In his speech, Mr Golden discussed the important role high-quality financial reporting has within capital markets around the world and noted that high-quality accounting standards should “promote truth-telling in financial reporting”.
Mr Mackintosh presented on major trends and challenges towards high-quality corporate reporting and focused on the IASB's mission and the future agenda of the IASB.
Michael Stewart, Director of Implementation Activities at the IASB, explained how principle-based standards support consistent application across diverse facts and circumstances and how the IASB Education Initiative promotes IFRS judgement capacity-building by developing cohesive IFRS understanding and capacity to make, audit, regulate, and analyse IFRS judgements.
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