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Editor's letter: Ins and outs
This magazine’s first encounter with Olivia Kirtley took place in 2014 at the World Congress of Accountants in Rome. The...
Editor's letter: Apologies
Dear subscribers, by now you should have received November’s issue of The Accountant (No. 6156) and you might have noticed...
PAFA builds a melodious ensemble
At the UNCTAD/ISAR meeting, Pan African Federation of Accoutants vice-president Koos du Toit gave an update on the organisation’s inroads...
Highlights from ISAR33
The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group on Accounting and Reporting Standards (ISAR) serviced by the UN Conference on Trade...
Did you say transparency?
Prem Sikka, accounting professor at the University of Essex, asked industry stakeholders what is transparency, and why so many talk...
Bringing accounting into the digital age
Paul Bulpitt, head of accounting at Xero, chair a panel of digital experts on the current trends in technology and...
EU regulatory framework, the state of play
During the financial crisis the European Commission produced a very large amount of legislation to increase the stability of financial...
Navigating the regulatory maze
At the 18th Meet the Experts conference, delegates received a regulatory update from a European, UK and USA perspective before...
Accounting standards, an international language?
Benefiting from a coincidence in schedules, the French stand-setter (ANC – Authorité des Normes Comptables) was able to create an...
Sustainability reporting and corporate governance round up
Risk tool An accounting risk management tool has been developed by MSCI, a provider of financial information indexes. The so-called...
Dublin looks to take giant step in post-Brexit
Despite its limitations, Dublin is promoting itself vigorously as a post-Brexit haven for UK financial services entities seeking unfettered access...
News brief: EFRAG appoints vice-president
Andreas Barckow, president of the Accounting Standards Committee of Germany (ASCG), has been appointed vice-president of the board of the...
TCFD recommendations for climate related disclosure released
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has published its first set of recommendations, which focuses on voluntary, decision-useful,...
It’s closing time
As the French professional body (OEC – Ordre des Experts-Comptables) congress drew to a close and the room was being...
French audit profession holds the line despite EU audit reform storm
Denis Lesprit, president of the French institute for auditors (CNCC - Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes) talks to Vincent...
Quizzing the standard bearer
Patrick de Cambourg, president of the French standard-setting authority Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC), couldn’t attend the French profession’s congress...
Perspectives for the future
In the course of the final plenary session of the 71st congress of the French Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ordre...
The Cold War of accounting standards
The first round table of the second and final plenary of the French accountants’ institute annual congress explored the role...
An accounting bridge over the Mediterranean Sea
The France-Maghreb Expert Network (Réseau Experts France Maghreb – REFM) was launched to help French Maghrebis accountants in their careers,...
PCAOB sign cooperation agreement with Italian regulator
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) have signed a...