2010-03-18
Accountancy Age
ACCA announces international investigation of audit quality
A new international investigation into the nature of professional judgements in audit has been announced. The study, a joint initiative of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), will look into four main areas in a number of countries including Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
2010-03-17
Bloomberg
U.K. Will Push Countries for Similar Bonus Rules, Turner Says
The U.K. will push other countries to adopt a “rules-based” approach to bonuses similar to its own, the head of Britain’s Financial Services Authority said.
2010-03-17
The Peninsula
ICAI Doha Chapter holds seminar on good governance in Mideast
Doha: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Doha chapter, organised a seminar on “Corporate Governance – Middle East Practices”, at the Millennium Hotel on March 11. The guest speaker was Hisham Zeitouny, partner in Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte in Qatar.
2010-03-17
IASB.org
Chairman of the IASB addresses ECOFIN meeting
Prepared Statement of Sir David Tweedie, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, to the meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Economic and Financial Affairs) on 16 March 2010.
2010-03-17
Accountancy Magazine
ACCA launches global audit research
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has given its backing to four new auditing research projects looking at the implementation and application of international standards.
2010-03-17
Accountancy Magazine
ICAEW launches insolvency certificate
The ICAEW has launched a new certificate in insolvency that aims to provide people with a greater understanding of corporate and personal insolvency issues.
2010-03-16
allAfrica.com
Other African Countries Keen to Gain SA's Chartered Accountant Brand
SA's chartered accountant (CA) brand is growing in sub-Saharan Africa and the country's professional body is working with Zambia and Lesotho to bring these countries into the South African CA examination system.
2010-03-16
China Economic Review
China alters accounting system to reduce deficit
China's Ministry of Finance (MoF) changed the way it accounts for government spending so that the spending deficit for 2010 remains below 3% of GDP, the Wall Street Journal reported. The change, which shifts spending from one year to another, was disclosed in a MoF report.