Archive for March 8th, 2011

8 March 2011: The European Securities and Markets Authority issues summary of IFRS decisions

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued summaries of its IFRS decisions on the classification of financial liabilities, government grants, presentation of financial instruments, income tax, classification in the cash flow statem…

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8 March 2011: EFRAG urges IASB and FASB to agree on a joint timetable for finalising a converged financial instruments standard

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The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has sent a joint letter to both the IASB and the FASB in which it calls on the two bodies to concentrate on agreeing a timetable for producing a finalised converged financial instruments standard.

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8 March 2011: Financial Accounting Foundation broadens webcast coverage of FASB meetings

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The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), has announced that it will begin live video webcasting of all education sessions hosted by the Financial Accounting Standards B…

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8 March 2011: Upcoming Deloitte webcast on global financial reporting developments

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On 30 March 2011, Deloitte’s IFRS Global Office is hosting a new webcast in its ongoing series of updates on global financial reporting. The webcast will discuss the IASB’s evolving agenda, proposals on hedge accounting, impairment and offsetting and …

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