The topics discussed at this meeting include:

• Boundary of reinsurance contracts held
• Separation of insurance components of a single insurance contract
• Boundary of contracts with annual repricing mechanisms
• Insurance acquisition cash flows paid on an initially written contract
• Determining quantity of benefits for identifying coverage units
• Insurance acquisition cash flows when using fair value transition
• Reporting on other questions submitted to the IASB® Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17, Insurance Contracts

Review the summary on the AcSB's website.

In the first phase of the project, the European Commission asked EFRAG to collect quantitative data on the current holdings of equity instruments and their accounting treatment and investigate if entities expect that the new accounting requirements will affect their decisions in relation to investment in equity instruments. EFRAG reported its findings from this first phase in January 2018.

In the second phase of the project, the Commission asked EFRAG to provide advice on whether and how the requirements in IFRS 9 on accounting for holdings of equity instruments could be improved. As part of its due process, EFRAG has now published the discussion paper to gather constituents' views on recycling and impairment of equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income.

EFRAG has not included a preliminary view on the issues explored. Rather, the paper analyses the relevance of recycling in the context of a long-term investment business model and presents arguments on the conceptual relationship between recycling gains and losses on derecognition and impairment. The paper considers how the application problems identified with IAS 39's impairment model for available-for-sale equity instruments could be addressed. It illustrates an impairment model and a revaluation model but does not express a preliminary view as to which, if either, of these two models is preferable.

​Comments on the discussion paper are expected by May 25, 2018.

Review the discussion paper on the EFRAG's website.

The proposed update would specifically clarify the accounting for implementation costs related to a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. It also would provide more disclosures of the implementation costs for internal-use software and cloud computing arrangements.

Review the press release and the exposure draft on the FASBs website.

Effective January 1, 2018, revenue for all companies following IFRSs and US GAAP will be recognized under a new accounting standard – IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers or the FASB's equivalent revenue standard, ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).

Much of the discussion so far has centered around it should be applied by preparers, not on how it should be analysed by analysts and investors. The paper now published by the CFA Institute examines the top 10 questions investors should consider as they review year-end 2017 results and consider first quarter 2018 reporting as it relates to the adoption of the new standard.

Review the full paper on the CFA Institute's website.

Par­tic­i­pants at the meeting, which was chaired by IASB® member Amaro Gomes, discussed business combinations under common control, accounting for micro entities, IAS 12, Income Taxes, initial measurement of payables when payment is deferred, IASB update, and an introduction to IFRS 17, Insurance Contracts.

Review the full report (five pages) on the the Board's website.

Below is an analysis of all changes made to the work plan since our last analysis on January 27, 2018.

Maintenance projects

• Plan amendment, curtailment or settlement (amendment to IAS 19) — This has been removed from the work plan, as an IFRS Amendment was issued on February 7, 2018.

Research projects

• Principles of disclosure — Discussions on feedback of the discussion paper occurred at the IASB’s February 2018 meeting; the next milestone is now “decide project direction” in March 2018.

Other projects

• IFRS Taxonomy Update—2017 Annual Improvements — The next milestone has changed from a Feedback Discussion in February 2018 to a Final Update in March 2018.

The revised IASB work plan is available on the Board's website.

Previous guidance in this area stated that companies may be obligated to disclose cybersecurity risks and incidents, but it did not provide specific disclosure requirements. The new guidance clarifies that the SEC expects companies to disclose cybersecurity risks and incidents that are material to investors, including financial, legal, or reputational consequences.

Review the press release and interpretation on the SEC’s website.

Mr. Jackson and his SEC staff looked at 157 dual-class initial public offerings occurring over the past 15 years, and "immediately noticed some pretty significant differences" between the 71 companies with sunset provisions and the 86 without, and found that over time their predicted valuations diverged.

Seven or more years after their IPOs, firms without sunset provisions traded at a significant discount, and decisions by some firms to drop their dual-class structures later were associated with a significant increase in valuations, he said, noting that the analysis is preliminary but a subject "that deserves much further study."

Review the full speech on the SEC's website.

The complete set of information around the TRG meeting is now available:

• Audio recordings of the individual sessions
• Meeting summary
• Podcast (7 minutes)
• IFRS in Focus — Transition Resource group discusses implementation of IFRS 17 'Insurance Contracts'

Review the press release on the IASB's website.

The topics covered during the meeting included:

• Primary financial statements
• Disclosure initiative — Definition of material
• Disclosure initiative — Principles of disclosure
• Post-implementation Review of IFRS 13
• Wider Corporate Reporting
• Academic liaison
• Information deficiencies and consolidated financial statements
• Proposed improvements to IFRS 8
• Business Combinations Under Common Control
• Project updates and agenda planning

Review the press release and the summary of the meeting on the IASB's website.