IR Leader
July 31, 2018

The Value of CIRI Membership: Networking with Peers

CIRI members identify four top reasons they value their membership. One of the top reasons is networking with peers at CIRI events.

CIRI's 31st Annual Conference, held in Toronto, ON June 3-5 offered a perfect mix of high quality programming and interactive networking activities - opportunities to catch up with peers and expand networks.

Delegates had a chance to participate in fun and friendly activities - before, during and after the Conference. 

       

To find out what other events and programs CIRI has coming up where you can make the most of your CIRI membership and build your professional network, click here. 

Click here to find out about the benefits of CIRI membership.

Not a CIRI member? Join today!

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IR Job Notification

CIRI is pleased to inform you that new job opportunities are available in Alberta and Ontario.

CIRI members can click here to view the postings. You must be logged in as this is a 'Members Only' benefit.

Are you looking to create or fill a position in your company or for a client? Here's an effective way to reach CIRI members who are looking for new challenges in investor relations.

Members may submit a job posting free of charge. Non-members may submit a job posting for $150+HST.

To submit a job posting, contact Kaitlin Davis at kdavis@ciri.org or (416) 364-8200.

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Top Stories

The Changing Face of IR: Digitization, Regulation and Globalization

Q&A with Achim Weick.

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Does Sustainability Lead to Better Companies?

We debate an age-old chicken-and-egg question when we get together with other sustainability leaders: Are sustainable businesses more successful? Or are successful businesses more sustainable? And, honestly, does it really matter which came first? Sustainability and good business go hand in hand, whether sustainability drives business results or is the result of good business practices.

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Canadian Securities Regulators Highlight Common Deficiencies in Issuers' Continuous Disclosure

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published Staff Notice 51-355 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, a biennial report that summarizes CSA staff's ongoing review of reporting issuers' (issuers) continuous disclosure and highlights common deficiencies and best practices.

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Opinion: Proposed Proxy Adviser Reform Will Create Unnecessary Regulations

Why the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act is ‘disingenuous legislation’.

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Duties and Obligations of Directors: A Brief Overview

The duties and obligations of directors are at the heart of sound corporate governance. A great deal has been written over the years about how they apply in practice, and their guiding principles have been established and revisited in several major judgments.

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OSC Notice 11-781 Notice of Statement of Priorities for Financial Year to End March 31, 2019

The Securities Act (Act) requires the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC or Commission) to deliver to the Minister of Finance by June 30th of each year a statement from the Commission setting out its priorities for its current fiscal year in connection with the administration of the Act, the regulations and rules, together with a summary of the reasons for the adoption of the priorities. In the Notice published by the Commission on March 29, 2018, the Commission set out its draft 2018-2019 Statement of Priorities (SoP) and invited public input in advance of finalizing and publishing its priorities. Twenty-one responses were received.

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How Will the EU GDPR Affect Canadian Businesses?

The new European privacy regime—the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now in force. Although its broad scope may impose new privacy obligations on a larger number of Canadian businesses, the impact of the GDPR in Canada is unlikely to be significant in the short term. Rather, the influence of EU privacy standards on how Canadian privacy laws are amended and interpreted in the longer term promises to have a more direct impact on Canadian businesses than the GDPR itself.

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