
European fund managers, analysts offer IR tips
AT THE first CA Cheuvreux Investor Relations Summit in London last week, 170 IR officers from around Europe got to hear directly from research heads and fund managers about what they’re looking for from investor relations departments.

New stats: Scandinavian companies using Twitter for IR
SCULPTOR IR has just completed a major survey of 760 Scandinavian companies to learn how they are using Twitter for investor relations information, and to identify country differences and best practices at specific companies.

StockTwits on Yahoo! Finance: Implications for companies
INVESTOR relations professionals who have dismissed social media as a fad or irrelevant are in for a rude awakening today as messages from StockTwits, the Twitter equivalent for traders and investors, are now appearing on their Yahoo! Finance ticker pages.

SNL now offering free mobile IR websites to clients
IN ANOTHER sign that the mobile investor relations web is coming of age, SNL Financial’s IR Solutions group is now providing free mobile investor relations websites to all of its clients.

Two-thirds of IR websites link to expired webcasts
MORE than two-thirds of company investor relations websites in IR Web Report’s benchmarking survey link to expired presentation webcasts, causing wasted time for analysts and investors and casting doubt on the accuracy and timeliness of the companies’ IR websites.
For insurance IROs, reserve adequacy is elephant in the room
LOOMING behind the various predictions of a turn in commercial lines pricing at some point in 2011 or 2012 is an “elephant” many companies find hard to discuss – reserve adequacy.

Do Motley Fool’s live CEO chats mark a new era for IR?
THE online social media revolution of the last 5+ years has touched nearly every facet of society with one glaring exception: open and direct online conversation between public company executives and equity investors remains minimal.

With Investor Network failing, Broadridge lobbies SEC for mandatory forums
FOR THE past two years, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) CEO Richard Daly has been talking to analysts about the promise of his pet project – the company’s proprietary Investor Network shareholder forum that has failed to gain market acceptance.

A new investor relations jobs board for IR Web Report
IT HAS been a good month at IR Web Report. We added five outstanding new contributors, and judging by the feedback and engagement levels their posts have seen, they are off to a strong start.

12 mobile IR websites reviewed
UNLESS you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the mobile web has seen explosive growth over the past year — and all projections are that it will be the fastest growing area of the web in the next few years.

How to manage the annual report tug-of-war
LET’S start with hello and thank you. Greetings to IR Web Report followers – I’m hoping we won’t be strangers for long. And thanks to Dominic for asking me to be a contributor – I’m looking to helping you make IR Web Report an even more valuable resource.

Swedish IROs still skeptical about social media
EARLIER this week, I attended a lunch seminar “IR Excellence: Risks and opportunities in a digital world,” hosted by the Swedish IR association (SIRA), in cooperation with Cision, Grayling and Setterwalls.