Region Round-up
Richard Petty, a Hong Kong-based professor of accounting and finance, has been elected as the new president of CPA Australia...…
Month: March 2009
Sustainability reporting suffers
New reports on sustainability reporting in Europe are of particular interest following predictions that non-financial reporting could drop off as…
IFAC launches technician programme guidance
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has released a good practice guide to help educational bodies in developing nations establish…
Cherry wraps up 8 years at Canadian standard setter
Paul Cherry completes eight years as chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board this month (AcSB), moving from the national…
Non-financial reporting: The time to talk
When the International Corporate Governance Network board established a non-financial business reporting committee in 2004, it was without unanimous consensus…
ACCA steps up sustainability focus
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is in the midst of producing of five papers to brief members on…
Corporate governance needs global convergence
Global convergence in financial reporting, audit and ethics may not be a given, but one area where it is missing…
CICPA feature: Building an army
The Chinese government’s development plans call for a large increase in practicing accountant numbers to support the rapid economic transition…