Investor Relations For the Emerging Company

Investor Relations for the Emerging Company provides enduring advice, insight, and procedures that will help companies communicate, legally and ethically, their commitment to enhancing shareholder value. This revised edition updates Sarbanes-Oxley; Frank-Dodd act and new governance regulations.

PART I: THE INVESTOR UNIVERSE Pep Talk The Growth Challenge Modern Investing Theories and Practices The Securities Markets Reaching the Individual Investor Targeting Institutional Investors: The Microcap Funds About Consensus Risk PART II: GOVERNANCE AND DISCOLOSURE Governance: The Investment Manager's Perspective Governance: Regulation FD Governance: Sarbannes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Governance: Shareholder Activists and 'Rightful Concerns' Financial Reporting PART III: CORPORATE PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE INVESTOR RELATIONS Establishing An Investor Relations Program Best Practices for News Releases Best Practices for Conference Calls and Presentations Best Practices for Using the Net: Confronting the Chat Room Pox

RALPH A. RIEVES is a Senior Analyst with the Emerging Companies Research Institute (ECRI), a division of Farragut, Jones & Lawrence. ECRI advises recently listed companies about current research in the areas of financial reporting, compliance, capital markets, and institutional investors' portfolio strategies. He was managing editor of the Journal of Investment Consulting and was previously the executive editor for capital markets publishing for Dow Jones-Irwin books and Irwin Professional books. Mr. Rieves is a recipient of the book industry's Bowker LMP Award for distinguished achievement.
 
JOHN LEFEBVRE is County Treasurer for Weld, Colorado. He was previously President of the consulting firm Shareholder Relations.