A weekly compilation of news from around the world of investor relations. Compiled and edited by Pam Agnew, ABC. Stock Funds in US See Largest Redemptions Since ’08 Investors pulled an estimated $132 billion from mutual funds that invest in US stocks, the fifth straight year of withdrawals for domestic funds. Bloomberg Hedge Funds End [...]
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A weekly compilation of news from around the world of investor relations. Compiled and edited by Pam Agnew, ABC. IR Service Provider of the Week Virtua Research: Developer of the Interactive Analyst Center (IAC), the most advanced module of interactive financials and graphing tools, exportable for investors, customized and controlled by IR professionals. Mohamed A. [...]
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, the New York Times M&A columnist, CNBC “Squawk Box” co-host and author of Too Big to Fail, says we’re kidding ourselves when we say we want corporate leaders to think long-term. The problem, he says, is all of us. “We are the ultimate ADD society,” Sorkin said today in a speech to [...]
As the new reality of “say on pay” votes by shareholders settles in, a guiding strategy for companies should be to have your own say. Investor relations professionals (and senior execs) need to learn how to communicate more clearly and proactively on pay and governance. By last week, 20 U.S. companies had lost (failed to get [...]
The April 2011 Harvard Business Review is “The Failure Issue” – with lots of good stories and lessons. In one, former Blockbuster CEO John Antioco talks about his run-in with activist investor Carl Icahn – and Icahn responds (both available here). Two different views emerge, as you might guess, from the corporate raider who calls Blockbuster “the [...]
A weekly compilation of news from around the world of investor relations. Compiled and edited by Pam Agnew, ABC. SEC Eyes Faster Disclosure for Activist Funds The Securities and Exchange Commission may soon require activist hedge fund managers to disclose more quickly the stakes they take in companies whose management they are trying to shake [...]
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As a non-lawyer I’ve wondered why so many companies – regardless of where they do business or actually are located – incorporate in Delaware. The little state that is barely a whistle-toot on a fast New York-to-Washington train ride practically makes an industry of playing host to corporations. More than 850,000 companies make their home [...]
A weekly compilation of news from around the world of investor relations. Compiled and edited by Pam Agnew, ABC. Precision IR Offers Investor Outreach Platform in Partnership With London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange Issuer Services will equip LSE-listed issuers with PrecisionIR’s PrecisionQT institutional investor targeting database, the Annual Report Service to reach retail [...]
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Effective corporate governance springs not so much from lists of rules as from the human element of relationships between boards of directors and top managers, according to a veteran director of companies such as Ford Motor and Estée Lauder. Irv Hockaday, former president and CEO of Hallmark Cards (and Kansas City Southern before that), spoke today at [...]
THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators is this month launching new Apple iPad software for directors that it says is “aimed at bringing the boardroom into the 21st century by moving board papers into the digital realm.” “This will really change things”, says Mike Evans, ICSA Software’s CEO. “Directors no longer need be burdened [...]
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