By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

NEW YORK(Reuters) -Computershare is launching an investor engagement business and hired a JPMorgan Chase executive at a time corporate management teams are looking for more advice on how to handle shareholder relations, including demands for improvements, the global financial services company said.

Computershare’s new investor engagement business will include providing information on who is buying or selling a client company’s equity and debt, as well as investor relations and services from Georgeson Advisory, which offers strategic counsel to boards and governance teams, the company said. It will be run by Kirsten van Rooijen and will incorporate services from Computershare’s recent acquisitions of CMi2i and ingage.

Its service will include helping companies to d

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