Saturday, August 20, 2005

IASB issues standards to improve disclosures about financial instruments and capital


The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today issued International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures and a complementary Amendment to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements—Capital Disclosures. The IFRS introduces new requirements to improve the information on financial instruments that is given in entities’ financial statements. It replaces IAS 30 Disclosures in the Financial Statements of Banks and Similar Financial Institutions and some of the requirements in IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation. The Amendment to IAS 1 introduces requirements for disclosures about an entity’s capital.

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