IR Leader
July 20, 2021

CIRI Keeps You Up to Date on Regulatory Issues

CIRI is offering two issues-related webinars to review proposed regulatory changes. These free-to-member webinars will keep you current and provide you with an opportunity to voice your views directly to the regulators.

Webinar on Proposed Instrument 51-519: Promotional Activity Disclosure Requirements
On July 21, a representative from BCSC will provide an overview of the Proposed Instrument and how it could affect you. This Proposed Instrument would apply to issuers across Canada, not just those headquartered in British Columbia. To learn more about this issue and register for the event, click here.

Webinar on Proposed Changes to National Instrument 51-102: Continuous Disclosure Requirements + Proposed Framework fo Semi-Annual Reporting for Venture Issuers
On July 28, several representatives from the OSC will provide an overview of the proposed amendments and framework, address your questions and hear your views. To learn more about this issue and join this interactive event, click here to register.
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Are You Looking for a New Job or to Hire Someone?

Are you looking for a new job opportunity?

Companies are planning for the year ahead and so we are seeing an increase in job listings. Currently, we have two positions – an Investor Relations Analyst and an Investor Relations Coordinator. These positions are in Ontario and Quebec. The listings are accessible to members only by logging in and visiting Job Listings.


Are you looking to hire someone for your company or for a client? 

CIRI offers an effective way to reach qualified targets through Job Listings. Get in front of IROs who may be looking for new challenges by posting your job opportunity with us. Members may submit a job listing free of charge. Non-members may submit a job listing for only $150+HST. Click here to sign in and submit a job listing.

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Top Stories

Preparing for Shareholder Activism

CFOs should proactively address potential areas of activist attention to reduce the chances of becoming the target of a campaign.

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Why CFOs Should Lead the Way on Sustainability

The way forward can feel messy, time-consuming and amorphous for CFOs, but this is an extraordinary time in history to tackle these challenges.

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Regulators Get Serious About Financial Sector Diversity

The CSA will hold consultations on enhancing diversity while the U.K. considers targets, pay links and enforcement.

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Canadian Securities Regulators Release Interim Progress Report on the CSA 2019-2022 Business Plan

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its second interim report summarizing progress on initiatives published in its CSA 2019-2022 Business Plan, highlighting notable accomplishments outside of the current Business Plan, and outlining upcoming priority policy work for the next year.

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ESG and Executive Compensation in Canada

As the momentum for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives accelerates, Canadian corporations increasingly seek deferred compensation tools that align executive priorities with ESG objectives. Well-designed tax policies on executive compensation arrangements can reinforce sustainable change, as ESG initiatives move from trend to traction.

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Mind the GAAP: Don’t Get Tripped Up by the New Financial Measure Disclosure Requirements

Before the year-end, Canadian reporting issuers will have to contend with new rules that govern the disclosure of non-GAAP and other financial measures. These new Financial Measure Rules mark a significant departure from the policy-based approach that has shaped non-GAAP financial measure disclosure for decades. They also expand the universe of regulated financial measures beyond traditional "non-GAAP financial measures." Reporting issuers with a December 31, 2021 year-end will first need to comply with the Financial Measure Rules in their fourth quarter earnings release and annual MD&A for 2021.

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