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Edelman (+18.6 percent to $100.8M), ICR Inc. (+60.7 percent to $97.8M) and Prosek Partners (+29.9 percent to $70M) topped O’Dwyer’s 2022 ranking of financial PR firms.
Two firms debuted on the Top Ten list.
Taylor, which did not submit fee income information in 2020, took the No. 6 slot with revenues of $12.3M.
5WPR moved up two notches to the No. 9 slot with fee income of $8.8M, up 76 percent.
Lambert, which ranked No. 10 slot in 2020, did not provide 2021 financial numbers.
MikeWorldWide, No. 13 in 2021, reported a 792.3 percent increase in revenues to $6.4M due to an accounting change that shifted former professional services fees into the financial PR category.
Prosek Partners represents Nuveen as it acquires London-based Schroders, which relies on Brunswick Group for PR counsel, in a $13.5B deal.
Qualcomm has recruited Brett Simpson for the senior VP-IR slot at the San Diego-based wireless technology company.
Reevemark handles Eddie Bauer LLC as the retailer inks a Chapter 11 restructuring pact that has it conducting liquidation sales at its US and Canadian stores while working to find a buyer for either all of or part of the chain.
Prosek Partners hires FTI Consulting vet David Roady to build and deepen its relationships in the corporate sector, particularly with chief communications officers and C-suite executives.
Kekst CNC handles Crestview Partners as the private equity firm acquires Tailwind Hospitality, operator of food, beverage and retail concessions in non-hub and regional airports, from Palladin Consumer Retail Partners.
