Review: Thomson’s IR website upgrades
THOMSON FINANCIAL, the 800-pound gorilla of corporate investor relations services, recently rolled out new features for its hosted investor relations website product that it promises will “transform” IR websites and improve their “user experience.” In this review, I assess each of the new features and provide my research-based, unbiased opinion on whether they are good, [...]
Task force urges ambitious paperless disclosure model for Canada
A PRIVATE-SECTOR task force has urged Canada’s securities regulators to scrap all print delivery requirements and move to a completely electronic system based on access equals delivery principles. Established by the Investment Dealers’ Association, a self-regulatory organization for the securities industry, the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada does not have any regulatory [...]