October 15, 2021
International accounting standards group Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) is seeking input from corporate finance and investment chiefs on trends and views on the evolving ESG investment …
Read MoreThe Accounting Standards Board (ASB) published the results of its review of narrative reporting on 29 October, and its release was trailed by separate reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Deloitte.
PwC “recognise that reporting is not made easy by the …
Read MoreThe Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. the US accounting standard setter, has announced the 19 members of the inaugural Investor Advisory Group. The group will provide a forum for the board to obtain the views of, and advice from, the …
Read MoreAn independent report commissioned by the European Commission has concluded that the differences between US and international audit standards are “negligible”. The study, prepared by the Maastricht Accounting, Auditing and Information Management Research Center (MARC), evaluated the differences between International …
Read MoreEuropean Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has gone public with his concerns about role and structure of the International Accounting Standards Board. In his usual direct way McCreevy has pointed out that: “Accounting is now far too important to be left solely …
Read MoreUS Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s recently announced proposals for US recovery have attracted extreme criticism in many quarters for failing to address the issue of Fair Value Accounting. Alex Pollock of the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute and a long-standing critic …
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