Private matters at NASDAQ
Little more than a decade after NASDAQ self-listed and began trading on the OTC bulletin board, the electronic exchange is going...
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Reporting Archive
IIRC publishes draft International Integrated Reporting Framework
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has published a draft version of its new International Integrated Reporting...
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Research Section: Consensus earnings estimates
The global investment community judges stock price performance against analysts’ consensus earnings estimates so any small...
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Banco do Brasil to sell insurance unit in biggest IPO of 2013
Banco do Brasil, Brazil’s state-run bank, says it plans to spin off its insurance and pension unit for R$12 bn ($6 bn), making it...
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Guiding principles
When the likes of Unilever, Coca-Cola or Google stop furnishing earnings guidance, the strategic about-face makes headlines. Some...
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Global IPO proceeds surge in Q1
Global IPO issuance soared in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, as growing IPO activity in North...
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NASDAQ to pay $62 mn in compensation over Facebook IPO
US stock exchange NASDAQ has received approval from the SEC to pay Facebook investors a total of $62 mn for losses suffered as a...
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What do investors want from guidance?
If there’s one thing the investment community agrees on in relation to guidance, it’s the fundamentals: it wants something...
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IR Papers: Quiz edition
1. Which of these five countries is the clear leader in terms of corporate governance?(a) Qatar(b) Kuwait(c) UAE(d) Bahrain(e)...
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In receipt of good service
With the flood of global IPOs having slowed to a trickle, the four major DR providers – BNY Mellon, JPMorgan, Citi and Deutsche...
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