All articles by Stephen Bouvier – Page 7
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FeaturesAccounting: DB sponsors at a crossroads
If a decade ago the talk was of defined-benefit (DB) scheme sponsors locked in an infernal struggle against the dizzying gravity of spiralling accounting deficits, thoughts now are turning to the end game.
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NewsUK, EU DB accounting position broadly favourable, consultants say
Accounting experts at WTW reported discount rates across a range of plan maturities of between 1.8% and 2% per annum
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Accounting: IASB’s sustainability challenges
Thinking back to 2007, pensions was the spectre at just about every feast when it came to the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), not least because of the push to persuade the US to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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NewsSustainability reporting poses new challenges for standard setters, stakeholders
Connectivity between the IASB’s work and the ISSB’s efforts was ‘the elephant in the room’
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NewsESMA urges IASB to change tack on pensions disclosure proposals
Watchdog wants more mandatory disclosure items
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Special ReportISSB: A new body for sustainability standards
As it comes to life, the new International Sustainability Standards Board faces a complex path towards harmonisation of fragmented frameworks
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NewsIFRS Foundation announces sustainability board go-ahead
CSDB and Value Reporting Foundation to consolidate into new disclosure standard-setter
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Reporting round-up: SASB Risk-management Disclosures
Plus: FRC’s thematic review of IAS 37, Silent Night report
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FeaturesAccounting: A costly mistake
Maybe you missed it. Or perhaps you were stuck in some interminable queue at an airport. But the United Kingdom’s audit watchdog revealed in August that a disciplinary tribunal had slapped audit giant KPMG with a £13m (€15m) fine, parked it on the naughty step with a severe reprimand, and ordered it to conduct a series of reviews into what went wrong.
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NewsTPR releases criminal sanctions guidance, consults further on new pensions act powers
The new legislation created two new criminal offences, which take effect from Friday 1 October
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NewsFRC officials detail ARGA transition timetable, upcoming workplan priorities
Additional reporting requirements are ‘driving a significant growth in reporting demands’, Mark Babington says
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NewsLegal experts warn on issues with ICAEW dividends guidance
Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has accused the accounting profession of acting like a ‘state within a state’
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Special ReportRisk transfer: The accounting perspective
The effect on liabilities from an accounting point of view is an important factor when considering a buy-in or buyout
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NewsAccounting round-up: FRC ups enforcement, focuses on DB accounting
Plus: IASB disclosure requirements project; FRC’s feedback statement on non-financial reporting
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NewsFRC fines KPMG £13m, sanctions restructuring unit partner [updated]
KPMG and Costley-Wood’s actions allowed HIG Group to snap up Silentnight out of insolvency while £100m of pension liabilities were transferred to the PPF
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Accounting: The Friedman conundrum
The world, or rather capitalism, has come a long way since Milton Friedman’s 1970 New York Times opinion piece The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits. Corporations, he argued, have no responsibility beyond the duty they hold to shareholders.
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NewsSASB, IIRC merge to form Value Reporting Foundation
One of the priorities for the merged entity will be to support the work of bodies such as the IFRS Foundation
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Accounting: Getting there eventually
You could be forgiven for thinking that audit reform has a lot in common with online shopping: knowing what you want is the easy part – it is fulfilment that is the let-down.
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NewsUK DB schemes end turbulent year in strong position, LCP says
LCP’s report found that UK DB schemes ended the year with an aggregate balance sheet surplus of £10bn
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NewsIOSCO registers ‘strong support’ for sustainability reporting initiative
The IFRS Foundation has set up a working group to prepare the ground for the establishment of an SSB
