Hans Hoogervorst opens the World Standard-setters Meeting 2015
Sep 28, 2015
On September 28, 2015, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) released IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst's opening remarks at the 2015 World Standard-setters (WSS) meeting that is currently taking place in London, where he spoke about standard-setting in the public interest.
His remarks mostly built on the IASB and the IFRS Foundation joint publication, Working in the public interest: the IFRS Foundation and the IASB and Mr Hoogervorst elaborated on the four main themes:
- Working in the public interest;
- The audience of IFRS;
- The characteristics of IFRS; and
- Institutional aspects of the IFRS Foundation and the IASB.
Review the full text of the speech on the IASB's Web Site.