If you haven’t read this recent post: ‘Social Media and Investor Relations: A Match Made for the Dodd-Frank Era’ you should.  It really resonated with us – so much so I’m going to highlight the three-pronged approach, which the authors propose to help companies meet the challenges raised by Dodd-Frank and the speed with which information travels largely brought on by the increased use of social media in the online universe.

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On April 15th, Google issued an advisory release that instructed people to visit their IR website for their earnings and also included the following statement:
Google intends to make future announcements regarding its financial performance exclusively through its investor relations website.
Google is able to do this based on the SEC guidance from Aug 2008 regarding the use of websites for disclosure. This guidance states that under certain circumstances, companies can rely on their websites and blogs to meet public disclosure requirements under Reg FD.
As we all remember all too well, shortly …

On Friday August 14, 2009 the SEC released Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations regarding Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg.FD). The following post is a direct lift from the SEC website: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/regfd-interp.htm
Regulation FD
Last Update: August 14, 2009
These Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) comprise the Division’s interpretations of Regulation FD. Some of these C&DIs were first published in prior Division publications and have been revised in some cases. The bracketed date following each C&DI is the latest date of publication or revision.
Section 101. Rule 100: General Rule Regarding Selective Disclosure
Question 101.01
Question: Can an issuer …

I attended an interesting CIRI (Canadian Investor Relations Institute) round-table luncheon yesterday, and the topic of discussion was Understanding how the buy-side makes decisions . The format of the session was great; it was almost entirely Q&A and provided the opportunity for participants to openly dialogue with the speakers.  The panelists were Stephanie Griffiths, Lead Portfolio Manager for Mackenzie Ivy Enterprise Fund, and Craig MacAdam, Portfolio Manager with the Aurion Capital equity team. Both were frank and concise in their answers, and while much of the information they provided was …

January always inspires retrospectives on the good, the bad and the ugly of the previous year  could you ever run out of content for 2008?
The 2008 Year in Review � Securities Litigation and Enforcement, is the first of a regular webcast series on related topics from Securities Docket(an online publication that tracks securities litigation and enforcement developments on a global basis).
This one hour presentation touches on all the big stories: the financial crisis; Siemens bribery; Mark Cuban and a host of other litigations (both successful and not); the Madoff scandal …

The new Reg. FD guidance governing web disclosure has underlined the importance of the corporate web site as a primary source of information for investors and the capital markets. As more issuers look to fully leverage web technologies to meet compliance requirements, the need for integrated disclosure controls and comprehensive records becomes increasingly important.
Determining the best approach to these requirements should not be something delegated to the web master or IT department (although they will ultimately be involved). These are communications, compliance and risk management issues – requiring the involvement of …

Yesterday, I submitted the following letter to the SEC regarding our comments on the latest Reg. FD guidance.  
To view a complete list of all the comments submitted go here: http://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-23-08/s72308.shtml
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November 5, 2008
Florence E. Harmon
Acting Secretary
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549-1090
Re: Commission Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites (the guidance)
File No. S7-23-08

Dear Ms. Harmon,
This letter is in response to the request for comments on the Commission Guidance regarding the Use of Company Web Sites under Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg. FD). To give you some …

We attended a NIRI webcast on Tuesday on how to improve your IR website based on the SEC’s recommendations regarding the web site as “public disclosure” for the purposes of Reg FD.
There was a lot of information crammed into the 1 hour session – the first 20 minutes or so was basically a summary of the SEC guidelines that were released on Aug 1.  A bit dry to be honest, but the “Do’s and Don’t’s” portion that followed was likely beneficial to attending folks who aren’t as familiar with the new …

Yesterday I posted about the importance of the controls over the vehicle in which corporate disclosure is distributed.As I mentioned, it wasn’t supposed to be about plugging our products, but as I was creating the post using Q4 PRESS I took a few screen shots throughout to be able to demonstrate how simple it was.  Read more to see how simple it is to satisfy Reg FD for blog content with Q4 PRESS.
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The other day I came across a Tweet from Tom Becktold at BusinessWire:
becktold From IR Magazine: Perils in relying on company website as primary channel http://tinyurl.com/6qnlx9 about 3 hours ago from web
I’m always interested to see what IR Magazine has to say so I checked it out. I was disappointed to see the article was based on a “study” from The Equity Group that says the majority of security lawyers don’t support web-site disclosure. I dug in more and found the press release that the article was based on. 
Here are …