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Finland the most low risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... research shows. According to the Milken Institute, a higher number of countries are adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards - thus improving transparency and lowered risk of investors as noted in the Opacity Index. Finland scored best ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... investment fund associations, pledged to improve reporting standards after recognising the current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) "do not presently provide a satisfactory basis for investment fund financial reporting." In a statement ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

... Outgoing Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Jeffrey Lucy takes up a post at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques steps into his shoes. Lucy has taken up the role of part-time ...

Government offers industry the simple life

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... the lower house before the third quarter of this year. "In particular, passage in winter will enable reduced financial reporting burdens and electronic distribution of annual reports to take effect for the 2006-07 financial reporting year - two substantial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... sentiment that's around at the moment." Mr Land said there was strong merger and acquisition activity and the financial reporting season so far had been solid. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 36.7 points to 5990.4, while the all ordinaries ...

Zurich head of planning switches hats

... group's general counsel. Geoff has had a number of roles in the group across different areas including in financial reporting and management, strategic and operational planning, responsibilities for operational risk management and compliance and other ...

Companies make smooth IFRS transition: ASIC

... disclosure prescribed under AASB 1047 'Disclosing the Impacts of Adopting Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards'. This meant including a narrative explanation of significant differences in accounting policies that were ...

IFSA CEO pushes for IFRS changes

... Richard Gilbert, has played an important role in paving the way for potential changes to the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), reported in the Financial Standard yesterday. The Financial Standard reported on plans to re-open the ...

Door opens on IFRS - or is it the floodgates?

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
The International Accounting Standards Board has bowed to criticism of the new International Financial Reporting Standards and agreed to re-open a debate on some of the basics of financial reporting, according to the UK Financial Times. Tom Jones, vice-chairman ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

... such as HIH, Clifford Corporation and Harris Scarfe fuelled much of the new focus on corporate governance and financial reporting. Undetected financial fraud, he noted, was a fundamental factor in many of the corporate scandals that the regulator witnessed ...