On February 6th, NIRI Orange County will host an event with two expert panels discussing “Micro Cap Funding Trends: Attracting and Retaining Investors.” Many of Orange County’s most exciting companies of the next ten years are likely to be small today but growing rapidly and looking for funding. One potential funding pool, made possible by the JOBS Act, permits companies to
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On November 30th, NIRI New York and NIRI Virtual Chapters will host a webinar on making the most of your LinkedIn profile. Having a polished LinkedIn profile that stands out will help to attract new opportunities every day. In this presentation, speaker and author Donna Serdula, Founder of LinkedIn-Makeover.com, will help you: – Understand and define your online reputation – Forge
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A featured article by Evan Pondel, president of PondelWilkinson, in NIRI‘s IR Update looks at “Maintaining Credibility Amid Fake News.” The article highlights a number of recent cases where the SEC has investigated authors publishing news in which they lie about their credentials, identity, or relationship with issuers. “Fake news has been around forever,” says Gabriel Kahn, a journalism professor at
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On October 26, the SEC issued three no-action letters regarding the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). On October 31, the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) shared a letter thanking the SEC for the no-action letters and urging the SEC to promote coverage of small public companies. The letter highlights a decrease in research coverage of smaller companies
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As part of this year’s NIRI conference, OTC Markets Group organized and moderated a panel of industry experts dedicated to addressing the needs of small cap IR professionals. In a recent blog post, Jason Paltrowitz shared 5 Takeaways from the Small-Cap IR Summit: New Ideas for Creating Interest & Value. 1. Be visible: Leo Hinkley, Managing Director, Investor Relations, BBX Capital said it best,
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