Archive for October 14th, 2011

14 October 2011: AccountAbility names members of its Advisory Council

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AccountAbility, the international corporate responsibility organisation, has announced members of its newly formed Advisory Council. This council will “provide strategic guidance and facilitate AccountAbility’s mission of advancing corporate responsibi…

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14 October 2011: 28th session of UNCTAD’s Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting

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The twenty-eighth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and
Reporting (ISAR) is currently being held in Geneva. Speeches and presentations from the session are now available.

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14 October 2011: Deadline reminder – ED on Improvements to IFRSs

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We remind you that comments on the Exposure Draft ‘Improvements to IFRSs’ are due on 21 October 2011.
The ED proposes changes to IFRS 1, IAS 1, IAS 16, IAS 32 and IAS 34.

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14 October 2011: IVSC and IPEV seek consistency in private equity valuation standards

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The International Valuations Standards Council (IVSC) and the International Private Equity Valuations (IPEV) board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), agreeing to co-operate with a view to ensuring that the IPEV Valuation Guidelines are co…

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14 October 2011: IFAC releases recommendations for G20

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The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has provided a series of recommendations for consideration by the G20 at its meeting on 3-4 November 2011 in Cannes, France. IFAC recommends that the G20 consider the following three objectives: 1) ur…

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