Monday, April 21st, 2008
In 2001, Kern Alexander and Rahul Dhumale published a paper on the relevance of International Standards for the Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions.
Both the BCBS and the OECD have released Corporate Governance Principles (the OEDC in 2004, the BCBS in 2006) building on previous work.
As the authors point out, corporate ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
French Finance Minister Christine Lagard has compared the recent FSF-report released by the G7 Finance Ministers last week to the Plaza Accord (as quoted by Christopher Swann in an article at Bloomington):
The April 11 statement was "not very different'' from the importance of the 1985 Plaza Accord.
The Plaza Accord reached ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: International Accounting Standards Board
Abbreviation: IASB
Type: Private
Founded: 2001
Members Total: 0
Membership in: FSF
Membership of: IOSCO, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, IMF, ECB, World Bank
Description: In March 2001, the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation was formed as a not-for-profit corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, US. ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
Abbreviation: IAASB
Type: Public/Private
Founded: 1977 (see history of the IAASB)
Members Total: 18
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Description: The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) sets standards dealing with auditing, review, other assurance, quality control and related services, and facilitates the convergence of national and international ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: International Accounting Standards Committee
Abbreviation: IASC
Type: Private
Founded: 1973-2000
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Description: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was preceded by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), which operated from 1973 until 2001.
IASC was founded in June 1973 as a result of an agreement by ...
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