06 Nov 2003
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rules adopted by the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ aimed at strengthening of corporate governance standards for listed companies.
05 Nov 2003
The IASB is making available on-line to subscribers the preliminary final texts of Standards being revised under the Improvements Project.
04 Nov 2003
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has published Financial Reporting in the Global Mining Industry, a survey of the financial reporting practices in 21 of the world's leading mining companies based on a review of their published annual financial statements and supplementary data.
We have updated the following agenda project pages to reflect Board deliberations at its October 2003 meeting: .
We have updated the following agenda project pages to reflect Board deliberations at its October 2003 meeting:
The following projects will be on the agenda of the IASB meeting to be held at the Board's offices in London on 17-19 November 2003: .
The following projects will be on the agenda of the IASB meeting to be held at the Board's offices in London on 17-19 November 2003:
03 Nov 2003
The Deloitte letter of comment on Exposure Draft ED 5, Insurance Contracts, questions the approach of adopting an 'interim standard' that exempts entities within the scope of the draft standard from complying with certain parts of the IASB Framework and defers addressing recognition and measurement principles until a later date.
The Deloitte letter of comment on IFRIC Draft Interpretation D2, Changes in Decommissioning, Restoration and Similar Liabilities, agrees that guidance is needed but concludes that the proposal is not the most appropriate interpretation of IFRS.
Speaking at a conference on IAS and Russian Integration into the World Economy, Tatyana Paramonova, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Bank, said that the Central Bank has developed a programme for the Russian banking sector's transition to International Financial Reporting Standards.
02 Nov 2003
The trustees of the IASC Foundation will meet in Brussels on Tuesday, 4 November 2003. The agenda includes approval of the minutes, report of the chairman of the IASB, process for constitutional review, and the proficiency testing and education programme.
01 Nov 2003
In their comment letter to the IASB on , Disposal of Non-current Assets and Presentation of Discontinued Operations, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales urged the IASB to focus its efforts on outstanding issues relating to the adoption of IFRS in 2005, rather than on convergence of IFRS and existing national GAAPs.
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