Capital Markets Board: Greater Stock Value, Immediate Results, Investor Feedback on Best Practices

Below are events and conference calls (including audio replay and supporting slides), and CMB publications. To receive a CMB publication, click on "Email Us" below.

CMB Minute: Investor Relations Solutions & Tips CMB newsletter is circulated about 6 times per year.

Corporate executives share comments on how they are coping with changes going on in corporate America and share insights on how to be prepared for new roles and shareholder expectations. Audio reply is approximately 60 minutes.

Engaging Institutional Shareholders
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Should companies be engaging board directors with institutional investors, as recommended by the NACD's Blue Ribbon Commission? If so, how?" Hear this very timely and thought-provoking panel discussion, that was first broadcast on February 4 2009, moderated by Howard Christensen, Chairman of The Capital Markets Board; featuring John Wilcox, Chairman of Sodali Ltd. a noted Corporate Governance Authority and a member of the NACD Commission; David W. Smith, President of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals; David Birk, SVP, Chief Legal Officer, GC and Secretary of Avnet; Jack Henry, Founder & CEO, Sierra Blanca Ventures, President of the Arizona Chapter of the NACD and an independent board director; and Carl T. Hagberg, Publisher of the Shareholder Service Optimizer, a highly regarded newsletter, and a former senior banking officer, and mutual fund and trust company director. Audio replay is approximately 60 minutes.

Perception Research and Enhanced Executive/Board Roundtable Provides Much Needed Engagement and Solutions (April 2010)

Faced with challenges and uncertainties, Corporate America seeks answers for pressing issues and wants inspired leadership.

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Click on the arrow above to learn how a group of experienced corporate leaders and board directors engaged in an advanced roundtable forum to use their collective intelligence along with that of investors and other constituents to develop winning strategies to identify enterprise risk, restore credibility and build value. In open and frank discussions, these participants developed hard takeaways and motivational next step actions that would enable the integration of strategic planning, risk management, corporate governance, performance based actions, compensation, investor relations and communications.

The session was moderated by Howard Christensen-CPA, Chairman Capital Markets Board. He is a long-time member of AICPA, FEI, NACD, NIRI and Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. Contact Howard at (480) 837-4650 for more info. Or email at hchristensen@capitalmarketsboard.com

Best Practices For Companies To Get On The Radar Screen Of Institutional Investors & Media™

Investor Relations Goals: Are you 'putting out fires' most of the time, but want to be strategic? These goals include outreach, messaging, and measuring the yield (results) of investor meetings.

Roadshows: Evolution of the changing capital markets, trends and investor relations best practices for meetings with institutional investors.

Financial Facts: Helps prospective institutional investors build their financial model on your company.

Smart Board of Directors: A National Association of Corporate Directors study revealed 60% of directors feel their respective company is "somewhat effective" or "below acceptable levels" in director education and development. This article explains how to help ensure your Board of Directors are well-informed.

Investor Relations Training: CMB's Investor Relations Training Agenda that includes trends in investor relations.

These publications mentioned above are based on hundreds of interviews with top institutional investors at Alliance Capital Management, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Intl., Janus, and many other North American and European money managers.