This thesis investigates the pattern of Financial Instrument Disclosures (FIDs) within the annual reports of Australian listed extractive resource companies (mining and petroleum) over a four year longitudinal period encompassing the 2003 to 2006 financial years. This is an important period to...

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have reaffirmed their commitment to accomplishing the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (US GAAP),...

In Deutschland wurde in den letzten Jahren kontrovers diskutiert, ob die handelsrechtliche Rechnungslegung durch die IFRS-Rechnungslegung abgelöst werden sollte. Des Weiteren wurde diskutiert wie das von Versicherungsunternehmen anzuwendende IFRS-Normengefüge ausgestaltet sein sollte. Vor dem...

Recent corporate reporting history is well–known for its corporate failures andquestionable accountancy practices, many of which caused the profession to befrowned upon. However, the splodge on the accounting profession?s reputationgoes deeper than its corporate reporting failures. The...