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. At the heart of the issue is whether large investors glean valuable information not available to other investors when they [...]
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SPARE a thought today for the investor relations and communications professionals at technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). They have probably had little sleep after rushing to prepare the company’s Q2 earnings materials two trading sessions earlier than planned after leaks of internal management memos to the media warning of tough business conditions. The company’s [...]
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XBRL US Labs, the research arm of the XBRL US consortium, recently released a tool to show how data reported in eXtensible Business Reporting Language can be compiled within minutes of being posted on EDGAR and then presented in a way that makes analysis simple and visually interesting. The XBRL US ‘gadget’ allows users to [...]
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As an investor relations person, I love this time of year. I enjoy working on clients’ year-end reporting, of course – but it’s also a time when I get to experience IR from the other side, as a member of the audience. Believe me when I say I am a small shareholder of a few [...]
What do you know about your wire service’s SEO practices? How big are the opportunities for brands and social media during March Madness? (A Google search for “March Madness” + “social media” returns nearly 2 million results.) On the off chance you missed Rebecca Black blowing up the internet this week, you missed a great [...]
The Canadian Investor Relations Institute CIRI declares full text press releases as requisite for “full and fair” disclosure.
WHEN you work with eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) on a daily basis like I do, it’s easy to forget – and sometimes a little disconcerting — that most people don’t share your enthusiasm for the standard and its potential. In fact, it’s probably fair to say that the vast majority of people either (a) [...]
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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. Once material information becomes public, however, a subsequent selective disclosure — such [...]
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AMERICAN businesses affected by Sarbanes-Oxley legislation still vividly remember the days leading up to the deadline for SOX 404 compliance back in 2004/2005, and the vast army of internal control specialists that were mobilized — at sometimes eye-watering rates — to help filers meet their Section 404 requirements. The SEC estimated that the average cost [...]
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Narrow web disclosure practices are giving an unfair advantage to institutional investors at the expense of retail investors. Business Wire’s Neil Hershberg takes a look at the implications.
