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Another newswire sold! Sixth deal this year.
By Dominic Jones
IN THE sixth newswire deal this year, Canada’s second largest news release distributor CCNMatthews is being acquired by the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS.
The cash deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will also see Manulife Capital, the private equity group of insurer Manulife Financial, take a minority stake.
CCNMatthews, which [...]
Cookie-cutter IR websites bad, says ex-insider
By Dominic Jones
A FORMER employee of a large IR website vendor has written a damning insider’s account of how such firms bully their clients into buying off-the-shelf packages that fail to deliver value to companies and their investors.
Lily Napier, who spent six years as a senior IR consultant for Hemscott, the UK equivalent of Thomson [...]
The most-hyped technologies for IR in 2006
By Dominic Jones
LOOKING back on 2006, which technologies relevant to investor relations failed to live up to the hype that surrounded them?
Fortunately, the list is short because IR websites were not the scene of much innovation during 2006. Relatively few new technologies even registered a blip among the 525 sites in our survey.
Some of the [...]
Dear Directors: You're Screwed.
By Dominic Jones
IT LOOKS like the coming proxy season in the United States is going to be the most controversial one that anyone can remember.
According to the experts quoted in an excellent article on Forbes.com by Directorship’s managing editor Joan Warner, the “central issues in the coming proxy season all point to large-scale and lasting [...]
News Digest for December 15, 2006
There are 7 items … Study ties CEO’s clout, backdating | Reporting review of the year – Corporate responsibility reporting | The Great Internet Brand Rip-Off | Institutional Investors in France Foresee Continuing Growth of Socially Responsible Investing | Corporate Blogs: Handle with Care | PR Newswire, Les Echos to Offer Joint French Disclosure Service [...]
With e-proxy, SEC signals it gets the Web
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted to let companies move to default Internet delivery of annual shareholder documents.
Stressing that investors can still ask for free paper documents under its voluntary “e-proxy” process, commissioners voted 5-0 to allow companies to ditch bulk mailings of proxy materials and move to a “notice and access” [...]
More ballot stuffing on Nasdaq bundling plan?
By Dominic Jones
WHAT is it with Nasdaq and its plan to bundle investor relations services with its listing fees that seems to attract fake supporters?
You will recall that back in October I wrote about how somebody seemed to try to rig a National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) members poll in Nasdaq’s favor. (See Someone [...]
News Digest for December 13, 2006
There are 7 items … Nasdaq Starts Push for Majority Control of London Market | SEC raises the bar for fund investors | Only 16% of execs believe analysts understand their company | Climate change catching voter attention around world | Google Offers Employee Stock Option Market | Ceres-ACCA Announce Finalists for Sustainability Reporting [...]
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