In the wake of pandemic disruption, more issuers than ever held virtual shareholder meetings (VSMs) in 2020. Taking advantage of the latest technologies, companies found that VSMs can maximize convenience and create a rewarding shareholder experience. The cost savings were a great perk, too.
But there’s another side of the story we don’t usually talk about: VSMs generate significantly lower carbon emissions than in-person meetings. This is especially importan...
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Imagine an annual-report experience where you walk into a virtual library and select different sections to read by hand, while sophisticated animations bring to life concepts like the business model or corporate purpose.
That could be the future of corporate reporting, according to a new report by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC). ...
Marcus Driller, vice president of corporate at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, has been doing what many of us today can only dream of: meeting people face to face.
The company, based in Auckland, New Zealand, began holding in-person investor meetings again in early 2021, offering a view on how things might work for the rest of the world as va...
While the events of the last couple of weeks have prompted many IR professionals to create Reddit accounts and browse the world of investing sub-Reddits, three IR professionals are experimenting with the other hot social media platform: Clubhouse.
Unlike Reddit, where members and non-members alike can read the posts made by ...
Robinhood users have filed a class action lawsuit against the broker – popular with millennials as one of the first commission-free investing apps – alleging ‘market manipulation’ after it suspended users from buying shares in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and 11 other companies.
Earlier this week, members of the WallStreetBets sub-Reddit saw a months-long plan to outfox short-sellers come to fruition. The share prices of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, BlackBe...
As savvy Reddit users continue to drive up the price of companies like GameStop, AMC Entertainment and BlackBerry and squeeze out short-sellers, calls for regulatory oversight mount.
GameStop’s share price has increased by around 1,745 percent since the beginning of this year, while AMC Entertainment’s stock grew 301 percent yesterday (January 27) alone. As Alex Kirshner wri...
– Intel was this week forced to publish its earnings earlier than planned, reported Bloomberg. The company is looking into whether someone gained early access to part of its earnings announcement on Thursday, and said in a statement: ‘We are investigating reports that non-authorized access may have been obtained to one graphic in our earnings...
CEOs who discuss a wide range of topics on social media, from their personal life to business matters and social issues, are most likely to attract an online following, according to a new study from FTI Consulting.
The research finds more than 40 percent of CEOs at FTSE 100, CAC 40 and DAX 30 companies are activ...
HP’s 2020 virtual AGM was not its first rodeo – the company has been holding its annual shareholder meetings online since 2015. But there was a wrinkle: HP was the subject of a proxy contest and hostile tender offer brought by Xerox Corporation.
HP was planning to hold an in-person AGM in late spring because of the technical and procedural limitations associated with a proxy contest, which typically do not allow the issue to be resolved via a virtual meeting. HP...
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This year several IR trends – from changes on the sell side as a result of Mifid II to greater competition for capital and an increasing focus on ESG – combined with a global pandemic, pushing a traditionally tech-cautious IR community to really embrace the online tools at its disposal.
As Covid-19 swept us all into a virtual world, James Tickner, assistant vice president and head of product and analytics at Nasdaq IR Intelligen...