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A speech by John Price, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission at the Australasian Investor Relations Association 2018 – Annual half-day seminar, (Sydney, Australia), 7 June 2018Thank you for inviting me to open the Australasian Investor Relation Association's 2018 annual half-day seminar.Australia's corporate community is currently experiencing a period of heightened focus on trust. A period where expectations of companies and their management are magnified.Key to this issue, is a company’s relationship with its shareholders.Shareholders are, of course, the ultimate owners of the company. As investor relations professionals, you are the conduit between shareholders and your company.You are not only responsible for ensuring the information flow from your company to its shareholders, but you are also an essential link in the chain to allow shareholders to exercise their rights to hold companies to account.