The History of Investor Relations

When did investor relations begin to resemble the discipline we know of it today?

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1950s

• 1970s

What enactment held pension fund managers legally responsible for their actions in 1974?

• National Investor Relations Institute Act

• Employee Retirement Income Security Act

• Regulation of Fair Disclosure Act

• Financial Relations Board Act

In the 1990s the (a)   provided yet another channel for communicating company financials to large numbers of investors

When did state and local laws enable pension funds to increase the equity allocation in their portfolios?

• 1980s

• 2000s

• 1970s

• 1990s

What might be included within the investor relations area of a corporate website?

• News release

• Annual reports

• 10-Ks & 10-Qs

• Stock charts

• All of the above

What was passed in 200 and commonly referred to as "Reg FD"?

• Regulation Fair Disclosure

• Disclosure of Fair Regulations

• Fair Disclosure Regulations Act

• Fair Disclosure Regulation

The (a)   saw a resurgence of individual investor participation in the stock market and, at the same time, deepening concerns that these individual players were not afforded the same access to company information as their institutional counterparts.

In what year did investor relations become more prominent in business? For just the U.S. or globally?

• 2007; U.S.

• 2006; Globally

• 2007; Globally

• 2006; U.S

According to Standard & Poor's, world equity markets suffered a ____ ________ loss in January 2008

(a)  

Why do you think that investor relations become more important to companies as time went on?