Sell-side research reports now in XBRL
NEW YORK-based broker Auerbach Grayson & Company, Inc., which specializes in providing global trade execution and research to leading US institutional investors, is providing its clients with a huge global library of equity research reports in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. The new offering, which the brokerage is offering at no charge to its [...]
The downside of suing stock analysts
BANKATLANTIC Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BBX) is embarking on a risky strategy by suing a veteran bank analyst for defamation and negligence after he included the company in a research report that ranked 107 U.S. financial institutions on the chances of them going bust. Yesterday, the bank holding company filed a lawsuit in the state court for [...]
Amid proxy fight, investors still love Applebee's IRO
By Dominic Jones BEHOLD Carol DiRaimo, vice president of investor relations for restaurant chain Applebee’s International, Inc. If I’m reading her National Investor Relations Institute board member bio right, that makes it four times in a row she’s been crowned the best investor relations officer in the mid- and small-cap category in the IR Magazine [...]
With a sell side like this, who needs enemies?
ANALYSTS at big brokerage firms are increasingly becoming short-term trading strategists for hedge fund clients rather than providers of research to longer-term investors, according to Bloomberg. Sell-side analysts are so busy chasing lucrative trading dollars from hedge funds that they don’t have time to even take calls from big mutual fund managers. “You have to [...]
Noteworthy list #10
Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this. Publications have to make a living some way. Stock Exchange Consolidation Stock Exchanges in a Rush to Forge Links With One Another What is unclear [...]
NASDAQ pushes firms to flout SEC web privacy rules
NASDAQ is pushing its listed companies to flout recently approved rules that bar them from tracking investors’ personal activity on websites hosting annual meeting materials under the e-proxy provisions. In a controversial proposal awaiting regulatory approval, the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. wants to bundle a number of shareholder communication services into the annual listing fees [...]
Pros and Cons of Options, Restricted Stock Analyzed
By IR Web Report Staff COMPENSATION at many companies is swinging away from stock options to restricted stock, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2005, S&P 500 firms cut options grants by 20% over the prior year and their value was 22% lower, according to Bear Stearns research. Nasdaq 100 companies, meanwhile, reduced options grants [...]
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