Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), spoke in Seoul, Korea, about potential challenges linked to companies’ reporting non-GAAP measures. See the full press release and speech: http://www.ifrs.org/Alerts/Conference/Pages/Hans-Hoogervorst-speech-Mind-the-GAP-March-2015.aspx Did you listen to the speech. If so; what are your thoughts.

The IFRS Taxonomy 2015 live webinar will be held on March 31st. Questions related to the IFRS Taxonomy 2015; will be answered and have details provided. See the following to register: Tuesday 31 March, 10am BST. Register here. Tuesday 31 March, 3pm BST.   Register here. Will you be attending the webinar?

The February IFRS Advisory Council meeting report has been posted: http://www.ifrs.org/Alerts/Meeting/Pages/IFRS-Advisory-Council-February-meeting-report-posted-2015.aspx Previous meeting reports have been posted there as well. Have you read these reports before. If so; do you have any comments for our readers?

The IASB’s summary of the model for insurance contracts without participation features is now available. http://www.ifrs.org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/Insurance-Contracts/Documents/2015/Insurance-Contracts-without-Participation-Features-March-2015.pdf In addition, the following has been updated on the Insurance Contracts project website: Insurance Contracts: Project Overview (Summary of the progress to date) http://www.ifrs.org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/Insurance-Contracts/Documents/2015/High%20level%20project%20update.pdf Due Process Overview (Key Due Process steps undertaken to date) http://www.ifrs.org/Current-Projects/IASB-Projects/Insurance-Contracts/Documents/2015/20150312%20-%20Due%20Process%20overview.pdf Due Process Steps (As per the IASB: “[This] shows how the IASB

Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) said in a speech in Edinburgh, Scotland; everybody is best served by accounting that reflects the economic reality, even if it makes for uncomfortable reading.   He also said ‘Bad accounting breeds bad policies‘.   Follow for the press release and speech. http://www.ifrs.org/Alerts/Conference/Pages/Speech-by-Bad-accounting-breeds-bad-policies-March-2015.aspx     What do you think of

The IASB discussed the following elements of the Research Projects in their February meeting: ·         Disclosure Initiative ·         Business Combinations All of the agenda papers presented by the staff are available as follows: http://www.ifrs.org/Meetings/Pages/IASB-Meeting-February-2015.aspx The next meeting is to be held on March the 17th to 19th 2015. Follow to see the agenda papers: http://www.ifrs.org/Meetings/Pages/IASB-Meeting-March-2015.aspx Do you have any relevant

The IFRS issued the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 today, which is is consistent with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) at 1 January 2015 which included including Standards issued but not yet effective at that date. Follow for the full news story: http://www.ifrs.org/Alerts/XBRL/Pages/The-IFRS-Foundation-publishes-the-IFRS-Taxonomy-2015-.aspx Note: The IFRS Taxonomy Team announced that they will be holding a IFRS Taxonomy

The IFRS Foundation is pleased to announce New French translations for Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception (Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28)and Disclosure Initiative (Amendments to IAS 1). eIFRS Professional/eIFRS Comprehensive subscribers can access theses translations from the following: http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/PDFArchive?categoryId=469&sidebarCategoryId=1 The French translation of the Exposure Draft Classification of Liabilities (Proposed Amendments to IAS 1), can

The IFRS Foundation is pleased to announce that the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 publication is expected to be issued on March the 11th. This is provided by the IFRS Foundation’s to address the demand for an electronic standard to transmit IFRS financial information.. Click here for more information as to when the IFRS Taxonomy 2015 will be available http://www.ifrs.org/XBRL/Pages/XBRL.aspx Will you