Wow!2014-06-03 09:00 ET - In the News See In the News (C-WPX) Western Potash Corp The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition a few months ago, the stock of Western Potash abruptly jumped 20 per cent after a research report said potential buyers may be circling the Canadian miner. A Wall Street Journal item inside The Globe says the analyst who wrote the report, Zurich-based Stephan Bogner, has another job: investor relations at one of Western Potash's biggest shareholders, Zimtu Capital. Zimtu says it hired Mr. Bogner and his firm, Rockstone Research Ltd., to prepare materials on Zimtu's equity holdings. The March 13 report by Rockstone did not disclose this relationship. In the days that followed the publication, David Hodge, a director on Western Potash's board and president of Zimtu, sold shares of the mining company. John Costigan, a senior executive of Western Potash, also sold shares during that period. Mr. Hodge and Mr. Costigan said they sold the shares for personal reasons and the sales were not related to the report. The B.C. Securities Commission says it is monitoring disclosure by newsletter writers. It has also recently pursued a number of administrative cases against researchers and newsletter writers who it alleges have disguised financial interests in the stocks they cover.