
CEOs and CFOs rocking YouTube: 10 examples
SHEDDING their starchy images, public company chief executives and chief financial officers are increasingly turning to the popular video sharing service YouTube to tell their firms’ investment stories.

Investors applaud CEO’s “live TV” webcast
UK-BASED Software Radio Technology (SRT), which trades on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market for smaller companies, is being lauded for breaking new ground in its investor relations efforts by hosting a live video webcast to answer questions from retail investors.

Netflix web earnings release shines amid huge volume
NETFLIX Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) yesterday released its earnings results via its investor relations website for the first time – and despite intense market interest the process went off without a hitch.

Study: Analysts expect more from Turkish IR websites
A STUDY has found a gap between what financial analysts rate as most important and what companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) actually provide on their investor relations websites.

Is SEC’s “prohibition on cookies” crimping US web reports?
FOR every new securities rule, there seems to be an unintended consequence. But one set of rules — the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) E-Proxy requirements – has had more than its fair share of negative outcomes.

Advanced tools for great online annual reports
WEB technology offers companies the ability to transform their dense annual financial disclosure documents into valuable online resources that both current and prospective investors and analysts will gain utility from all year round.

Netflix latest to join web disclosure trend
NETFLIX, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) will become the latest in a growing list of companies to use its website as its primary channel for financial disclosure when it publishes its fourth-quarter results later this month.

Compendium of IR website best practices published
DESPITE major advances in web technologies over the past few years, most investor relations websites are little different from what they were a decade ago.

Outotec’s mid-quarter CEO webcasts improve access
WITH company executives and their investor relations departments under pressure to allocate more time to meeting with investors and analysts at home and on the road, wouldn’t it be nice to lessen the burden while making access to management fairer at the same time?

Social media advice for IR in 2011: use your own website
A COUPLE of weeks ago, investor relations pro Patrick Kiss wondered why IR has been slow to adopt social media and what can be done to “move things forward”.

Companies reap millions for IR from ADR banks
US-BASED depositary banks competing to secure lucrative exclusivity deals for companies’ ADR programs are offering multi-million dollar incentive payments to cover everything from Sarbanes-Oxley compliance audits to hotel bills and travel expenses.

Reuters distributes press releases in editorial feed
IN AN unconventional move that blurs the lines between journalism and public relations, Reuters is now distributing press releases of its parent company’s corporate clients in its editorial feed to Yahoo! Finance, the world’s most popular investing website.