Archive for March 25th, 2011

25 March 2011: IFRS XBRL taxonomy for 2011 is available

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The IFRS Foundation has published the IFRS Taxonomy 2011. The IFRS Taxonomy is a translation of IFRSs (International Financial Reporting Standards) into XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).

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25 March 2011: Deloitte issues comment letter on the review of the IFRS Foundation’s governance

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Deloitte’s IFRS Global Office has submitted a letter of comment on the IFRS Foundation Monitoring
Board’s Consultative Report on the Review of the IFRS Foundation’s Governance. The comment letter expresses Deloitte’s views about the issues that are fun…

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25 March 2011: IOSCO Executive Committee Chairman discusses post-crisis regulation

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released a transcript of a speech given by Jane Diplock, Chairman IOSCO Executive Committee, on ‘Enhancing Financial Policy and Regulatory Cooperation – Responses to the Global Financ…

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25 March 2011: UK feedback statement on auditor scepticism

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The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a feedback statement summarising the responses to its August 2010 Discussion Paper ‘Auditor Scepticism: Raising the Bar’, including observations on the interaction of the judgement required in appl…

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25 March 2011: CIMA and AICPA form joint venture on international management accounting

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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), headquartered in London, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), headquartered in New York, are launching a joint venture designed to give management accountancy a hi…

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