The IRC Credential is the Standard for IR Professionals Certifying investor relations competencies across key disciplines including finance, strategy, and communications. Effective March 1, 2022, the IRC examinations are available online and on demand. Download the IRC Applicant Handbook for detailed information and instructions. To submit your exam application: Log on to your NIRI profile, locate My Account Links, and follow the link to My Certification. It is an easy, fast, confidential, and secure process. Start Online Application For security and compliance purposes, NIRI will no longer accept credit card payments via email, phone or mailed correspondences. Please log into your account at www.niri.org to process your credit card payment. For assistance, please send a message to ihannon@niri.org.
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Why Become Certified? Investor relations professionals have a high degree of responsibility and can make a significant impact within their organizations. This demands competence across key disciplines including finance, strategy, and communications. Earning the IRC demonstrates necessary knowledge and skills in the IR Competency Framework, the ten subject areas essential to performing the investor relations function, namely: IR Strategy Formulation IR Planning, Implementation and Measurement Corporate Messaging Development Investor Marketing and Outreach Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis Business Insight Strategic Counsel and Collaboration Capital Markets and Capital Structure Corporate Regulatory Compliance Corporate Governance. Resources
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Why Choose NIRI's IRC? NIRI is the largest professional investor relations association in the world with members representing over 1,500 publicly held companies and $12 trillion in stock market capitalization. Developed through the collaboration of its professionals and constituents, NIRI’s IRC credential assures those in the corporate, agency, and investment communities that the charterholder has demonstrated the necessary knowledge and skills for competence across the IR discipline. New testimonials from several IRC credential holders can be found here. Value of the IRC Certification The IRC is the best-in-class certification geared towards IR professionals. Learn more about what it is, why to get certified, and see benefits for both the professional and employer. Learn more
Certification Directory This Certification Directory recognizes the investor relations professionals who have successfully earned the Investor Relations Charter (IRC)® credential by fulfilling numerous prerequisites, including passing a rigorous exam, and currently hold an active certification status. The search result will provide the credential holder's certification effective and expiration dates, and more. Certification Directory
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