• About
  • Contacts
IR Web Report
  • Latest Posts
  • Categories
    • Web Disclosure
    • Annual Reports
    • Quarterly Reporting
    • Presentations
    • Social Media
    • IR Law
    • Governance
    • Shareholder Services
    • Video
    • Mobile
Browse: Home / Disclosure


Disclosure

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on February 22, 2011

REGULATION FD was designed to put an end to the practice of companies selectively disclosing material nonpublic information to certain market participants who could reasonably be expected to trade on the basis of that information or to provide others with advice about trading.

Posted in Law | Tagged Disclosure, regulation, regulation fd

CFA Institute releases executive pay report template

CFA Institute releases executive pay report template

By Dominic Jones on January 31, 2011

THE CFA Institute, the professional body that bestows the Chartered Financial Analyst designation on portfolio managers and analysts, has released a template for company executive compensation reports that it hopes will make annual pay disclosures “clearer and more relevant to investors.”

Posted in Corporate Governance, IR News | Tagged Compensation, Disclosure, executive pay, regulation

Rethinking UK smaller company funding

Rethinking UK smaller company funding

By David Brickell on January 13, 2011

BRIAN Basham is no stranger to street fighting in the City of London. For the former journalist, PR man and chairman of research house Equity Development, nearly five decades of entrepreneurial success, high jinks and legal battles have only fuelled his affection for British business.

Posted in IR News, Issues | Tagged capital formation, Disclosure, regulation, UK

Research points to lack of level playing field in Europe

By David Brickell on November 23, 2010

A TEAM of German researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt have published a study that finds evidence to suggest that corporate executives are sharing material, non-public information in private earnings calls and conferences with select groups of invited analysts.

Posted in Disclosure, Issues, Online IR | Tagged Disclosure, Europe, Quarterly Reporting, regulation, regulation fd, webcasting

Bloomberg grabs NetApp’s earnings early, second case in a week

Bloomberg grabs NetApp’s earnings early, second case in a week

By Dominic Jones on November 18, 2010

NETAPP Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) has become the second company in less than a week to have earnings information leaked from an unsecured area of its corporate website.

Posted in Issues, Online IR | Tagged Bloomberg, Disclosure, Disclosure leaks, Quarterly Reporting, security breaches

Investor relations can no longer ignore social media compliance risks

By Dominic Jones on April 20, 2010

INVESTOR RELATIONS professionals at hundreds of companies are exposing their firms to potential compliance risks because they have failed to play an active role in monitoring, managing and engaging in their companies’ activities on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Posted in Issues, Social Media | Tagged compliance, Disclosure, Facebook, regulation, regulation fd, social media, Twitter

A closer look at European IR websites

By Dominic Jones on October 27, 2006

COMPANYNEWS, a Paris-based newswire and IR services firm owned by the Euronext stock exchange, has published findings from their third study of European company investor relations websites. The study looked at 261 websites of companies in nine leading European indexes and evaluated each for their compliance with a list of criteria. While the study found [...]

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged Disclosure, IR Websites, regulation, surveys

Do Canada’s securities regulators condone selective disclosure?

By Dominic Jones on October 11, 2006

I WAS reading a hefty academic research report on the Canadian disclosure system when I came across something that stopped me dead in my tracks. The piece that caused my jaw to drop concerned Canada’s repository for regulatory filings. This is called SEDAR, and it’s a sad effort by the country’s provincial securities regulators to [...]

Posted in Disclosure, Issues | Tagged Canada, Disclosure, OSC, regulation, SEDAR

The perfect earnings release for 2006

By Dominic Jones on October 5, 2006

WHY do companies issue full-text earnings releases via newswire services? Except for bloating the bottom lines of the newswires, who actually benefits from this practice? Sun Microsystems Inc.’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz has written to the SEC to ask the same thing. I’ve chimed in with how I think companies could do away with certain types [...]

Posted in Issues, Online IR | Tagged advisory releases, Disclosure, pr wires, press releases, Quarterly Reporting, Web Disclosure

Websites and blogs should be approved for scheduled disclosures

By Dominic Jones on October 5, 2006

SUN Microsystems’ CEO Jonathan Schwartz has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission to argue that website postings should be recognized as full and fair disclosure under securities regulations. In essence, he is arguing that by posting material information on its website, a company achieves a level of dissemination equal to or better than that [...]

Posted in Disclosure, Online IR, Social Media | Tagged blogs, conference calls, Disclosure, earnings, EDGAR, pr wires, regulation, rss, SEC, Web Disclosure

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

Search the Site

Latest Stories

  • Survey finds social media gap between investors, companies
  • SEC’s social media guidance has devil in details
  • Crisis investor relations in the age of social media
  • Private meetings undermine fair disclosure, study finds
  • What makes a good annual report?
  • CEO pushes Reg FD limits on Twitter
  • For IROs, XBRL errors a wake-up call

Get Our Free Email Newsletter

Close
Note: We don't sell or rent our email list. Unsubscribe instructions come with each email.

Full Disclosure

All articles on IR Web Report are unpaid editorial. We do not charge a fee to outside contributors. Sponsors or advertisers are not automatically entitled to become contributors or receive editorial coverage. We accept contributors based on their individual expertise and experience. Contributors are required to disclose when they write about or refer to any company with which they have a business relationship, either directly or indirectly. If you believe that any contributor or IR Web Report is not living up this policy, please contact us or leave a comment on the relevant post. Editorial integrity is important to us and we take all complaints seriously.

Site Map

  • Home
  • Terms of Use
  • IR News
  • About
  • Contacts

Archives

  • 2013
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001

About IR Web Report

Founded in 2001, we are the world's leading source of information about online investor relations communications. Our core philosophy is that investors' needs must come first or companies' online communications efforts will fail to be effective. More about us

Follow @irwebreport
Feed Subscribe to feed

Copyright © 2001 - 2018 IR Web Reporting International Inc. By using this site you agree to the Terms of Use and our Privacy & Cookie Use Policy.