Cookie-cutter IR websites bad, says ex-insider
A FORMER employee of a large IR website vendor has written a damning insider’s account of how such firms bully their clients into buying off-the-shelf packages that fail to deliver value to companies and their investors. Lily Napier, who spent six years as a senior IR consultant for Hemscott, the UK equivalent of Thomson Financial [...]
Is Nasdaq Becoming a Major IR Services Player?
BY Dominic Jones AMERICA’S second-biggest stock exchange looks poised to become a major player in the investor relations services business after closing a deal to buy a newswire service. The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced September 1 that it had finalized the purchase of Los Angeles-based PrimeZone Media Network for an undisclosed sum. Added to [...]
WILink goes private, positions for growth
BY IR Web Report Staff NEW York-based private equity firm SV Investment Partners has completed the acquisition of annual report fulfillment and webcasting provider WILink plc. SV, formerly known as Schroder Ventures US, purchased the LSE-traded shares of WILink in a going private transaction. WILink, which claims more than 3,500 clients in 13 countries, competes [...]