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Waiting game
| Last updated 10 Mar 10
Would it really hurt to introduce a little more certainty into the political schedule?
Last week the US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, issued a statement confirming its support for global accounting standards and for the convergence programme between US GAAAP and international financial reporting standards (IFRS). So does that mean the argument has been won?
The adoption, implementation, and enforcement of international financial standards is crucial, according to the latest IFAC Global Leadership Survey. This, however, may be easier said than done despite the huge progress already made in establishing international financial reporting standards
Read ICAS chief executive Anton Colella's blog
But partners need to practise what they preach to their listed company clients
Should annual re-elections be held for the chairmen or entire boards of listed companies, asks ICAS chief executive Anton Colella
Expressing sympathy for politicians is undoubtedly a lonely pastime but I do not envy the current dilemma faced by government
Blogs from ICAS members around the world
A recent article in the popular and widely-read French history magazine, Historia, provides some useful background on the origins of banking secrecy, writes a CA in Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s government set out to counter some of the clichés
A CA in Luxembourg detects an ICAS clarion call in a new code of conduct for investment funds