Can a tweet meet the SEC’s Fair Disclosure rules?
AS MORE companies and their executives begin to use Twitter in their investor relations communications, regulatory issues are becoming a pressing concern for IR professionals and in-house counsel.
European investment pros mixed on social media
AMID the hype that often surrounds the use of social media in investor relations comes a new survey that provides a valuable dose of reality on the adoption of new media by European investment professionals.
How Citigroup uses social media in its quarterly reporting
Updated: See update at end of post. BIG American banks are hardly innovators in the field of online investor relations communications, but Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) is breaking the mold by incorporating social media into its quarterly reporting.
How SCA increased its web profile by 50%
INTERNATIONAL hygiene, paper and forest products company Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) has released information showing that one-third of traffic to the company’s web channels now occurs on the social web while overall traffic has jumped 50% since the company started using social media.
Social media investor relations reaches tipping point
IT HAS become a tradition of sorts that quarterly earnings season kicks off when aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) reports its results. That’s still the case but it now comes with a twist that shows just how entrenched social media has become in the US corporate reporting scene.
Demand for Twitter hedge fund exceeds expectations
A HEDGE fund that plans to use Twitter sentiment to predict the stock market has seen so much demand from investors that it has been forced to delay its launch and change its corporate structure to accommodate more investors, according to one of its founders.
NASDAQ OMX Nordic regulator discusses social media
COMPLIANCE risk is the most common reason given by investor relations professionals in Scandinavia to explain why they do not use social media, and various discussions and events that have tackled the topic haven’t helped to give them more comfort.
StockTwits hires Yahoo! Finance exec as traffic surges
STOCKTWITS, the investor-focused microblogging service that is attracting a growing number of investor relations users, has hired an executive from Yahoo! Finance to lead product development as traffic to the service has more than doubled in the past three months.
Sharp rise in financial pros using social media for news
A NEW survey has found a sharp increase in the proportion of US financial professionals who are using social media for business purposes, with news monitoring and sharing ranking as the most popular activity.
As LinkedIn hits 100m users, soup company stands out
PROFESSIONAL social network LinkedIn has reached more than 100 million users and released some surprising facts, including which companies are most connected to the site.
PGi makes investor relations social
WHILE many companies are using social media to push out investor relations information, global conferencing firm PGi (NYSE: PGI) is among a rare few that is also using social media in two-way conversations with investors.
Surprise as investor relations YouTube video goes viral
A VIDEO produced for Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE:GLW) Investor Day last month has become the most-watched corporate video of all time on YouTube with more than 8.8 million views.
Deutsche EuroShop integrates social media into investor relations website
DEUTSCHE EuroShop AG (DES), a Germany-based mid-cap company that invests in shopping malls across Europe, recently redesigned their corporate website to place a strong emphasis on social media as a way to improve communication with investors and other stakeholders.
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