Archive for October 5th, 2011

5 October 2011: Hans Hoogervorst addresses AICPA/IFRS Foundation conference

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In a recent address at the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) / IFRS Foundation conference, the IASB chairman, Hans Hoogervorst, discussed the importance of a single set of global accounting standards and the US SEC’s impending decision on using IFRSs…

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5 October 2011: The Bruce Column – Allaying the Fears

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At the AICPA conference in Boston IASB Chairman, Hans Hoogervorst, made his first speech on American soil and along with a speech from onetime SEC Commissioner, Harvey Goldschmid, has answered many of the questions and worries over the impending SEC de…

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5 October 2011: New issue of the IASB’s ‘Investor Perspectives’

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Paul Pacter, IASB Board member and former webmaster of IAS Plus, explains the IASB’s outreach activities.

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5 October 2011: Australian standard setter warns about far-reaching impacts of the IASB’s Investment Entities ED

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The Chairman of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), Kevin Stevenson,
has addressed the public in a media release expressing a number of concerns about the proposals in the
IASB’s Exposure Draft ‘Investment Entities’.

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