April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The SEC inquiry that made me shudder
I NEED to find the time one day to put down some thoughts about where capital markets disclosure is heading because it’s a major issue facing the investor relations profession.
An analogy that’s hard to miss
WHERE can you legally stuff the ballot boxes with votes from people who do not actually cast ballots? Where can you cling to your position by having those votes push you to a majority?
April 21, 2008 | Comments Off
Service providers: are you interesting?
WE’RE LOOKING for service providers who are doing new and interesting things on the web for investor relations, public relations, shareholder services and corporate governance.
April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
SEC delays meeting on XBRL rule - Updated
Updated: SEC spokesman John Nester told Financial Week that “the meeting was postponed because the commission needed time to prepare and approve testimony for tomorrow’s Senate Banking Committee hearing, at which SEC chairman Christopher Cox is scheduled to testify on the role of credit rating agencies in the current liquidity crisis.” Original post follows.
April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
SEC does first conference call with bloggers
IN A first for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a group of 13 bloggers were invited to a special conference call Friday to talk about XBRL ahead of the SEC’s meeting to consider making the financial tagging language mandatory.
6 things you didn’t know about Thomson Reuters
HERE are some things you might not know about the new Thomson Reuters, which had its first day of trading as a combined company yesterday under the ticker symbol TRI in New York and Toronto, and TRIL in London.
April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Are Broadridge’s servers slow for you too?
I’VE HELD off bringing this up before because I feel bad for the folks at Broadridge Financial Solutions. They’ve been getting it in the neck recently over this whole e-proxy debacle.
InvestorRelationships.com launches
MY friend Broc Romanek, a former SEC attorney and editor of CompensationStandards.com and TheCorporateCounsel.net, has just launched a new publication for investor relations, shareholder services and governance professionals with the very apt title of InvestorRelationships.com.
April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
SEC to mandate XBRL. Yes, panic.
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet on Monday (April 21) to consider making XBRL mandatory, probably starting with large companies next year. It’s not a surprising development by any stretch, but it is a momentous one.
Wienerberger proves bricks aren’t boring
AS CORPORATE reporting moves increasingly to the web, annual report designers are learning that it’s incredibly difficult to create attention-grabbing online communications.