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By Dominic Jones on August 4, 2010
NOW that we’ve shown that PR wire services can’t guarantee simultaneous access to disclosure information for all investors, let’s look at why it matters and what you can do to treat all shareholders fairly.
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, earnings releases, Investor Relations, latency, pr wires, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission
By Dominic Jones on August 3, 2010
A SIMPLE analysis of 100 company news releases shows that the average delay between when PR wire services release the information to Wall Street and when most non-professional investors actually have access to it on Yahoo! Finance is just over 83 seconds.
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, earnings releases, Investor Relations, latency, pr wires, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission
By Dominic Jones on July 26, 2010
NOKIA Corporation (NYSE: NOK) last week became the latest company to use the advisory news release process that IR Web Report has long urged companies to adopt for disclosure information.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Investor Relations, online disclosure, reg fd, regulation fd, social media, web disclosure
How to leverage the web for better compliance and investor communication Pages: 121 Screenshots: 20+ Last revised: July5, 2010 Price: only $575 BUY NOW Synopsis Corporate disclosure practices in the United States are undergoing dramatic change. New regulations and new web communications technologies are disrupting established practices. The old model is under pressure and increasingly [...]
By Dominic Jones on July 19, 2010
WHEN Internet giant Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported its second-quarter 2010 earnings last week it did so without using a paid PR wire service – a controversial move that some predicted would create challenges for the disclosure ecosystem.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Investor Relations, online disclosure, reg fd, regulation fd, social media, web disclosure
By Dominic Jones on July 13, 2010
EXPEDIA, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) is one US company that has for several quarters used an advisory release process for its quarterly earnings releases. The process has run smoothly and resulted in an increase in the number of investors accessing the results from the company’s website, which recently was upgraded to a new platform hosted by [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged finance websites, Investor Relations, online disclosure, reg fd, regulation fd, web disclosure
By Dominic Jones on July 7, 2010
ONE of the biggest benefits of using advisory releases rather than full-text ones is the potential for companies to attract more investors to their IR websites, where they can communicate more effectively and establish direct connections with their audiences. Increased traffic and recognition for a company’s investor relations website also contributes towards a site becoming [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged finance websites, Investor Relations, online disclosure, reg fd, regulation fd, web disclosure
By Dominic Jones on June 24, 2010
ONE OF THE hottest topics of conversation in the US investor relations profession right now is using the web for disclosure and communications to investors. It was a dominant theme at the recent National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) annual conference in San Diego, and the discussion has continued in various trade publications and online forums.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Investor Relations, investor relations website, online disclosure, reg fd, regulation fd, social media, web disclosure
By Dominic Jones on April 20, 2010
INVESTOR RELATIONS professionals at hundreds of companies are exposing their firms to potential compliance risks because they have failed to play an active role in monitoring, managing and engaging in their companies’ activities on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Posted in Articles | Tagged facebook, Investor Relations, regulation fd, social media, twitter
By Dominic Jones on April 16, 2010
GOOGLE INC. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will begin making announcements about its financial performance solely through its investor relations website, making it the most prominent company to take advantage of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) guidance on using company websites for disclosure under Regulation FD.
Posted in Articles | Tagged feeds, Investor Relations, pubsubhubbub, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission, web disclosure, web feed, Web-based disclosure
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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, finance, Investor Relations, regulation fd, SEC, seeking alpha, Seeking Alpha Inc., social media, Stock market, twitter, Twitter Inc
By Dominic Jones on October 22, 2009
I’M A little bemused by the IR establishment’s response to the sensational allegations in the insider trading case against Galleon Management and a host of corporate executives and one IR consultant. NIRI CEO Jeff Morgan’s immediate response was to publish the following in a Tweet: “Following Galleon & is another reminder to NIRI members & [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Galleon, insider trading, Investor Relations, regulation fd
By Dominic Jones on April 16, 2009
THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ plan to eliminate rules that currently require listed companies to issue press releases when disclosing important information. The NYSE has filed a proposed rule change (PDF 503KB, 18 pages) to amend its Listed Company Manual to allow listed companies to comply with its immediate release policy by [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Investor Relations, nasdaq, nasdaq stock market inc, new york stock exchange, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission, wire services
By Dominic Jones on December 4, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate websites, disclosure, Investor Relations, IR websites, regulation fd, technology
By Dominic Jones on August 6, 2008
A SURVEY published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found that retail investors rely heavily on financial advisors for their investment decisions and rarely use the SEC’s website or blogs for investment information. The survey found that while 51% of investors said their financial advisors or brokers were their “main source” of [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, IR websites, proxy statements, regulation fd, retail investor, retail investors, SEC, securities and exchange commission, SURVEY, survey report, website managers
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