Affiliation Links

• The main CFA Insitute website can be found at www.cfainstitute.org

Other Professional Associations in Canada

• Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.
• The Investment Funds Institute of Canada covers the mutual fund industry in Canada.
• The Treasury Management Association of Canada is an organization for treasury managers in Canada.

Financial Sites in Canada

• The major business news services in Canada are Canada News Wire, and two national newspapers Globe and Mail (includes Reuters) and National Post.
• The Bank of Canada is the central bank of Canada.
• The Toronto Stock Exchange is the main stock exchange in Canada.
• The Ontario Securities Commission is one of the major regulators in Canada.
• SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval) is an on-line electronic depository listing all the public filings (including all press releases) of all companies that are publicly traded on a Canadian stock exchange.

Local Ottawa Sites

• Ottawa Economic Development Corporation.
• City of Ottawa.
• The main professional organization in Ottawa area for the technology sector is the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, commonly referred to as OCRI.
• The Ottawa Business Journal
• A general Ottawa newspaper is the Ottawa Citizen.
• The main web portals for the Ottawa area are Ottawa.com and OttawaStart.com.