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Sell-side research reports now in XBRL

By Dominic Jones on July 29, 2008

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 [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged analyst, gaap, institutional investors, portfolio manager, portfolio managers, SEC, SEC filings, securities and exchange commission, technology, XBRL

The downside of suing stock analysts

By Dominic Jones on July 22, 2008

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 [...]

Posted in Articles, Investor Relations | Tagged analyst, Bloomberg, nyse, securities, strategy, The Street, wall street journal

Amid proxy fight, investors still love Applebee's IRO

By Dominic Jones on March 31, 2007

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 [...]

Posted in Articles, Investor Relations | Tagged analyst, blogs, Darden Restaurants Inc., earnings, finance, Kansas, management, New York, NIRI, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, shareholder relations, stocks, yahoo

With a sell side like this, who needs enemies?

By Dominic Jones on March 5, 2007

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 [...]

Posted in Investor Relations | Tagged analyst, Bloomberg, conference calls, Greenwich Associates, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., management, merrill lynch, New York, UBS

Noteworthy list #10

By Dominic Jones on February 23, 2007

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 [...]

Posted in Articles, Communications, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged Aflac, Allianz, analyst, blogs, conference calls, General Electric, Japan, law, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., London Stock Exchange, management, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Milwaukee, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, Siemens AG, stocks, Tokyo Stock Exchange

NASDAQ pushes firms to flout SEC web privacy rules

By Dominic Jones on January 14, 2007

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 [...]

Posted in Articles, Disclosure | Tagged ADP, analyst, conference calls, e-proxy, Investis, Jakob Nielsen, JPMorgan Chase & Co, law, management, morgan stanley, nasdaq, nasdaq stock market inc, Netflix, Palm Inc., PDF, printing, privacy, QUALCOMM Inc., Questar, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, The Western Union Co., thomson financial, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, usability, VeriSign Inc., web privacy, web usability, Zimmer Holdings

Pros and Cons of Options, Restricted Stock Analyzed

By Dominic Jones on August 27, 2006

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 [...]

Posted in Disclosure, Issues | Tagged analyst, Disclosure, financial reporting, Jack Ciesielski, nasdaq

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