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How do you target 33,000 independent investment advisors?

By Dominic Jones on February 17, 2010

An interesting trend that is emerging is the growth of the independent investment advisor also known as a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA). According to Boston-based Cerulli Associates, a research firm, the number of brokers serving individual clients at major firms dropped 14% to less than 55,000 in the three years ending in December 2008, while [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Business/Finance, Cerulli Associates Inc, finance, Financial services, Registered Investment Adviser, Registered Investment Advisor | Leave a response

Why Regulation FD shouldn’t keep you from Seeking Alpha

By Dominic Jones on December 8, 2009

THERE are many reasons why investor relations officers and company executives avoid participating in new media such as blogs and social networks, but often the grounds they give are more misconceptions than real barriers.
Take Regulation FD, for example.  In my discussions with companies and other consultants, it’s the main reason given for companies taking a [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Business/Finance, Corporate finance, finance, Investor Relations, regulation fd, SEC, seeking alpha, Seeking Alpha Inc., social media, Stock market, twitter, Twitter Inc | 1 Response

The world's biggest expert network

By Dominic Jones on January 29, 2009

Investors are increasingly gleaning tradable information from blogs. Companies need a strategy to respond.

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, business, finance, firstrain, Investor Relations, online communications, penny herscher, social media, technology | 1 Response

New influencers emerge on Web 2.0 investor communities

By Dominic Jones on December 17, 2008

THE recent emergence of online investor communities that are registered as investment advisers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission is producing a new brand of influencer that investor relations professionals need to pay attention to because they could challenge traditional Wall Street analysts in shaping investor opinions.

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged disclosure, finance, financial content, investment communities, Investor Relations, social media, stocks | 1 Response

As XBRL mandate looms, SEC seeks urgent help with software

By Dominic Jones on August 25, 2008

AS THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) considers new rules to require companies to begin filing their documents in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), it has been having trouble finding software experts who can help make those filings usable to investors.
The commission put out a pressing call in June for contractors to help it [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged business, Chairman Chris Cox, chris cox, EDGAR, finance, financial statements, footnotes, IDEA, interactive data, Internet, Investor Relations, Officer Michael Davis, SEC, securities and exchange commission, technology, XBRL | Leave a response

SEC unveils IDEA — and that's all it is for now

By Dominic Jones on August 19, 2008

I’VE BEEN following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) moves around eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for the past few years and I’m confused about why they chose now to announce that they will be launching a new database to host XBRL for companies and mutual funds.
The only real news at the conference, which I [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Bill Lutz, business, Chairman Chris Cox, disclosure, Ed Hodder, finance, IDEA, Investor Relations, SEC, securities and exchange commission, webcast, XBRL | 7 Responses

SEC's new guidance for websites and blogs posted

By Dominic Jones on August 2, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its 47-page interpretive release that explains how companies can use their websites and blogs to meet its requirements for public disclosure under Regulation FD.
Here’s a Scribd version of the complete release, which can also be downloaded in PDF from the SEC’s website. See my initial comments [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual reports, blog, blogs, business, Compensation, corporate governance, disclosure, disclosure documents, earnings, EDGAR, electronic delivery, feedback, feeds, finance, financial information, financial reporting, forums, insider trading, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, IR websites, law, management, market participants, new york stock exchange, newswires, nyse, proxy statement, quarterly reports, rss, SEC, securities, securities act, securities and exchange commission, strategy, technology, usability, XBRL, XML | 8 Responses

SEC OKs websites and blogs for Reg. FD

By Dominic Jones on July 30, 2008

UNDER certain circumstances, companies can rely on their websites and blogs to meet the public disclosure requirements under Regulation FD, according to new guidance unanimously approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission today.
The move is significant as it could cut disclosure costs for many companies that today use paid PR wire services to distribute [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Chairman Chris Cox, Commissioner Paul Atkins, corporate websites, disclosure, disclosure documents, EDGAR, finance, Investor Relations, investor relations website, IR websites, John White, liability, rss, SEC, securities and exchange commission | 22 Responses

IROs, not regulators should quash rumors

By Dominic Jones on July 8, 2008

THERE is a growing chorus of calls for regulatory action in the United States against traders who spread false rumors to manipulate stock prices, but I think at least half of the problem lies with companies themselves — and poor investor relations practices in particular.
In today’s New York Times, Dealbook writer Andrew Ross Sorkin writes [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged andrew ross sorkin, business, corporate communications, credibility, disclosure, FAQs, finance, HBOS, hedge funds, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, ir communications, jpmorgan, lehman brothers, market participants, market rumors, new york times, progressive corp., SEC, securities | 2 Responses

Innovator: George Tsiolis, AGORACOM Investor Relations

By Dominic Jones on June 5, 2008

IR Web Report’s Q&As are unpaid profiles of service providers that we believe are doing interesting and innovative work in the area of online investor relations and stakeholder communications. If you would like your firm featured in a Q&A, we invite you to contact us using our general email inbox.

Firm name: AGORACOM Investor Relations Date [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged AOL, blackberry, business, feeds, finance, George Tsiolis, Investor Relations, micro cap companies, online communications, Online Investor Relations, SEC, stakeholder communications, web content, yahoo | 4 Responses

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