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No changes please, we're PR Newswire's Disclosure Advisory Board

By Dominic Jones on August 21, 2008

PR NEWSWIRE has trotted out its Disclosure Advisory Board (DAB) to say that they do not see companies changing their disclosure practices any time soon in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent guidance for company websites. They have issued a statement that basically calls for companies to continue to use the [...]

Posted in Articles, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged corporate communications, credibility, disclosure practices, genesis inc, goldman sachs, individual investors, Internet, Lou Thompson, Mark Hynes, new york stock exchange, notice-and-access, pr newswire, rss, SEC, securities and exchange commission

SEC's new guidance for websites and blogs posted

By Dominic Jones on August 2, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its 47-page interpretive release that explains how companies can use their websites and blogs to meet its requirements for public disclosure under Regulation FD. Here’s a Scribd version of the complete release, which can also be downloaded in PDF from the SEC’s website. See my initial [...]

Posted in Annual Reports, Articles, Corporate Governance, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged blogs, Compensation, disclosure documents, earnings, EDGAR, electronic delivery, feedback, feeds, finance, financial information, financial reporting, forums, insider trading, Internet, investor relations website, law, management, market participants, new york stock exchange, newswires, nyse, proxy statement, Quarterly Reporting, rss, SEC, securities, securities act, securities and exchange commission, strategy, technology, usability, XBRL, XML

US firms love e-proxy savings, but at what cost?

By Dominic Jones on June 9, 2008

DESPITE the risk that they might be reaping short-term gains while laying the foundation for long-term pain, 566 US companies used notice-only e-proxy mailings for their shareholder meetings by the end of April. According to figures compiled by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., companies have saved about $132 million through lower print and mailing costs. Unfortunately, [...]

Posted in Annual Reports, Articles, Corporate Governance | Tagged annual meeting, annual meetings, broadridge financial solutions inc, director elections, e-proxy, new york stock exchange, proxy statement, proxy statements, retail investor, retail investors, retail shareholders, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder meetings, technology

An analogy that's hard to miss

By Dominic Jones on April 22, 2008

WHERE can you legally stuff the ballot boxes with votes from people who do not actually cast ballots? Where can you cling to your position by having those votes push you to a majority? Why, in America, of course. This happens in elections of corporate directors under something called broker non-votes, which the New York [...]

Posted in Articles, Corporate Governance | Tagged corporate directors, new york stock exchange, nyse, SEC, securities and exchange commission

Is there a disclosure issue here?

By Dominic Jones on April 4, 2008

TAKE a look at these news releases put out this week by two New York Stock Exchange-listed companies about awards they’ve received for their investor relations websites and their disclosure practices. The first is from Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligents SA, the airline firm listed on the NYSE under the symbol GOL. SAO PAULO, Brazil, April [...]

Posted in Articles, Communications, Corporate Governance, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged Bloomberg, disclosure practices, finance, financial communications, management, new york stock exchange, news releases, SEC, yahoo

NYSE in disclosure dark ages

By Dominic Jones on February 14, 2007

WHAT year is it? If you spend your life with your head buried in the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) Listed Company Manual, you might be in a 10-year time warp. Last week, the NYSE issued reminder letters to its listed companies about their disclosure obligations this annual meeting season. Those letters, one for U.S. [...]

Posted in Disclosure, Online IR | Tagged new york stock exchange, pr newswire, regulation, rss, SEC

NYSE-TSE pact underscores need for global IR

By Dominic Jones on February 1, 2007

THIS shouldn’t be news to anyone in the investor relations field, but the globalization of investor relations keeps rolling on apace as stock exchanges continue to link up. A key component of the cooperation agreement between the New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced yesterday is helping listed companies reach investors in [...]

Posted in Investor Relations | Tagged international IR, new york stock exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange

For-profit stock exchanges abusing their power

By Dominic Jones on January 22, 2007

THE inherent conflict of interest between stock exchanges’ unique regulatory status and their new standing as for-profit companies is causing problems for US regulators. Critics are questioning separate proposals by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ to raise fees for services that are mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the exchanges’ [...]

Posted in Investor Relations, IR News | Tagged nasdaq, NASDAQ OMX, new york stock exchange, news releases, SEC, shareholder.com

Another newswire sold! Sixth deal this year.

By Dominic Jones on December 22, 2006

IN THE sixth newswire deal this year, Canada’s second largest news release distributor CCNMatthews is being acquired by the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. The cash deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will also see Manulife Capital, the private equity group of insurer Manulife Financial, take a minority stake. CCNMatthews, which [...]

Posted in IR News | Tagged Hugin ASA, Market Wire, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, news releases, pr wires, United Business Media, Warren Buffett

Newswires Selling Like Hot Cakes

By Dominic Jones on December 12, 2006

EURONEXT NV, which is set to be acquired by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has strengthened its position in the corporate newswire business by acquiring Hugin ASA of Norway. The move means that the NYSE will join its US rival Nasdaq as the proud owner of a newswire service. In September, Nasdaq acquired PrimeZone, [...]

Posted in IR News | Tagged Euronext NV, Hugin ASA, NASDAQ OMX, new york stock exchange, pr newswire, rss, SEC

Why boards must get web savvy

By Dominic Jones on October 30, 2006

AS the power struggle between big shareholder groups and powerful business interest seems destined to intensify, corporate boards must move to strengthen their communication capabilities or risk being sidelined in the debate. The battle lines are being drawn between institutional investors determined to gain greater access to corporate boards and the business lobby rallying to [...]

Posted in Corporate Governance | Tagged e-proxy, law, management, New York, new york stock exchange, online communications, SEC, securities, shareholder communications

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