IFRS: Climate-related disclosures Guest post by Paul Lee November’s newsletter from the global accounting regulator, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is big news, and is a big step towards accounting that is consistent with the Paris Agreement. The paper by Nick Anderson, IASB board member and former fund manager and head of research at […]
Read MoreAdvocates for audit and accounting reform made great strides this week. Although much of the attention will be directed at the OFT’s conclusion that the audit market isn’t working, a slightly less well covered but equally welcome development emerged from the back benches of the House of Commons. New Conservative member for Wycombe, Steve Baker MP has […]
Read MoreThe BBC’s Robert Peston has picked up on founding FSA chairman, Howard Davies’ critique on the causes of the Crash. According to Davies there were a total of 38 reasons. Peston goes on to argue that there were probably 39 if you take into account the proposition forwarded by Tim Bush, former fund manager for […]
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