Only one OTC Markets Issuer Uplisted From The OTC To a senior exchange in June 2019. Learn more about the sole OTC ‘graduate’ below. Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTL) On June 21, 2019, ARTL uplisted from the OTCQB to the Nasdaq Capital Market. Artelo Biosciences is a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of proprietary
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The IR Magazine Forum & Awards – Small Cap US is IR Magazine’s best practice event in New York designed exclusively for CEOs, CFOs, IROs and advisors from smallcap companies. Spanning multiple industries, the one-day conference focuses on key issues affecting small cap companies. This year’s conference will be held on September 26, 2019 at the OTC Markets headquarters in New York City.
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Last week, OTC Markets Group announced the second quarter 2019 performance and quarterly rebalancing of the OTCQX and OTCQB indexes, including the OTCQB Venture Market. Index perfomrance was mixed in the second quarter. The OTCQB Venture Index (.OTCQB), which tracks the overall OTCQB Venture Market, was down 10.9% in the second quarter while the OTCQX U.S. Index, a benchmark for
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Recently OTC Markets & IR Magazine published a new white paper about smallcap corporate governance. Often associated with larger firms, corporate governance is just as important for small and micro-cap companies. By adhering to high governance standards, small-caps are better placed to achieve their goals and attract new investment. Appropriate internal controls of a smallcap look different from those of
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This week, Robert Kraft’s Planet MicroCap Podcast launched their new MicroCap Graduation Series. Kraft wrote; “I’ve done about 90 interviews here on the podcast, and I’ve interviewed some of the best investors, where they discuss the investing strategies that helped them be successful investors. The next evolution I always envisioned for Planet MicroCap was to interview CEO’s who have successfully
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QBie™ Spotlight joins Aitan Zacharin, CEO of Greater Cannabis Co Inc. (OTCQB: GCAN), to discuss one of the OTCQB’s newest additions. GCAN joined the OTCQB on February 27, 2019. What does GCANRx do? Aitan Zacharin: “GCANRx is a biopharmaceutical company leading the industry in innovative cannabinoid delivery systems. We have taken our decades of R&D in drug delivery technologies and
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By: Joseph M. Lucosky, Managing Partner Lucosky Brookman LLP The month of May saw a total of two companies uplist from the OTC onto national securities exchanges. One of these companies operates in the biopharmaceutical industry, while another is in the cannabis industry. Below is a brief description of these companies and selected information and observations of the path these
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Three OTC Markets Issuers Uplisted From The OTC To senior exchanges in May 2019. Learn more about the OTC ‘graduates’ below. Franklin Financial Services Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAF) On May 1, 2019, FRAF uplisted from the OTCQX to the Nasdaq. Franklin Financial is the largest independent, locally owned and operated bank holding company headquartered in Franklin County with assets of
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QBie™ Spotlight joins Lluis Pallares, CEO of Plyzer Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: PLYZ), to discuss one of the OTCQB’s newest additions. PLYZ joined the OTCQB on September 25, 2018. What does Plyzer Technologies do? Lluis Pallares: “Plyzer Technologies, Inc. adds value to raw, publicly available online data providing tools for effective decision making for online buyers, brands/companies that operate in hyper-competitive
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This week, OTC Markets Group Inc. announced the launch of the OTCQX® Cannabis Index (.OTCQXMJ), a new performance benchmark for cannabis companies trading on the OTCQX Best Market. The OTCQX Cannabis Index is designed to highlight the diversity of high-quality Cannabis companies that meet the financial, disclosure and corporate governance standards required to trade on the OTCQX Market. Currently, there are
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