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Come on IR website vendors, put some push in your feeds
What’s with the IR website vendors and always being the last ones to the technology party?
I’ve just finished reviewing the web feed implementations of all of the IR website vendors — from Thomson Reuters to Shareholder.com to Investis to SNL to Q4 — and not one of them has implemented push on their clients’ RSS [...]
BGC proves notice-and-access releases work
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a small-cap inter-dealer broker of financial instruments, yesterday announced its earnings using the notice-and-access news release method we have been advocating for several years.
Despite heated hand-waving by one big PR wire service — and some hand-wringing by ourselves — the earnings release process went off without a hitch, even if [...]
NYSE to change policy on websites for disclosure
The New York Stock Exchange is set to change its antiquated “timely alert policy” to bring it in line with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) guidance for using corporate websites to satisfy Regulation FD.
Obama gives corporations one less excuse to avoid web engagement
The example set by the Obama Presidency will put pressure on other public institutions, including public companies, to follow Obama’s lead to harness technology as a way to provide more transparency and encourage stakeholder engagement.
CFA Institute backs IR Web Report on Regulation FD
THE CFA Institute, the global professional association representing almost 100,000 financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals in 133 countries and territories, has complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about companies that are slow to post earnings releases on their websites.
In a December 1 comment letter (PDF 281KB, 7 pages) on the [...]
Why almost no one is complying with Regulation FD
LAST July, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new guidance for company websites that covered a broad spectrum of issues that have apparently been holding companies back from making better use of their websites as a source of disclosure.
Although the interpretive release provided advice on a range of topics, including links to third-party [...]
An IR lesson from bailout crisis: Main Street matters
I’VE been otherwise occupied the last two weeks, so blogging has taken a backseat during what is probably the most interesting period in the financial markets that many of us are likely to experience in our lifetimes.
One of the benefits of not being in the thick of every new development is that you tend to [...]
Evaluating NIRI's IR website guidelines 2
IN PART one of this review, I mentioned that the US National Investor Relations Institute’s (NIRI’s) executive alert on investor relations websites includes a list of 14 Do’s and Don’ts for IR departments to follow. In this post, I review each of the guidelines and explain why I think they’re either good or bad.
The Good [...]
Evaluating NIRI's Do's and Don'ts for IR websites
THE US National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) has issued a 5-page briefing on investor relations website practices based on a review they did of the largest 100 US companies’ sites.
On one level I can’t help but applaud the guidelines because they are long overdue. Investor relations websites have been around for more than 10 years, [...]
No changes please, we're PR Newswire's Disclosure Advisory Board
PR NEWSWIRE has trotted out its Disclosure Advisory Board (DAB) to say that they do not see companies changing their disclosure practices any time soon in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent guidance for company websites.
They have issued a statement that basically calls for companies to continue to use the services [...]
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