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Sustainability reporting dominated the historic first public meeting of the Financial Reporting Council held yesterday. read more

Setting a single set of sustainability standards for reporting non-financial information will follow a similar path to the development and then adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards. read more

Today’s accounting is designed to account for the entity that was acquired and to recognise the worth paid for by the acquirer. Going back to a straight line method of amortisation for goodwill would.. read more

The lessons that can be learned from the recent global e-mail fracas at top law firm Minter Ellison are there for everyone in large corporations to see. read more

The peak body for global regulators, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), has backed the creation of the single global sustainability reporting standards body. read more

The banking sector may learn from, and be wary of, the Royal Commission Into Crown Melbourne. read more

Encrypted messaging app Telegram has turned into an outlet for the sale of counterfeit currency with advertisers pushing the use of illegal notes in everyday transactions. read more

Former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin’s report into Crown details the proactivity of banks to try to better understand how the accounts operated as the pipeline between overseas customers and the.. read more

The evergreen topic of determining asset values and impairment testing drives people in business nuts and drives the regulator crazy, too. read more

The history of how the 2018 banking royal commission came about is just as relevant today for understanding who and what the government is listening to regarding specific recommendations from the comm.. read more