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4 November 2011: Discussions at the joint IASB-ASBJ meeting

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Representatives of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ)
held their fourteenth biannual meeting in London on 31 October and 1 November 2011 to discuss current accounting developments.

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4 November 2011: Challenges in applying conventional international accounting standards for Islamic finance

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On 23 and 24 October 2011, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)
was hosting the World Bank Annual Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance. One of the sessions of the meeting was
dedicated to ‘Challe…

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4 November 2011: Updated IASB work plan released

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The IASB has released an updated work plan, dated 31 October 2011, outlining revised ‘current best estimates’ for its various projects. The timing for a number of projects has been deferred slightly, and the timing of post-implementation reviews on IF…

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