NIRI replaces Humphries after seven months
By IR Web Report Staff
THE U.S. National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) has replaced its CEO Nancy Humphries after just seven months in the job and appointed veteran NIRI staffer Linda Kelleher as interim CEO.
February 23, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 
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Noteworthy list #10
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February 23, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
IR website vendors are failing IROs
By Dominic Jones
IT TAKES less than 30 seconds for anyone with a browser to set up a website and start publishing and building an audience.
February 23, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
Philips does good with 2006 annual report
By Dominic Jones
TWO years ago, I slammed Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (NYSE: PHG) for ignoring an academic study showing that users of its online annual report preferred HTML over PDF.
February 22, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
Will Aflac’s say-on-pay open floodgates?
By Dominic Jones
ON Valentines Day, U.S. disability insurer Aflac showed its love for shareholder engagement when it became the first major U.S. company to agree to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation — a so-called “say on pay” that shareholders in other countries already enjoy.
February 18, 2007 | Posted in Corporate Governance | No Comments »
NYSE in disclosure dark ages
By Dominic Jones
WHAT year is it? If you spend your life with your head buried in the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) Listed Company Manual, you might be in a 10-year time warp.
February 14, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Noteworthy list #9
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February 13, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Kieran McShane: XL Capital Assurance
XL Capital Assurance Inc. (XLCA), a triple A-rated financial guarantee company, announced today the appointment of Kieran M. McShane as head of fixed-income investor relations where he will serve as a liaison between XLCA and investors in XLCA-insured bonds.
February 13, 2007 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »
On the web, annual meetings matter
By Dominic Jones
THIS is a good year to put more effort into how your company handles its annual shareholder meeting on the Web. Think of it as a dry run for future years when annual reporting to shareholders will mostly be handled online.
February 12, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
Recognizing an IR website that doesn’t exist
By Dominic Jones
THE 10th annual IR Magazine Awards Canada was held last night — and as always I’m most interested to see which company has the best Investor Relations website according to professional and retail investors.
February 9, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »