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- Reg FD: failed directive? Nearly 5 years into new disclosure rule, some say communication has gotten worse.(Focus: Public Companies)(Regulation Fair Disclosure)
- Byline: DANIEL ROME LEVINE Public companies, Wall Street analysts and institutional investors howled in protest when Regulation Fair Disclosure, known as Reg FD, took effect in October 2000. The rule, designed to level the informational playing Byline: DANIEL ROME LEVINE...
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- CEO Is Fined Under Reg FD.(Richard Kogan of Schering-Plough)(Brief Article)
- A corporate boss, who in a private meeting with portfolio managers disputed earnings estimates on the company prepared by analysts, has been fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is the first individual penalized under Reg FD by the SEC A corporate boss, who in...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- The FD Effect
- Reg FD is perhaps the most closely watched and hotly debated new securities rule in years. A pet project of former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt, FD was a response to his concern that executives would freely tip off analysts about the company's earnings prospects without disclosing the news publicly. Levitt...
- White papers 2001-04-01
Additional Resources
- The SEC guide to Reg. FD: How companies can avoid crossing the line. (Business Trends).
- Late last year, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission offered a playbook for companies on how to best adhere to Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg. FD), the rule approved in late 2000 to prevent selective disclosure of material, nonpublic information. In its first...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Survival After the Reg FD Earthquake
- The end of the world never came. But financial professionals were predicting dire consequences almost three years ago when a controversial new rule went into effect. Now Regulation Fair Disclosure Reg FD, which was enacted into law in October 2000, has achieved many of its goals. Reg FD...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Survival After the Reg FD Earthquake: Three Years Later, Pros Learn How to Cope.(Regulation Fair Disclosure)
- The end of the world never came. But financial professionals were predicting dire consequences almost three years ago when a controversial new rule went into effect. Now Regulation Fair Disclosure Reg FD, which was enacted into law in October 2000, has achieved...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Reg FD Memo: Don't Talk To Reporters
- From the executive summary: ‘If CFOs talk to reporters about market-moving information, they might as well be talking to the analysts when it comes to Regulation Fair Disclosure. This means that these types of conversations could easily lead to a violation of Reg FD and enforcement actions and penalties from...
- White papers 2001-04-10
- Is help on the way?: Report urges improvements to Reg. FD. (Finance).
- Portions of Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg. FD) have confounded public companies and market analysts since it took effect in October 2000. The problem isn't so much the spirit of the rule, which forbids the disclosure of selected "material" information to analysts. The devil's in the details...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- What Reg FD Has Wrought.(Regulation Fair Disclosure)(Brief Article)
- What Reg FD Has Wrought As a result of Regulation Fair Disclosure, companies responding to a survey by The National Investor Relations Institute say they are engaging in these activities: Providing more information to investors 28% Providing less information to investors...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) ... and Beyond. (Financial Reporting).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Enacted by the Securities and Exchange Commission just over a year ago, Regulation Fair Disclosure, known as "Reg FD," seems to be accomplishing its promise for fair and equal disclosure of companies' financial information by requiring public companies to disclose all material information to the general...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- The Increased Importance of Earnings Announcements After Regulation FD: Evidence From Revisions of Analysts' Forecasts and Pre-Announcements
- Regulation Fair Disclosure Reg FD was issued to prevent or mitigate the selective disclosure of material information to selected analysts and investors, beginning October 23, 2000. One expected effect of Reg FD is a reduction in private disclosure of material financial information to financial analysts before the earnings announcement. If...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Brodeur Worldwide and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP to Host Regulation FD Seminar
- Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--April 27, 2001 Half a year into the life of Regulation Fair Disclosure, or Reg FD, the Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated its first enforcement proceedings under the new rule, even while many analysts comment that Reg FD has dried up crucial information flow...
- Research articles 2001-04-27
- Reg Changes Shift Flow Of Information On Fundings, Public Companies
- You may have noticed over the years that a fair amount of our information on fundings comes from PEHub via its access to paper filings from the SEC. The paper versions of the Form Ds, as PEHub's Dan Primack explains, weren't duplicated in online database EDGAR; PEHub, now part...
- External links 2008-11-26
- Reg Changes Shift Flow Of Information On Fundings, Public Companies
- You may have noticed over the years that a fair amount of our information on fundings comes from PEHub via its access to paper filings from the SEC. The paper versions of the Form Ds, as PEHub's Dan Primack explains, weren't duplicated in online database EDGAR; PEHub, now part...
- External links 2008-11-26
- And Urges Reg. FD Reform. (Management In Brief).(Brief Article)
- SEC Commissioner Laura S. Unger has issued three recommendations for Regulation Fair Disclosure FD based on an April SEC round table and industry survey. The rule, which has been in effect since October 2000, applies to end issuers selectively disclosing important or material company information to...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- Regulation FD: Tinker with it, but don't toss it in the trash.
- With a change of administrations and the arrival soon of a new Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, the long knives are being drawn for some of the regulations enacted under Arthur Levitt, the activist former chairman. The Securities Industry Association and other...
- Research articles 2001-06-04
- CCR Comments on Reg FD.(Brief Article)
- In a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Secretary Jonathan Katz, FEI's Committee on Corporate Reporting argued that the proposed rule on full disclosure Regulation FD, scheduled to take effect in late October, generally "appears to be appropriate and workable." But the panel noted that a...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- REG FD's LEVELING EFFECT.(fair disclosure)
- The SEC's new rule on fair disclosure has been widely supported in principle. But working out the mechanics of compliance is creating headaches and uncertainty for many companies. As the calendar goes, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation FD (for "fair disclosure") is very...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- No Freedom of Speech for Executives
- Champions of corporate transparency believe that dialog between shareholders, executives and directors is essential. Yet a big hurdle remains. Regulations at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission strictly regulate not just what can be said, but where and to whom it can be said. Known as Regulation...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- P/C Insurance CFO: Hard Sell
- From the executive summary: ‘Before the advent of Regulation Fair Disclosure Reg FD, the CFO of a Property/Casualty PC insurance company could quell a rumor about business losses with a simple answer to an analyst on the telephone. Admittedly, Reg FD affects all public companies, not just insurers. But, CFOs...
- White papers 2002-07-03
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