SAN FRANCISCO - A North American investor relations practice has been launched by Text 100. Based in San Francisco, the new division will be headed by recently-appointed directors Christine Belonogoff and Traci McCarty, both of whom report to Text 100 president and North American regional director Aedhmar Hynes. Further plans include an additional IR practice in Text 100's New York office. The agency's move follows San Francisco-based Horn Group and the San Francisco office of FitzGerald Communications, who have both recently made new senior-level IR hires.