February monthly news summary
Please find below a brief summary of news and events from the IFRS®
Foundation over the past month:
Invitation for nominations for membership of the SME Implementation Group
The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation invite nominations of suitable candidates for membership of the
SME Implementation Group (SMEIG). The SMEIG supports adoption, implementation and
application of the IFRS for SMEs Standard.
Call for academic research papers
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the Financial Accounting
Standards Board and The Accounting Review are calling for academic research papers for a joint conference
taking place in November 2022 entitled 'Accounting for an
Ever-Changing World'.
Update on appointments to the inaugural ISSB
Chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees Erkki Liikanen provides an update on the Trustees’ work to appoint ISSB members to work
with the ISSB Chair and Vice-Chair.
IASB issues an update to the IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2021
The IFRS Accounting Taxonomy 2021 has been updated to reflect the
February 2021 amendments Disclosure of Accounting Policies and Definition
of Accounting Estimates.
IFRS Foundation Trustees announce ASAF membership 2022–2024
View the new composition of the Accounting Standards Advisory
Forum, the technical advisory body to the IASB.
Workshop to discuss selected submissions on corporate disclosures
Join an online workshop on 27 June 2022, where selected
academic research papers on corporate disclosures will be presented and
discussed.
Webcasts explaining the IASB’s Exposure Draft Supplier Finance Arrangements
Watch two short webcasts that provide background to reverse factoring and other
supplier finance arrangements, and illustrate how the IASB’s
proposals aim to enhance the transparency of supplier finance arrangements.
An interview with new ISSB Chair Emmanuel Faber
Learn more about the inaugural Chair of the ISSB, what
attracted him to the role and his ambitions for the ISSB.