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View articleFRS 17 will force many companies to reconsider the way they provide employee pensions. Peter Thompson warns it could harm pension schemes, but Crispin...
View articleEvery now and then events throw life's good guys into the eye of a storm and so it is with FRS 17 and Allan Cook. Read More...
View articleFEE, the organisation for the European accountancy profession, has appointed a deputy president in response to its growing workload in the wake of Enr...
View articleThe International Accounting Standards Board will not publish a full list of the corporate donors that provided $6m (£4.2m) to the organisation last y...
View articlePaul Volcker, chairman of the trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee, said yesterday that auditors should be paid more if compan...
View articleIn common with many accounting standards, FRS17 requires the stable door to be locked after the horse has bolted. However in this instance it is proba...
View articleIn many years of lecturing on and writing about accounting standards I have never seen a standard face so much criticism outside of the professional p...
View articleCIPFA is taking its first tentative steps overseas in a deal that could see the institute offering its qualification to other countries. Read More...
View articleThe institute has named Peter Owen as its new secretary general following the sudden resignation of John Collier this morning. Read More...
View articleJohn Collier has today resigned his post as secretary general of the ICAEW. Read More...
View articleA close examination of audit and non-audit fees is to be made by the new accountancy regulator in a bid to see if they affect the impartiality of audi...
View articleInternational accounting rules could soon receive a much sought-after boost in America as a leading US accountancy institute throws its support behind...
View articleCompanies could face demands to disclose key risks in their financial statements if proposals in the company law review are adopted in the wake of the...
View articleDavid Cairns, the former secretary general of the International Accounting Standards Committee, has criticised the global standard setter for not reta...
View articleAttempts to clarify the funding of the International Accounting Standards Board could fail tomorrow after news emerged that it might publish an incomp...
View articleMore than two-thirds of individual shareholders feel the level of disclosure in annual reports is inadequate, according to investment advisory group P...
View articleIn the wake of the Enron collapse, a survey by Accountancy Age's sister title Financial Director has found the majority of British FDs back auditor ro...
View articleThe government's work and pensions secretary has held talks with the Accounting Standards Board as unease grows over discrepancies between the UK's ne...
View articleCalls for more clarity in annual reports are forcing auditors into a corner. Diana Hay says clarity will boost confidence, while Gavin Hinks says it's...
View articleLast month we launched a ten-point plan to restore faith in the accountancy profession post-Enron. Here, we publish responses from senior figures. Rea...
View articleLabour backbencher Austin Mitchell has launched his own Commons bid to outlaw auditors from carrying out accountancy consultancy work for businesses t...
View articleAn attempt is to be made to end the running controversy over funding of the International Accounting Standards Board by publishing a list of its corpo...
View articleThe government and the financial services watchdog need to step up their efforts to crack down on companies involved in 'wrong accounting' and not rel...
View articleAlmost 60% of finance directors believe companies should be forced to rotate their auditors in the wake of the Enron scandal - but less than half that...
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