IFRS conversion creates investor relations opportunity

Beginning in 2011, all publicly-accountable enterprises in Canada will make the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) – joining more than 100 countries that have already adopted or permit the use of these global standards. For Canadian investor relations (IR) officers, the transition represents an unprecedented communications opportunity. The IR team needs to be involved in order to develop a stakeholder communications plan. Read more in the May/June 2009 issue of the newsletter, IR Focus, published by the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI).