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• The Insanity of it All

  Not much has happened in the financial markets over the past 10 days (he said sarcastically): - Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old investment banking powerhouse, filed for bankruptcy protection. It is the largest bankruptcy in US history. - Bank of America Read More... Posted 23 September 2008 15:49 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much?

  Barack Obama announced today that he wants shareholders to be heard when it comes to executive compensation . During periods of economic turmoil and downward moving stock prices we always see executive compensation come to the forefront as a topic. When Read More... Posted 11 April 2008 19:20 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Does the SEC Go Too Far?

  In case anyone hasn’t noticed, more and more North American companies are choosing to go abroad to raise capital via an IPO (initial public offering). Why? It’s clearly due to the burden of the strict regulatory environment in North America. Put simply, Read More... Posted 14 December 2007 13:08 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Corporate Governance

• To Guide or Not to Guide

  The offering of financial guidance by publicly traded companies has become a hotly debated topic. Some companies offer quarterly financial guidance on revenue, earnings, and other meaningful financial metrics. Other companies offer no financial guidance Read More... Posted 23 October 2007 15:22 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Financial Analysts, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Blog Action Day – Investor Relations

  Today is Blog Action Day – a day when bloggers throughout the world blog about the environment. Who knew? Blogging about the environment from an investor relations perspective isn’t simple, but there are aspects we can touch on. So here I go. Something Read More... Posted 15 October 2007 19:08 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Financial Analysts, Corporate Governance

• Shhhhh – It’s Quiet Period

  Prior to IPOs and any financial results announcement companies go through what is usually called a “quiet period”. Quiet periods are designed so that members of company management don’t engage in what is called selective and unfair disclosure. Selective Read More... Posted 28 September 2007 17:46 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• The Hunt for Insider Trading

  Is good corporate governance just a bunch of hype? Are regulators serious about cracking down on those who don’t follow the rules? Apparently the SEC is. Since April 2006, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading-related Read More... Posted 19 September 2007 18:54 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Every “I” Dotted, Every “T” Crossed

  This week I had the pleasure of spending some time with two senior executives of CNW Group , a major Canadian news and information publication company. The CEO, Tom Enright, made an interesting observation about this year’s Q2 financial reporting season. Read More... Posted 03 August 2007 16:29 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Should CEOs Blog?

  I was asked recently to comment on the topic of CEOs having blogs and the implications on disclosure and investor relations. In short, I think blogging is a great way for the head of a company to communicate with a variety of key stakeholders (customers, Read More... Posted 31 July 2007 17:54 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Thumbs Down

  This week I was directed toward two companies that have some basic investor relations issues. One was a company that posted analyst reports on its website, a well known “no-no” in IR land. When you post analyst reports you are endorsing what is said in Read More... Posted 27 July 2007 17:39 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• This Just In – CEOs Are Human...

  And humans make mistakes. Yesterday, business newswires throughout the world had a field day when word surfaced that Whole Foods’ CEO, John Mackey, had posted comments about his company on the Yahoo Finance message board under a pseudonym - something Read More... Posted 13 July 2007 18:50 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Gaps in Mandatory Disclosure

  Last week, the front page of Canada’s Globe & Mail Report on Business section reported that 23 per cent of TSX Venture Exchange companies surveyed violated new corporate governance standards. Specifically, the issues were around mandatory disclosure Read More... Posted 09 July 2007 14:53 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Corporate Governance