• Discussions at the fifth IASB Research Forum

  12 Nov 2018

  The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) hosted its fifth Research Forum on 11 and 12 November 2018 in Sydney. The meeting saw the presentation of six academic papers, responses by academics and standard-setters as well as panel discussions.

• CRD announces two-year project for better alignment

  08 Nov 2018

  At the World Congress of Accountants in Sydney, Australia, the Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD), which brings together organisations that have significant international influence on the corporate reporting landscape, has announced two-year project focused on aligning the standards and frameworks of its members.

• SASB issues industry-specific sustainability accounting standards

  08 Nov 2018

  The US Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has issued the world's first set of industry-specific sustainability accounting standards covering financially material issues in 77 industries. The standards aim at providing investors with in-depth information about the impact of a company’s actions on society and the environment - they come at a time of increased investor concern about companies' business practices.

• FRC publishes thematic review findings of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 company disclosures

  08 Nov 2018

  The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published two thematic reviews to help companies improve the quality of their corporate reporting in relation to IFRS 9 'Financial Instruments' and IFRS 15 'Revenue from Contracts with Customers'.

• FRC Lab guidance on reporting performance metrics

  07 Nov 2018

  The Financial Reporting Lab of the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published guidance for companies on the presentation of performance metrics in their reporting following calls for clarity from investors.

• Summary of the October 2018 ASAF meeting now available

  07 Nov 2018

  The staff of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have made available a summary of the discussions of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (ASAF) meeting held in London on 4 October 2018.

• Pre-meeting summaries for the November IASB meeting

  07 Nov 2018

  The IASB is meeting on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 November 2018. We have posted our pre-meeting summaries for the meeting that allow you to follow the IASB’s decision making more closely. For each topic to be discussed we summarise the agenda papers made available by the IASB staff and point out the main issues to be discussed by the IASB and the staff recommendations.

• IFRS Foundation announces technology initiative

  05 Nov 2018

  The IFRS Foundation has announced the launch of its technology initiative. The technology initiative will consider how changes in technology may affect the work done by the IASB in certain areas.

• November 2018 IASB meeting agenda posted, IFRS 17 effective date to be discussed

  03 Nov 2018

  The IASB has posted the agenda for its next meeting, which will be held at its offices in London on 14 and 15 November 2018. There are seven topics on the agenda, most notably IFRS 17 'Insurance Contracts' and a possible deferral of the effective date of the standard.

• Insurance contracts transition resource group meeting rescheduled

  01 Nov 2018

  The meeting for the next transition resource group (TRG) for IFRS 17 ‘Insurance Contracts’ has been rescheduled from 4 December 2018 to 4 April 2019.

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