What is financial reporting? The traditional function of financial reporting was to provide business owners with information about the companies that they owned and operated. Once the delegation of managerial responsibilities to hired personnel became a common practice‚ financial reporting began to focus on stewardship—that is‚ on the managers’ accountability to the owners. Its purpose then was to document how effectively the owners’ assets were managed‚ in terms of both capital preservation and
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CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING Assignment #1 On * Sukuk (in context to Pakistan) * Listing requirements by KSE * IFSB * History of Accounting Standards and Adoption of IFRS * Deloitte Pakistan/Global Deloitte (1) Sukuk (in context to Pakistan) Sukuk is the Arabic name for financial certificates‚ but commonly refers to the Islamic equivalent of bonds. Since fixed income‚ interest bearing bonds are not permissible in Islam‚ Sukuk securities are structured to comply
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the phrases “accounting standards” and “financial reporting” refer to. Accounting standards refer to the accounting methods used in an accounting system like the IFRS. Financial reporting refers to the representation of financial information‚ in order to be uniform the financial reporting must be based on a fixed set of rules‚ invole complete objectivity and no bias. The IFRS (International financial reporting standards) has indeed helped the uniformity of financial reporting. However‚ in some cases
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ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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Marketing Assignment Sony Ericsson‚ Facts and Challenges 1.0 Report Overview 1.1 Introduction The aim of this report is to deeply understand the importance of applying marketing essential strategies in order for the company to thrive in a dynamic changing environment. Sony Ericsson‚ the joint venture established in 2001‚ is an example to be thoroughly examined in this report. Its mobile T68i was revolutionary; it was the first GSM/GPRS color screen handset. Its Bluetooth technology
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1a. How does the market influence financial reporting standard setting? In the December 1978 Journal of Accountancy academic article‚ “The Rise of ‘Economic Consequences‚’” Stephen Zeff talks about how economic consequences – “the impact of accounting reports on the decision making behavior of business‚ government‚ unions‚ investors‚ and creditors” – can often be detrimental and therefore‚ should be taken into consideration when setting financial reporting standards. He mentions how in 1977‚ the
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The issue of adoption of international financial reporting standards (IFRSS) in Australia has been controversial issue since the first time Australian Financial Reporting council (FRC) announced the policy in 2002. Many believe that IFRSS adoption will lead to great advantages such as enhance financial report comparability‚ improve quality of financial reporting‚ attract more foreign investor‚ and other significant advantages. However‚ some also believe that the adoption merely result in disadvantages
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Reading 3.1 : Global Dialogue with Capital Market Stakeholders The rules‚ processes and institutions that govern the global capital markets are struggling to keep up with the constant innovation of the 21st century. Today’s investors demand financial reporting they can trust and businesses are trying to find the right way to express this information while regulators are seeking to promote investor confidence and market integrity. This is an article written by the worlds 6 largest audit firm
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Sony Ericsson Marketing Plan Content: Sony ericsson Description: Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. Both companies have stopped making their own mobile phones. The reason for this merger is to combine Sony’s consumer electronics expertise with Ericsson’s technological leadership (see Ericsson Mobile Platforms) in the communications sector.The company’s global
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all investment decisions and entity X will act according to entity Y’s instructions. Entity X will earn a trustee fee for holding the shares. Any dividends or profit/(loss) from the investments belong to entity Y. Elements of financial statementsThe elements of financial statements 53 Entity X should not recognise the listed shares as its asset even though it is in posses- sion of the shares. Entity X does not control the investment’s future economic benefits. Benefits from the investments flow
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