Richmond, Va., Nov. 13, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- World Investor Link Inc. and nasdaq.com announced today the expansion of the Annual Reports Service and addition of the Fund Info Service on the nasdaq.com site. These services provide companies and funds a direct communication channel to prospective investors and provide investors with free, direct access to publicly traded companies' reports and mutual funds' prospectuses.
Recognized by the "club" symbol in the stock tables of leading financial publications, the Annual Reports Service and Fund Info Service offer over 3,600 client companies and mutual funds in 14 countries greater exposure to, and improved communications with, high net-worth investors. Visitors to the nasdaq.com Website click a 'Free Annual Reports' link to instantly download these materials or have hardcopies mailed within 24 hours, courtesy of World Investor Link and its clients.
"Expanding the Annual Reports Service and adding the Fund Info Service to nasdaq.com helps us provide reliable investment content that offers excellent insight to the strategy, resources and performance of publicly traded companies and funds," said Pete Chandler, Project Manager, nasdaq.com. "This is an investor service as well as a powerful program for companies to get their unfiltered message to investors who are researching investments."
In 2000, the Public Relations Society of America Foundation's National Credibility Index reported the importance of the annual report in investing: 91 percent of investors regarded the reports as the most credible source of information.
"nasdaq.com and World Investor Link have similar goals -- to give serious, self-directed investors access to 'straight from the source' company and fund information," said J. Patrick Galleher, chief operating officer of World Investor Link. "The companies and funds that participate in our services are proactive about communicating with investors. Through partners like nasdaq.com, we give these companies more visibility with investors when investors are making investment decisions."
About World Investor Link: Since 1992, World Investor Link (www.worldinvestorlink.com) has opened information channels from public companies to potential investors. This year World Investor Link will make more than 5 million investor introductions to over 4,600 corporate clients through services including The Annual Reports Service, The Fund Info Service, Vcall (www.vcall.com) Investor Conference (www.investorconference.com) and Informed Investors Forums (www.informedinvestors.com). World Investor Links' array of products and services enables companies to comply with regulation fair-disclosure requirements by providing investors free access to onsite and Webcast investor events and company financial reports. Mutual funds and companies get visibility with investors at the point investors are making decisions through World Investor Link's relationships with over 160 of the leading financial media channels including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's and Yahoo!Finance. World Investor Link, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WILink.com plc (WLK on The London Stock Exchange), began operations in Richmond, Va. in 1993.
About nasdaq.com: nasdaq.com is one of the most popular financial sites on the Web. Averaging more than seven million page views per day, nasdaq.com offers unprecedented visibility to listed companies. Investors can log on to nasdaq.com and see how Nasdaq, Dow Jones and the S&P 500 are performing, scan the latest news and fund commentary and get quotes for stocks, mutual funds and options on major U.S. markets. The Nasdaq Stock Market lists over 4,200 companies and trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market.