In this multimedia presentation, IPSASB Technical Manager Paul Mason leads a discussion with IPSASB Member Bob Dacey on some of the key issues raised in the IPSASB’s recent Consultation Paper on Social Benefits. 

During a recent outreach trip to South Africa, IAASB Chairman Prof. Arnold Schilder was a guest on CNBC Africa's "Closing Bell South Africa" program, where he discussed the new and revised auditor reporting standards and their importance to stakeholders.

The World Economic Forum has ranked South Africa’s auditing and reporting standards #1 in the world in its Global Competitiveness Index for 2014-2015.  

"Auditor reporting in the future will become much more informative to outside users that so far didn't hear anything from the auditor except the final conclusion, the auditor's opinion," Prof. Schilder told CNBC Africa. "In the future, you will see five, six pages with unique information coming from the auditor about the audit and that's very relevant to users of that information." 

During the ISCA Ethics Forum as part of the Singapore Accountancy Convention 2014, Mr. James Sylph, Recently Retired Executive Director, Professional Standards & External Relations, IFAC, answers 5 questions of the state of ethics and governance in the accountancy profession as well as the future of ethics.

Mr. Sylph also spoke about the essential role of ethics in the accounting profession in a separate interview. See the full interview here.

IFAC President Warren Allen discussed the relationship between financial reporting and governance in remarks to the 3rd Saudi-Pak Accountancy Symposium, held May 15, 2014. 

"The financial information is used to make economic decisions about an organization, its resources, and its future," he said. "The quality of that information will affect the quality of decision-making at every level." 

While presenting the The Economist 2014 CFO Summit, IFAC CEO Fayez Choudhury spoke with Lianna Brinded of the International Business Times on the evolving role of chief financial officers.

International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA, the Ethics Board) Chair Jörgen Holmquist in conversation with Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) Technical Director Channa Wijesinghe following the September 2013 Ethics Board meeting in Sydney, Australia.

Used with permission from APESB.

Discussion topics include:

Opening remarks (0:00 - 0:40)

The IESBA Code's global coverage (0:40 - 5:30)

Suspected illegal acts (5:30 - 10:25)

Long association of senior personnel and rotation of key audit partners (10:25 - 15:30)

Structure of the IESBA Code (15:30 - 21:10)

Role of National Standard Setters (21:10 - 23:25)

Closing remarks (23:25 - 24:50)

IFAC President Warren Allen was a keynote speaker November 8 at the inaugural IPA National Congress.   

La iniciativa CReCER (Contabilidad y Responsabilidad para el Crecimiento Económico Regional), creada por el Banco Mundial, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, la Federación Internacional de Contadores (IFAC) y el Comité Global de Políticas Públicas (GPPC) de las seis firmas auditoras más grandes del mundo (PWC, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Grant Thornton y BDO), promueve una gestión financiera sólida en los sectores público y privado en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, a través del fortalecimiento de la contabilidad y la calidad de la información financiera y la auditoría. La séptima edición del evento CReCER se desarrollará en el 2013, para el cual Colombia fue designado como país anfitrión, eligiéndose a Cartagena como ciudad sede.

CReCER - sp from LCSFM on Vimeo.

IFAC, along with the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Global Public Policy Committee, held the seventh Conference for Accounting and Accountability for Regional Economic Growth, or CReCER (Contabilidad y Responsabilidad para el Crecimiento Económico Regional) in Cartagena, Colombia, in August 2013,  hosted by IFAC member body the Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos de Colombia.

Themed Integrating Approaches to Financial Reporting to Advance Regional Economic Growth: An Exchange between Public and Private Sector, the conference drew more than 350 attendees and speakers and covered important topics, such as national and regional initiatives to advance adoption and implementation of international standards; global perspectives on the evolving role of auditors and accountants; recent capital market developments to support investment; and the future of business reporting, including integrated reporting.

CReCER from LCSFM on Vimeo.

IFAC President Warren Allen speaks in support of 2013, the year of the accountants, an initiative by the accountancy profession in Brazil and Conselho Federal de Contabilidade and the Instituto dos Auditores Independentes do Brasil