FRC issues an update responding to country and currency risk in financial reporting
17 Jan, 2012
The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued An Update to Directors of Listed Companies: Responding to increased country and currency risk in financial reports.
The Update was issued due the current economic uncertainties in numerous countries. The Update aims to provide issues to UK listed companies that may occur when responding to the increasing country and currency risk when filing their annual and semi-annual financial reports. The Update notes the following:
The issues Directors could consider include, where relevant:
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The Update also suggests that additional guidance should be considered, such as the ESMA's statement Sovereign Debt in IFRS Financial Statements (see our earlier story).
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- FRC report: An Update for Directors of Listed Companies: Responding to increased country and currency risk in financial reports (PDF 761 KB, link to FRC website)