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Coming soon: SEC advice you can (maybe) understand

Coming soon: SEC advice you can (maybe) understand

By Dominic Jones on July 13, 2011

THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is going to train about 125 employees to write clearer advice for issuers and their lawyers – but investors are unlikely to benefit from the simpler prose.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged EDGAR, plain language, regulation, SEC filings

3 tips for simplifying your annual report

3 tips for simplifying your annual report

By Richard Ketchen on June 16, 2011

COMPLEXITY is unavoidable in today’s ever more complicated and sophisticated business environment. Much of the complexity in corporate reporting, however, is created by the sheer volume of disclosure. The solution? Thoughtful reduction to achieve simplicity.

Posted in Annual Reports, IR News | Tagged corporate reporting, plain language, Writing

How to manage the annual report tug-of-war

How to manage the annual report tug-of-war

By Richard Ketchen on November 29, 2010

LET’S start with hello and thank you. Greetings to IR Web Report followers – I’m hoping we won’t be strangers for long. And thanks to Dominic for asking me to be a contributor – I’m looking to helping you make IR Web Report an even more valuable resource.

Posted in Annual Reports | Tagged annual reports, communications, plain language, Writing

SEC's new guidance for websites imminent

By Dominic Jones on July 28, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is slated to consider publishing long-awaited new guidance governing how companies can use their websites to communicate with investors. According to a notice, the commission will meet Wednesday to consider publishing the “interpretive release” that is expected to address a number of important issues that could set precedents [...]

Posted in Articles, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged corporate reporting, corporate websites, disclosure documents, online annual reports, plain language, proxy statements, Quarterly Reporting, regulation fd, SEC, securities and exchange commission, web technology

SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system

By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.

Posted in Articles, Disclosure | Tagged e-proxy, EDGAR, ir department, ir departments, mandate, new york times, plain language, recommendation, retail investors, SEC filings, securities and exchange commission, stanford university, technology, us sec, XBRL

Writing for IR websites

By Dominic Jones on April 22, 2001

LONG tracts of gray text are unattractive in any format, but they are wholly off-putting on the Web. If you write important corporate information for public consumption, you need to adjust your writing style to address the unique requirements of online “readers.” The most important thing to know about writing for the Web is that [...]

Posted in Communications, Online IR | Tagged online communications, plain language, Web Writing, Writing

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