Stockgroup Information Systems Inc.
Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. () is a financial media company focused on user-generated content and collaborative technologies. The company’s technology platform for web-based portfolio management, financial content and wireless market data is licensed to North American brokerage firms and media companies. This technology platform is also extended through StockHouse, an online financial portal owned and operated by Stockgroup.
Stockgroup trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SWEB and on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SWB. The company maintains its head office in Vancouver, Canada and also conducts business through offices in Toronto, Canada; New York, United States; and London, United Kingdom.
The company was founded in 1993 by Marcus New who remains President and CEO of the company to this day. Current members of the board of directors are: Marcus New, Leslie A. Landers (Chairman), David Caddey, Lee DeBoer, Patrick Spain, Stephen R. Zacharias and Thomas Baker.
Recently, Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money, led a distinguished panel of speakers at Stockgroup’s Financial Thought Leadership Event in New York City on January 31, 2007 which was co-sponsored by Microsoft.