Conference Calls

Conference calls is an easy way for IRO's and members of a company to meet with investors, without LITERALLY meeting with investors in person. However, Reg. FD has put restrictions on how businesses conduct conference calls with investors and analysts.

Conference calls are beneficial to investors because they can hear their top management speak and really learn what they are doing with their money. They can also potentially get non verbal cues, to give them a better idea of what is going on.

Reg. FD has put restraints on conference calls, ensuring that they have to be conducted with all investors, or at least attempted. This puts a great deal of pressure on IRO's to plan these meetings well in advance with their constituents. At first, it lead to a massive decrease in IR conference calls.