Investor Alert: Issue 2 of The Essentials: Presentation of Financial Statements. All Essentials focus is to increase the investors IFRS awareness. See the following for the article: http://www.ifrs.org/Investor-resources/IASB-Investor-Education/Pages/The-Essentials.aspx As an investor: how has your transition been going from reading individual countries GAAP to IFRS Financial Statements?
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94 per cent of chief financial officers (CFOs) said they find consulting attractive: says a recent Robert Half Management Resources survey. Follow for the entire press release: http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1508163/9-in-10-cfos-say-consulting-career-is-attractive If you are a Consultant that originally was a CFO; do you have any advice for our fellow members who are thinking about it?
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Follow to see :”FINTRAC advisory on financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)” http://www.fintrac-canafe.gc.ca/new-neuf/avs/2015-03-26-eng.asp
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The question “Should we transition to the COSO 2013 framework?” has been asked time and time again by organizations. Robert Half Management Resources has four benefits that your business could experience by transitioning. Follow to see the their post: “The Benefits of Adopting the COSO 2013 Framework — Even If You Aren’t Required to”
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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?
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Gérald Cossette: Director of FINTRAC provided a statement and testimony at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today. The remarks are as follows: http://www.fintrac-canafe.gc.ca/new-neuf/ps-pa/2015-03-24-eng.asp Mr. Cossette will be speaking on the broader study on terrorism financing. Do you have any input or insights that could help?
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‘Helping Investors Better Understand Cash Flow’ is the most current Investor Perspective. Investors Nick Anderson, Gunnar Miller and Tanya Branwhite discuss the merits of the proposed amendments in the following article: http://www.ifrs.org/Investor-resources/2015-Investor-Perspectives/Pages/Helping-Investors-Better-Understand-Cash-Flow-March-2015.aspx Are you an investor? If so do you have any thoughts you would like to share with our members on ‘Helping Investors Better Understand Cash Flow’? See also
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In an article by Robert Half Management Resources: Jim Deloach who is the managing director for Protiviti goes on to say “what companies don’t know about the process can drive an offering off the rails in a hurry”. Read the full article: http://blog.roberthalfmr.com/things-know-before-ipo?utm_campaign=RHMR+Blog&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16606361&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–kOn9f_XzXYpe_Ehs0FT4doFplhazwcKac9nA8wAvCsPmrzFNEFtQ3p57cU_RkRhFZ23ydS1qCRO7QAQUzzC_WaIZB2g&_hsmi=16606361 Have you undertaken an IPO? If so do you have any other advice for our
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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?
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Is your company affected by FATCA? The U.S. government has enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to combat offshore tax evasion by U.S. people. In 2014 Canada and the U.S. have entered into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that in effect requires Canadian financial institutions (FIs) to comply with FATCA. If your company is affected by FATCA; what are
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