All articles by Stephen Bouvier – Page 13
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NewsAudit regulator criticises DB accounting standards [updated]
DB liabilities could rise after Financial Reporting Council’s review, consultant warns
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NewsResearchers urge IASB to launch hybrid pension accounting project
Existing pension accounting rules hampering take-up of risk-sharing pension arrangements, consultants argue
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Accounting roundup: UK politician demands answers over BHS audit
Plus: Updated good practice guide for pension accounting; SIG faces investigation; FRC names firms under review
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Accounting body delays work on DB surplus refund rules
International Accounting Standards Board wants its work on the controversial rule aligned with research into DC schemes
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Accounting Matters: Wasted time on reclassification
The FRC appears to have given up its 13-year campaign to become a private-sector body
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Former MEP says ‘fatally flawed’ FRC should be shut down
Sharon Bowles argues for new accounting body as independent review begins
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NewsAccounting roundup: EU advisers approve controversial DB changes
Plus: European Parliament flags concerns over IFRS 17; FRC plots new governance code for this year
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NewsPressure building on UK audit regulator’s leadership as inquiry begins
Sir John Kingman has begun gathering evidence for his review of the Financial Reporting Council
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Accounting Matters: Cutting the clutter
The IASB’s disclosure initiative project has passed many people by. It dates back to 2011, when the board needed something to do after the US refused to adopt IFRS
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KPMG: Low interest rates pushing schemes to innovative accounting
Annual pensions accounting survey also finds life expectancy assumptions are being updated more often
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Carillion disclosures used as 'good practice' 12 months before bankruptcy
FRC’s Financial Reporting Lab reflected views of investors, regulator says
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Accounting Matters: EU moves to review standards
The news that the European Commission wants to carry out a “comprehensive check of the fitness of the EU framework on public reporting by companies” appears to have caught the IFRS Foundation on the hop
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NewsUBS proposes alternative approach to liability calculations
Actuaries supportive but call for more work on ‘deficit repair’ idea
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NewsAccounting regulator cuts pension scheme levy, warns of future rises
FRC says its voluntary levy on pension funds and insurers could increase over the next three years
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‘Toothless’ accounting watchdog to face wide-ranging governance probe
Former Legal & General chairman Sir John Kingman will lead review of FRC’s governance, conflicts of interest and accountability
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NewsAccounting roundup: IFRS questions EU plans to modify rules
Plus: IASB framework reintroduces prudence; FRC hits back at criticism
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Auditing: Going, going, gone
Could a closer inspection of ‘going concern’ flag up corporate ill health sooner?
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NewsAsset managers back Corporate Governance Code reboot
FRC wants companies to act if more than 20% of shareholders reject an AGM resolution
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NewsUK promises review of Financial Reporting Council
Business minister Greg Clark rejects FRC’s call for more powers
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UK public pensions call for accounting watchdog to be disbanded
LAPFF demands that the Financial Reporting Council be wound up and replaced to improve accountability
