Canadian IR websites underutilized, study finds
CANADIAN investor relations departments are failing to take advantage of web technology to communicate essential information and provide services to their investors, a study commissioned by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) has found.
February 29, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 
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Acergy S.A. gets my attention, then squanders it
WE all have limited attention spans. Mine is about 20 seconds. Make an impression within those first few moments and I’ll give you more of my time. Squander it and I’m gone.
February 26, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 11 Comments »
Earnings releases — the Warren Buffett way
WHILE his competitors lavish huge fees on his PR wire service, frugal billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is being thrifty by keeping its earnings releases short and referring investors to complete disclosures on the company’s website.
February 24, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 12 Comments »
SEC posts foreign firm exemption proposals
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday posted the proposed rules exempting foreign companies from registration if they meet certain requirements, including posting English disclosures on the Web.
February 22, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
Firms blame Broadridge, SEC for e-proxy snafus
REPRESENTATIVES of three US companies that have used the e-Proxy default electronic delivery process in recent months have laid blame for low retail investor turnout on Broadridge Financial Solutions and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
February 20, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations, e-proxy | 4 Comments »
Thomson-Reuters must sell datasets to clear merger
THOMSON Corp. and Reuters Group must sell copies of four databases within 60 days under a settlement with US, European and Canadian competition authorities that clears the way for their $16 billion merger.
February 19, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
CESR takes baby step to European EDGAR
THE Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has announced that it will take the first step towards creating a pan-European regulatory database network of issuer disclosures as required under the Transparency Directive.
February 19, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
SEC releases Financial Explorer for XBRL
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission is hoping to boost private sector development of XBRL tools for investors with the launch of a new graphic-rich interactive data viewer.
February 19, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations, XBRL | No Comments »
Investors’ new insight on mergers — employee bloggers
THE spotty success rate of mergers and acquisitions in creating shareholder value has long dogged investors who must try to decide whether a proposed acquisition by a company they own makes sense.
February 18, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
SEC seeks tighter foreign firm deadlines, web disclosures
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing to shorten annual report filing deadlines for foreign companies from six months to 90 days for large companies and 120 days for smaller companies.
February 14, 2008 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »