Should the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and the SEC look into it?

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"It's definitely a problem, but when brokerages are banned from using research for marketing, there isn't much incentive for them to cover smaller firms, " says Louis Thompson, chief executive of the National Investor Relations Institute.

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Three weeks ago, Jeff Morgan, the President and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), included an anecdote in the IR Weekly newsletter that demands particular attention as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and law enforcement continue an exhaustive and unprecedented investigation into insider trading.

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