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NAPF Investment Conference 2010: IASB confirms exposure draft plans

Global Pensions | 12 Mar 2010 | 13:00

UK - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has confirmed it will no longer allow companies to use the corridor method in their accounting.

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NAPF Investment Conference 2010: Accounting standards review to launch

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds is set to launch a major review into the standards used for accounting for pensions.

Global Pensions | 11 Mar 2010

IAS19 reform proposals could wipe £8.7bn off company profits

UK - Proposed changes to international accounting standard IAS19 could wipe £8.7bn (US$13.2bn) off reported company profits, Mercer warned.

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010

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Changing the rules of the game

In anticipation of the International Accounting Standards Board’s latest exposure draft, Sebastian Cheek investigates the impact it will have on the pensions industry

Masking the crisis with maths

The move towards mark-to-market accounting and a more short term outlook has long been a thorn in the side of the pensions industry, but what does it mean for the way damage inflicted by the current crisis is playing out in balance sheets? Giovanni Legorano investigates by examining accounting standards in the UK and the Netherlands

Currency management forum Sydney 2009

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney

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Video: interview with Jonathan Boersma, CFA Institute

Global Pensions | 10 Mar 2010 | screening image

Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Jonathan Boersma, executive director, Global Investment Performance Standards, at the CFA Institute.

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Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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