Search Results for: International Financial Reporting Standards
IAASB Issues Final Standards to Improve Auditor’s Report
January 19th, 2015
New and Revised Standards Establish ‘Step Change’ in Auditor Reporting The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board® (IAASB®) today released its new and revised Auditor Reporting standards, designed to significantly enhance auditor’s reports for investors and other users of ...
Islamic finance body AAOIFI to discuss global accounting standards
November 18th, 2014
The Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) is engaging its counterpart in conventional finance to discuss the convergence of corporate accounting standards. The move is a shift in approach by AAOIFI, which has traditionally developed accounting standards ...
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments issued by IASB
July 24th, 2014
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued today IFRS 9 Financial Instruments to complete the final element of its comprehensive response to the financial crisis. The new model removes complexity associated with previous accounting requirements. Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of ...
A look on FASB’s new standards
April 30th, 2014
In December 2002, five months after he became chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Robert Herz told a conference of auditors that FASB had set a “very ambitious” deadline for issuing a sweeping new standard that would govern ...
Corporate Performance Isn’t All about Financial Results
April 15th, 2014
Integrated reporting that includes measures of sustainability and social performance point to a better corporate future. A look into the crystal ball of global sustainability issues for the next few decades highlights some scary trends that will change how ...
FASB Provides Guidance on Reporting Discontinued Operations
April 11th, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued new guidance on representing when a company or organization discontinues its operations. Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued ...
No standstill on standards for auditing
April 10th, 2014
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) comments on the strategy and work programme of the IAASB for 2015-2016 Sue Almond, external affairs director at ACCA, says: ‘It is clear that there are huge demands on the International Auditing ...
Deloitte records double-digit revenue growth
August 29th, 2017
Deloitte, the business advisory firm has issued today a press release to announce financial results for year ended 31 May 2017. According the press release announcement: Highlights Revenue up 11.2% to £3.4bn (2016: 13.6%)1 In the UK, double digit ...
Moscow Exchange announces results for the first quarter 2017
May 19th, 2017
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Q1 2017. KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR Q1 2017 Fee and commission income from the Fixed Income Market increased 12.8% YoY thanks to ...
Virtual currency as a payment method in Japan officialy from April 1
March 29th, 2017
Virtual money poses accounting dilemma for Japan’s early adopters Asset or expense? The bottom line depends on the answer A new law defining virtual currency as a payment method goes into effect in Japan this Saturday, but in the ...
