Information for Better Markets
Information for Better Markets is the ICAEW Financial Reporting Faculty’s thought leadership initiative.
The Faculty’s plans are set out in its Information for Better Markets prospectus. The work will focus on three key areas: disclosure, measurement and regulation.
P D Leake Lecture 2009
The PD Leake Lecture for 2009 will be given by Professor Michael Power of the London School of Economics on the subject of ‘Fair value: the influence of financial economics on accounting’. The lecture will be given at Chartered Accountants’ Hall on the evening of Thursday, 15 October.
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Information for Better Markets Conference 2009
The 2009 Information for Better Markets Conference will be on the theme of ‘Who should lead corporate reporting: markets or regulators?’ It will be held at Chartered Accountants’ Hall on 14-15 December, and will include sessions on:
- The political economy of regulation
- Different approaches to corporate reporting regulation: how jurisdictions differ and why
- The pros and cons of regulating corporate reporting: a critical review of the arguments
- How do conceptual frameworks contribute to the quality of financial reporting regulation?
If you are interested in attending please download:
- Information sheet for the Information for Better Markets Conference 2009 (Word 101kb/ 1 page)
- Conference programme (PDF 23kb/1 page)
Information for Better Markets Conference 2008
The 2008 Information for Better Markets Conference, held in December, was on the theme of ‘Accounting for pensions’. To download the draft papers for the conference, click on the links below:
- International trends in pension provision (Word 185kb/34 pages)
- How should pensions be accounted for? (Word 181kb/43 pages)
- Has changing accounting changed pensions? A review of the evidence (PDF 284kb/34 pages)
- Pensions accounting and research: an overview (Word 461kb/57 pages)
Earlier Information for Better Markets work
Links to earlier work in the Information for Better Markets campaign can be found using the links in the left hand menu.
