Last month, IR Magazine shared a white paper about “Measuring IR Success.” The white paper, sponsored by OTC Markets Group, discusses how when evaluating the success of an investor relations strategy it is important for smaller companies to look beyond institutional investment and trading volumes. According to the report, issuers with a market capitalization under $1 bn normally do not
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A recent post by Spencer Israel on Benzinga looked at “3 Myths About Penny Stocks.” One of the myths was that “Institutions cannot trade penny stocks.” Israel writes; “Many people assume that the penny stock market is made up entirely of retail traders and that institutions are prohibited from participating in the market, but this is actually not the case.
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A little more than two years ago, a group of prominent CEOs and Institutional Investors published the Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance. That work represented a collaborative effort – a search for common ground – by representatives of some of America’s largest corporations and institutional investors. The authors said then, and it is no less true today, that the long-term
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Derren Nathan, head of research at London-based broker Hybridan, recently shared an article on IRMagazine.com titled “How small caps can tackle investor prejudice.” In the post, Nathan shared these four reasons why most institutional investors avoid microcaps; Minimum Market Cap. “Many funds will have a minimum market cap requirement, and even where this is not an official policy, we often
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We recently caught up with Sam Kotch to discuss the Jumpstart Innovation & Investment (JumpIN) dinner scheduled for October 4th in New York City. This event is a followup to February, April and June’s sold-out JumpIN dinners at the Penn Club of New York. Q&A below: When and where is the event held? How did you decide on that location? Sam
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We recently caught up with Sam Kotch to discuss the Jumpstart Innovation & Investment (JumpIN) dinner scheduled for June 19th in New York City. This event is a followup to February and April’s sold-out JumpIN dinners at the Penn Club of New York. Q&A below: When and where is the event held? How did you decide on that location? Sam Kotch:
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In one week (April 10th), Jumpstart Innovation & Investment (JumpIN) will host over 100 investors and eight presenting companies for dinner in New York City. We caught up with Sam Kotch to get some last minute insights. Q&A below. We interviewed you a few weeks ago about the event. Can you quickly remind our readers what JumpIN is? Sam
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In a recent post in Pensions & Investments, Christine Williamson shares that “Microcaps becoming a popular source in hunt for alpha.” According to Williamson, “Institutional investors are developing a keen taste for microcap stocks such as Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. and Tex-Mex specialist Chuy’s Holdings Inc. as they seek higher-return pockets in global equity markets.” Key points of the
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Guest Post By: Joshua Levine & Robert Ferri On January 3, the European Union’s ambitious regulatory reforms, known as MiFID II, took effect. While the aim is to create unprecedented transparency and curb conflicts of interest, the regulation is upending security markets. Central to MiFID II is bringing accountability to the market for investment research. Under the new framework, asset managers and
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A recent post on the Axial Forum looked at “The Best (and Least Expensive) Business Development Tool for Private Equity.” Many of those principles can be applied to microcap deal sourcing. The author, Brandon Labrum of Fund Lab, shared four deal sourcing tips for investors and advisors regardless of types of deals they do. 1. Newswires alone weren’t built for
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