Leveling a tilted playing field
Markets are truly wonderful things. When they work, they efficiently discover prices, assign value, impose penalties and reward...
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Reporting Archive
Companies must improve annual reports to fight short-termism
Companies are encouraging short-term thinking on the part of investors by issuing annual reports that neglect a long-term view and...
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Non-US companies communicate more clearly with US investors
Non-US companies communicate more clearly with US investors than their US counterparts, according to a study to be published in...
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Euronext to become independent in IPO
Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE) has started the IPO of its Euronext unit, saying it expects a market valuation of as much as...
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Unsponsored DR demand surges as investors seek European equities
Demand for new unsponsored DR programs has surged in the past year or so as investors, particularly fund managers in the US, seek...
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Return of the dragon: Chinese stocks making a US comeback
‘Chinese brains are just as good as theirs and this is the reason we dare to compete with the Americans,’ Jack Ma, founder of...
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Friday: not a good day to bury bad news
Managers with bad earnings news to report sometimes try to ‘hide’ it by announcing at times when they hope the market isn’t paying...
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LSE considers $3 bn Russell deal
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group has confirmed it is in talks over the acquisition of Russell Investments – the index...
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NYSE to eliminate several complex order types to rein in HFT
The owner of the NYSE will eliminate certain types of trading, calling on other exchanges to do the same, in a bid to help...
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New Zealand investors ‘daunted’ by IPO documents
Any renewed optimism surrounding the western IPO market may be hampered by investors not being able to understand the...
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