
10 ways to ease XBRL detailed footnotes tagging
This is a guest post by David J. Price, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, EDGAR Online, Inc. Mr. Price joined EDGAR Online as Chief Financial Officer on July 6, 2010 and became Chief Operating Officer on May 13, 2011. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and [...]

5 financial technology firms every IRO should know
Zack Miller is the Managing Director of Lighthouse Capital Ltd., a boutique investment firm servicing high-net-worth investors from around the world and the author of the book Tradestream, which documents how investors are using new technologies to assist their investing. In this post, he highlights five companies developing new services of particular relevance to investor [...]

A say-on-pay reputation risk for insurers
ACTUALLY, this reputation risk will exist for all publicly traded companies with investment operations, but there may be different aspects to take into consideration for different industries.

Designing investor presentations
Professional presentation designer Jan Schultink worked for almost a decade with McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 500 CEOs about strategy. In this guest post, he provides advice on how to design investor presentations that create a strong impact.

Consider pre-releases — even when there’s no surprise
RESULTS pre-releases can help companies gain mindshare ahead of the busy quarterly reporting season, allay investor concerns and speculation — and help keep investors focused on strategic long-term plans.

Discussion: How to push social media for IR forward?
Patrick Kiss, Head of Investor & Public Relations at Deutsche EuroShop AG, sees a lack of progress in the use of social media for investor relations. He wonders if the time has come for IROs to take the next step and move beyond monitoring to active engagement — or potentially even withdraw to the sidelines.
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.

Annual reports for iPhones & iPads: hype or good idea?
Working in the online reporting field since 2001, Thomas Rosenmayr has a financial background as an equity analyst and holds an MBA from Vienna/Austria. He is the founder and CEO of Nexxar, a firm that focuses on producing online corporate reporting documents that take full advantage of web technologies to improve engagement through interactivity and [...]
Lights! Camera! Missed opportunity?
Guest Post by Luanne M. Wing INTERNET video is a phenomenon that is making overnight stars of start-up entrepreneurs. Innovative videos provide information, as well as compelling and creative visuals of products and services that may never have seen the light of day. Video morphs yesterday’s media of passive text and still photographs into captivating [...]