The IFRS Foundation podcast

In this month’s podcast, the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling is joined by IASB Chair Hans Hoogervorst and Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd to provide a summary of the main discussions during the July Board meeting as well as other developments and events that have taken place this month. The technical topics discussed include: goodwill and impairment, rate-regulated activities, accounting for cryptocurrencies and others.

Recorded in Frankfurt, during the IFRS Foundation’s annual international conference, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sue Lloyd joins the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling for the June podcast about the Board’s recent discussions and activities. Sue provides an overview of the conference, the Board’s consultation on Financial Instruments with the Characteristics of Equity and a joint FASB and IASB education meeting. Other topics from the IASB June meeting covered include the IFRS Taxonomy, the Board’s discussions on the definition of material, Business Combinations under Common Control and the Dynamic Risk Management projects.

Recorded in Frankfurt, during the IFRS Foundation’s annual international conference, Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sue Lloyd joins the IFRS Foundation’s Education Director Matt Tilling for the June podcast about the Board’s recent discussions and activities. Sue provides an overview of the conference, the Board’s consultation on Financial Instruments with the Characteristics of Equity and a joint FASB and IASB education meeting. Other topics from the IASB June meeting covered include the IFRS Taxonomy, the Board’s discussions on the definition of material, Business Combinations under Common Control and the Dynamic Risk Management projects.

IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst is joined by Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd and Education Director Matt Tilling to provide an update on the most recent IASB meeting and other developments. Projects raised in this podcast include Primary Financial Statements, Disclosure Initiative, Business Combinations under Common Control, Rate-regulated Activities, and Goodwill and Impairment.

IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst is joined by Vice-Chair Sue Lloyd and Education Director Matt Tilling to provide an update on the most recent IASB meeting and other developments. Ongoing projects raised in this podcast include Primary Financial Statements, Disclosure Initiative, Business Combinations under Common Control, Rate-regulated Activities, and Goodwill and Impairment.

The Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts (TRG) held a meeting on 2 May 2018 at the London office of the IFRS Foundation. This podcast summarises the discussion.

Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), provide an update on the April meeting of the Board and other recent developments. Hans gives a summary of what’s new in the revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which was issued at the end of March. He also covers the Board’s discussions about the projects on Primary Financial Statements and Goodwill and Impairment. Sue summarises the discussion on the definition of ‘material’, which focused on the feedback received to the consultation on proposed amendments that was published last year, and updates on the work to develop an accounting model for business combinations between companies that are owned by the same parent company.

In the first meeting podcast of the IFRS Advisory Council, Advisory Council Chair Joanna Perry joins Director of Education Matt Tilling to discuss the role of the advisory body and how its suggestions are addressed by the International Accounting Standards Board, as well as other developments.

In the latest IASB podcast, Sue Lloyd talks disclosures and dynamic risk management and Darrel Scott discusses rate-regulation and management commentary, and the outcomes of recent key stakeholder group meetings. Other topics covered include the latest discussions about the work following post-implementation reviews of IFRS 13 and IFRS 8.

Hans Hoogervorst and Sue Lloyd, Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board), provide an update on the April meeting of the Board and other recent developments. Hans gives a summary of what’s new in the revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which was issued at the end of March. He also covers the Board’s discussions about the projects on Primary Financial Statements and Goodwill and Impairment. Sue summarises the discussion on the definition of ‘material’, which focused on the feedback received to the consultation on proposed amendments that was published last year, and updates on the work to develop an accounting model for business combinations between companies that are owned by the same parent company.