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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

CEO pushes Reg FD limits on Twitter

CEO pushes Reg FD limits on Twitter

By Dominic Jones on September 15, 2011

ALAN Meckler, CEO of WebMediaBrands Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBM), may be single-handedly redefining how corporate executives in the buttoned-down world of public companies communicate with their investors.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged regulation fd, Twitter, Web Disclosure

Stats show PR wires less effective than company web channels

Stats show PR wires less effective than company web channels

By Dominic Jones on June 3, 2011

STATISTICS from trackable links in company press releases suggest that even small companies’ websites are the most heavily used sources for financial disclosure information and that dissemination via PR wire services is mostly ignored by investors.

Posted in IR News | Tagged pr wires, regulation fd, social media, 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

Can a tweet meet the SEC’s Fair Disclosure rules?

Can a tweet meet the SEC’s Fair Disclosure rules?

By Dominic Jones on May 11, 2011

AS MORE companies and their executives begin to use Twitter in their investor relations communications, regulatory issues are becoming a pressing concern for IR professionals and in-house counsel.

Posted in IR News, Law, Social Media | Tagged regulation fd, Twitter

Regulation FD: learn from prior SEC cases

Regulation FD: learn from prior SEC cases

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on April 11, 2011

WHEN business communicators think about disclosure rules, they typically worry most about Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) – but for all the angst this particular regulation causes, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s list of enforcement actions is surprisingly short.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged regulation, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on February 22, 2011

REGULATION FD was designed to put an end to the practice of companies selectively disclosing material nonpublic information to certain market participants who could reasonably be expected to trade on the basis of that information or to provide others with advice about trading.

Posted in Law | Tagged Disclosure, regulation, regulation fd

Earnings calls “intrinsically public,” says transcript service

Earnings calls “intrinsically public,” says transcript service

By Dominic Jones on February 21, 2011

SEEKING Alpha CEO David Jackson, whose company ranks as the largest provider of free earnings call transcripts, says companies have no grounds to claim copyright over their calls.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged copyright, earnings calls, Europe, regulation fd, transcripts, transparency, US

Swatch sues Bloomberg, opens can of worms

Swatch sues Bloomberg, opens can of worms

By Dominic Jones on February 18, 2011

SWISS watch company Swatch Group AG is suing Bloomberg for distributing a recording and transcript of its latest earnings call, but the case could have unintended consequences for the company and its European peers.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged earnings calls, Europe, regulation fd, Rule 12g3-2(b)

How do you know if information is material?

How do you know if information is material?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on January 21, 2011

Deciding whether a particular piece of information is material is probably one of the most difficult aspects of complying with Regulation FD.

Posted in Law | Tagged materiality, regulation fd

Google CEO shows how to step down, social media style

Google CEO shows how to step down, social media style

By Dominic Jones on January 21, 2011

WHEN Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt announced that he was stepping aside from the top management job at the company, he did so in a way that provides a blueprint for the use of social media in official public company disclosures.

Posted in IR News | Tagged blogs, regulation fd, Twitter, Web Disclosure

Apple’s earnings release goes missing — and nobody notices

Apple’s earnings release goes missing — and nobody notices

By Dominic Jones on January 20, 2011

IF AN earnings release distributed by a PR wire on behalf of the world’s most-watched public company fails to arrive on the world’s biggest investing website and no one notices, does anyone pay attention to press releases anymore?

Posted in IR News | Tagged regulation fd, Web Disclosure, Yahoo Finance

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

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