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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after international markets, oil prices and some major metals fell overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract had fallen 20 points to 5027 at 0755 AEST. Profit ...

Companies make smooth IFRS transition: ASIC

... encouraging that a large number of entities have quantified the expected impact of AIFRS to enable users of their financial report to understand the nature and extent of the significant impacts of AIFRS, especially given these entities are required to ...

IFSA CEO pushes for IFRS changes

IFSA CEO, 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 ...

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

In his keynote speech at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as ...

ASIC gets active against small companies

Financial services watchdog ASIC has ramped up regulatory actions against people misleading creditors and consumers. ASIC has announced that it has successfully prosecuted 109 company officers and imposed more than $221,000 in fines and costs in the ...

CBA and APRA discuss IFRS implications

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2005
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is in talks with the financial services regulator over the impact of new international financial reporting standards (IFRS) on its accounts. The bank is talking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

KPMG survey shows IPOs to be number one fundraiser

The KPMG Capital Markets Survey for 2004/05 has revealed IPOs to be the most effective equity raising method in the market, as well as the growing popularity of hybrid securities among investors and issuers. But while IPOs were the most valuable tool ...

Zurich gives ASIC and APRA enforceable undertaking

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (AISC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have both accepted an enforceable undertaking from Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) and its fully owned subsidiary Zurich ...

IFRS eliminates need for GAAP reconciliation

The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced it will eliminate the need to reconcile foreign financial reports filed with it back to the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP) if the foreign entity uses International Financial ...