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Private meetings undermine fair disclosure, study finds

Private meetings undermine fair disclosure, study finds

By Pam Agnew on November 30, 2011

A NEW study has found significant evidence that hedge funds benefit from information they obtain in private meetings with company executives, adding to mounting research suggesting that selective access to management undermines regulators’ fair disclosure objectives.

Posted in Disclosure, IR News, Issues | Tagged corporate access, executive communications, regulation fd, selective disclosure

Will Netflix CEO Hastings usher in a new era for investor relations?

Will Netflix CEO Hastings usher in a new era for investor relations?

By Ezra Marbach on August 2, 2011

REED HASTINGS, CEO of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a remarkable entrepreneur. He founded a DVD-by-mail business in the late ‘90s that now boasts 25+ million subs and is disrupting the media and entertainment industries.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged executive communications, Netflix, Quarterly Reporting, Reed Hastings, Web Disclosure

Is “Regulation Fair Access” next for investor relations?

Is “Regulation Fair Access” next for investor relations?

By Dominic Jones on May 18, 2011

AMID deep public distrust of all things Wall Street, regulators are coming under growing pressure to act against the billion-dollar business of private meetings between corporate executives and an elite group of traders and analysts.

Posted in Corporate Governance, Disclosure, Editor's Blog, IR News | Tagged corporate access, executive communications, regulation fd

At Coca-Cola, investors get less say than Facebook fans

At Coca-Cola, investors get less say than Facebook fans

By Dominic Jones on March 15, 2011

FOR its annual meeting this year, the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is inviting investors to visit its first-ever online “shareowner forum” on a special password-protected website.

Posted in Corporate Governance | Tagged annual meetings, executive communications, Shareholder Forums

PotashCorp wants you to “Like” its pay disclosures

PotashCorp wants you to “Like” its pay disclosures

By Dominic Jones on March 4, 2011

FERTILIZER giant PotashCorp (TSE, NYSE:POT) is tackling the touchy topic of executive pay with a web-based communication campaign that includes a shareholder survey, a series of videos, and pay disclosures you can easily tweet or Like on Facebook.

Posted in Corporate Governance | Tagged annual meetings, executive communications, executive pay, say-on-pay

After CEO’s blog post, Netflix short-seller changes mind

After CEO’s blog post, Netflix short-seller changes mind

By Dominic Jones on February 12, 2011

THE short-seller whose negative treatise against Netflix inc (NASDAQ:  NFLX) prompted the company’s CEO to pen a controversial rebuttal in a blog post has covered his short position in the top-performing stock.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged executive communications, Netflix, Reed Hastings, Seeking Alpha, short selling, Whitney Tilson

CEOs and CFOs rocking YouTube: 10 examples

CEOs and CFOs rocking YouTube: 10 examples

By Dominic Jones on February 10, 2011

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.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged Content Sharing, executive communications, Video

Investors applaud CEO’s “live TV” webcast

Investors applaud CEO’s “live TV” webcast

By Dominic Jones on January 30, 2011

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.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged Europe, executive communications, UK, Video, webcasting

Communicating executive pay information on the web

Communicating executive pay information on the web

By Dominic Jones on January 26, 2011

NOW that US shareholders have a formal way to express their opinions on companies’ executive compensation practices, forward-thinking governance and investor relations professionals might want to think about using the web to tell their companies’ compensation stories.

Posted in Corporate Governance | Tagged blogs, Compensation, executive communications, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

Designing investor presentations

Designing investor presentations

By Guest Contributor on January 21, 2011

Professional presentation designer Jan Schultink worked for almost a decade with McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 500 CEOs about strategy. In this guest post, he provides advice on how to design investor presentations that create a strong impact.

Posted in Best Practice, Communications | Tagged design, executive communications, Presentations

Netflix latest to join web disclosure trend

Netflix latest to join web disclosure trend

By Dominic Jones on January 13, 2011

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.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged executive communications, Quarterly Reporting, regulation fd, Web Disclosure

Outotec’s mid-quarter CEO webcasts improve access

Outotec’s mid-quarter CEO webcasts improve access

By Dominic Jones on January 12, 2011

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?

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged executive communications, Video, webcasting

Summary: Reaction to Netflix CEO’s blog response to short-seller

Summary: Reaction to Netflix CEO’s blog response to short-seller

By Dominic Jones on December 20, 2010

WHEN Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings personally responded to a short-seller’s treatise against his company in a Seeking Alpha blog post, he single-handedly upended investor relations convention.

Posted in Social Media | Tagged executive communications, Netflix, Reed Hastings, Seeking Alpha, short selling, Whitney Tilson

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