Thomson Financial, the financial services wing of the Thomson Corporation has announced improved functionality and enhancements to its services in the wake of a Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ruling. The new SEC regulation is primarily concerned with the availability of financial information that is made available online to investors.

Rather than rely on mailing hardcopy reports to investors, corporations are now allowed to post proxy statements and annual reports online, whilst the recommendations also promote the process of financial information providers making their online information more accessible and user-friendly.    

The improvements to Thomson Financial now mean that users can benefit from several enhancements such as the new Executive & Director Compensation Highlights page, which emphasises the transparency of a company’s compensation practices online whilst also linking to the relevant SEC filings for greater clarity for the researcher. Other features include Interactive Event Charts that permit users to view stock information on a variety of corporate events such as earnings and media coverage and are aimed at showing a greater insight into company performance. 

The impact of the e-Proxy ruling for Thomson Financial end-users will also mean that with the increased interactivity, their documents will benefit from improved navigation, flash animated pages that display magazine inspired pages and a table of contents that allows users to drill down further than before. Clients can also track usage and measure effectiveness of material such as event webcasts and whether new or potential investors are following a particular report.