May’s Must Reads For MicroCap Investor Relations Teams
We know microcap investor relations professionals are busy. To help out our microcap IR friends (and all of our other microcap readers), we summarized some of our most popular microcap investor relations posts from May below!
Should MicroCaps List a Specific Named IR Contact on Their Website?
May 1, 2017
A recent analysis by IR Magazine revealed that “The S&P 100 is split exactly down the middle when it comes to listing a named contact on their IR websites, with 50 companies listing the head of the IR department and the other 50 listing generic contact information.”
More HERE.
Tips For Targeting MicroCap Investors
May 3, 2017
IR Magazine shared their “Top tips for targeting investors”. According to the post there are many time and cost efficient ways of targeting investors.
More HERE.
4 MicroCap Conferences In June
May 10, 2017
June is a big month for microcap conferences. Three events in NYC and one in Los Angeles give microcap professionals a last networking hurrah before things slow down for the summer. We look at the four microcap events scheduled for June.
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Average Size & Budget for SmallCap IR Teams
May 10, 2017
IR Magazine recently shared some findings from the IR Magazine Global Practice Report 2016 relating to SmallCap public companies. The research report classifies small-cap companies as those under $1 bn in market capitalization. Of the roughly 1,300 IR professionals who took part in the survey, 24 percent said they work at small-cap companies.
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7 Best Practices to Mitigate the Impact of Delayed Filings
May 17, 2017
With less human, financial, and intellectual resources, late filings are common among microcap public companies. Delayed 10-Qs and 10-Ks can greatly impact shareholder confidence and thus stock performance. To mitigate the impact of delayed filings, Scott Tangney (managing director at ICR) shared 7 best practices to mitigate the impact of delayed filing in a recent post in IR Magazine.
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Do Investors Insist That You Have an IR Website?
May 18, 2017
PR Newswire’s 2017 Shareholder Communications 365 Study asked nearly 4,000 institutional investor – “Would you invest in a public company that does not have an investor relations website?” The answer – 65% of institutional investors surveyed would not invest in a public company that did not have an IR website. 31% of institutional investors said they would and that is down 12% from last year’s survey.
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How to setup Social Media Profiles for Micro Cap Public Companies [Guest Post]
May 19, 2017
Paul Bruce, Contributing Writer & CEO of Small Cap Digital Inc., shares 8 tips for setup of social media for microcap public companies.
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Recordings of Panel Discussions from The 2017 MicroCap Showcase Released
May 22, 2017
Last month’s Planet MicroCap Showcase in Las Vegas featured five great panel discussions for microcap professionals. If you missed the panels because you couldn’t attend (or where too busy networking!), you’re in luck because Stock News Now recorded all of the panel discussions and shared them on YouTube.
More HERE.
Should MicroCap Public Companies Distribute Negative News?
May 25, 2017
David Collins of Catalyst IR recently shared a post on IRMagazine.com in which he wrote “News is neither good nor bad but a string of data points on a long road”.
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How to Make a Great First Impression When Meeting With Investors
May 30, 2017
A recent post on the Axial forum, M&A advisers shared their best advice for How to Make a Great First Impression When Meeting With Investors.
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Interview with ACF Equity Research Regarding The Research Marketplace
May 31, 2017
Each month, starting in May, OTC Markets Group will feature an interview with an equity research firm that is part of their Research Marketplace.This month’s interview was with ACF Equity Research.
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OTC Markets Working on Potential Solutions to Stock Promotions & Toxic Financing
May 31, 2017
In the OTC Markets’ most recent blog, Matt Fuchs (EVP of Market Data at OTC Markets Group) explored “Stock Promotion – Context, Concerns & Potential Solutions”.
More HERE.