 1982 as a pioneer in cross border investor relations, Taylor Rafferty retains its focus on assisting companies to build their capital markets presence in the US, offering investor relations consulting, capital markets research and analysis and IR program execution.  Taylor Rafferty founder Brian Rafferty led the buy-out with a team of veteran professionals led by head of client operations Dana Diver who has worked alongside Brian at the firm for over twenty years.

"With over thirty years' experience in Taylor Rafferty's specialty, I look forward to building on our track record of client success.  Working closely with clients to help them get the most from the capital markets will drive the business, and we see great opportunities to raise the bar by introducing new tools to maintain our clients' lead in the competition for capital," said Rafferty.

About Taylor Rafferty

With offices in New York, London, Milan and Buenos Aires, Taylor Rafferty is the world's leading global investor relations firm. For over 30 years, we have enabled our clients to achieve their capital markets goals by delivering a full range of advisory and operational support in the world's major capital markets. 

Taylor Rafferty's service teams blend decades of financial markets and communications expertise, incisive IR program implementation experience and insightful research and analysis to give our clients a meaningful advantage in the competition for capital.  Please visit www.taylor-rafferty.com for more information on Taylor Rafferty. 

About DF King Worldwide

DF King Worldwide is a leading global financial communications and stakeholder management firm.  DF King Worldwide's services include shareholder/bondholder identification, investor relations, proxy/consent/tender solicitation and bankruptcy claims administration.  With offices in New York, Chicago, London, Stockholm, Cape Town, Hong Kong and Manila, the firm employs approximately 600 staff serving over 1,000 public company, mutual fund family and private equity clients. For more information on DF King Worldwide, please visit www.king-worldwide.com.

Taylor Rafferty Contact: Dana Diver
+1-347-262-3505

DF King Worldwide Contact: Mary Ellen Goodall
+1-212-493-6957