1. The document advertises an upcoming accounting conference on IFRS to be held in Dubai in May 2014. It provides details on the conference agenda, speakers, masterclasses, and registration information.
2. Over 30 CFOs and IFRS experts from the region will speak at the conference on latest IFRS developments and their practical implementation. Pre-conference masterclasses and post-conference technical sessions will also be offered.
3. Attendees will gain insights on implementing new IFRS standards like IFRS 10, 11, 12, and 13 through case studies and best practices shared by regional practitioners. The conference aims to help attendees benchmark their IFRS knowledge and application strategies.
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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a set of accounting standards, developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements.
India is one of the over 100 countries that have or are moving towards IFRS (International Financial Reporting standards) convergence with a view to bringing about uniformity in reporting systems globally, enabling businesses, finances and funds to access more opportunities.
ICAI has decided to implement IFRS in India. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has also announced its commitment to convergence to IFRS.
Implementation of IFRS in Indian banking Sector : Effects & Challenges Ranjan Bellarpady
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Accounting is the language of business, through which an organization can communicate to its stakeholders. From a petty shop to a Multinational Company needs accounting. Even though India is a country which is rapidly moving towards globalization, is still in the process of adopting global reporting standards (i.e. IFRS). Indian banking sector considered as one of the strongest industry, where everything is standardized, but even today it practicing the traditional accounting system i.e. Indian GAAP. This paper concentrates on effects and challenges in implementation of IFRS in Indian banking sector.
Adoption of global accounting standards in Indian banking system will bring more positive drastic changes, where as it has plenty of challenges also. This study elaborates how the challenges can be overcome to avail the benefits of global accounting standards. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA) is likely to notify all sections and rules of the new companies Act and start convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) process immediately, which have to be implemented from April 2015 and it has developed a roadmap for the implementation of IFRS in India and this paper examine the effects of IFRS-9 “Financial Instruments” on Indian banking after the implementation of IFRS. This research study also contains the findings and suggestions based on the survey.
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Report on Standard Setting Activities - Françoise Flores, IASBOECD Governance
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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)AbhirajSingh67
Accounting for Managers
International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) – Meaning or Definitions
Frameworks for IFRS
Importance
Advantages & Disadvantages
Requirements of the IFRS
Certification and Training in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)iACT Global
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a set of accounting standards, developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that is becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements.
India is one of the over 100 countries that have or are moving towards IFRS (International Financial Reporting standards) convergence with a view to bringing about uniformity in reporting systems globally, enabling businesses, finances and funds to access more opportunities.
ICAI has decided to implement IFRS in India. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has also announced its commitment to convergence to IFRS.
Implementation of IFRS in Indian banking Sector : Effects & Challenges Ranjan Bellarpady
Abstract -
Accounting is the language of business, through which an organization can communicate to its stakeholders. From a petty shop to a Multinational Company needs accounting. Even though India is a country which is rapidly moving towards globalization, is still in the process of adopting global reporting standards (i.e. IFRS). Indian banking sector considered as one of the strongest industry, where everything is standardized, but even today it practicing the traditional accounting system i.e. Indian GAAP. This paper concentrates on effects and challenges in implementation of IFRS in Indian banking sector.
Adoption of global accounting standards in Indian banking system will bring more positive drastic changes, where as it has plenty of challenges also. This study elaborates how the challenges can be overcome to avail the benefits of global accounting standards. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA) is likely to notify all sections and rules of the new companies Act and start convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) process immediately, which have to be implemented from April 2015 and it has developed a roadmap for the implementation of IFRS in India and this paper examine the effects of IFRS-9 “Financial Instruments” on Indian banking after the implementation of IFRS. This research study also contains the findings and suggestions based on the survey.
Happy Reading :)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS, IAS, IFRIC and SIC)
The slides provides high level overview of IFRS specifically designed for Pension Funds as presented to one of leading pension scheme in Tanzania
Report on Standard Setting Activities - Françoise Flores, IASBOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Françoise Flores, IASB, at the 19th OECD Senior Financial Management and Reporting Officials Symposium held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris, on 4-5 March 2019
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are designed as a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries.
IFRS were issued by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), known as International Accounting Standard Board(IASB).
IFRS originated in the European Union, with the intention of making business affairs and accounts accessible across the continent. The idea quickly spread globally, as a common language allowed greater communication worldwide.
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The discussion will also include a walkthrough of federal Form 990, the public document of a not for profit organization, with a focus on what audit and finance committee members and senior management should be aware of to minimize risks to them and the organizations they represent.
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A training program providing you with a completely up-to-date practical analysis of the complex requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards.
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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are designed as a common global language for business affairs so that company accounts are understandable and comparable across international boundaries.
IFRS were issued by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), known as International Accounting Standard Board(IASB).
IFRS originated in the European Union, with the intention of making business affairs and accounts accessible across the continent. The idea quickly spread globally, as a common language allowed greater communication worldwide.
2016-06-22 Role of the Audit and Finance Committee Erin Crowley
The discussion will also include a walkthrough of federal Form 990, the public document of a not for profit organization, with a focus on what audit and finance committee members and senior management should be aware of to minimize risks to them and the organizations they represent.
IFRS Master Class Workshop, 30-31 March 2016Tahir Abbas
A training program providing you with a completely up-to-date practical analysis of the complex requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards.
This presentation was made by Takatsugu Ochi, IASB, at the 18th Annual Meeting of OECD Senior Financial Management and Reporting Officials held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris, on 1-2 March 2018
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Webinar: Measuring And Monetizing Strategic Innovation Ali Zeeshan
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Measuring innovation can be difficult. Some assume that innovation is more of an art form. Or they realize that “innovation” is a word that means different things to different people, and so assume that it cannot be measured. This is unfortunate, because managing both innovation and measurement are critical to the successful execution of strategy and monetizing (or deriving tangible benefits from) your innovation efforts.
The webinar will provide valuable insights about these timely topics of performance management:
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• The steps your organization can take to define what innovation means for your strategy
• The steps needed to design and implement a set of measures that will help you implement your strategy and achieve results
• Keys to monetizing innovation
• The critical factors for successfully introducing and managing strategic innovation
• How to develop and maintain a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship
Your Brain And Learning Needs Assessment WebinarAli Zeeshan
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Are you using brain science to leverage corporate learning practices and facilitate an effective learning transfer?
Does a Learning Needs Assessment have any connection to Neuroscience?
Attend this webinar to find out the connect between Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning Needs Assessment to enable effective learning transfer in your organisation.
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The Balanced Scorecard Institute and partner Informa Middle East invite you to participate in our upcoming complimentary webinar, ‘KPI Best Practices’, which will discuss the relationship between strategy execution and KPIs.
Developing meaningful KPIs to measure strategy execution is both an art and a science, involving a deep understanding of what to measure, how to measure, how to analyze performance information, how to report and clearly inform others regarding desired results and performance, and how to use the information to make better decisions.
This webinar introduces one of the main topics at our upcoming Saudi KPI for Business Strategy & Transformation workshop.
Join the Balanced Scorecard Institute's Howard Rohm, Co-Founder and President, and Suzy Nisbet, Senior Associate and Consultant, as they discuss developing strategic, operational, project, and organizational capacity KPIs, aligning KPIs to strategy, measuring intangible goals, streamlining measurement and reporting processes, and creating derivative KPIs for employees at all organizational levels.
Sharing best KPI practices from their worldwide client experience, this 40-minute webinar (followed by a 20-minute Q&A session) will provide the knowledge and insight to better understand the relationship between strategy and KPI's.
Webinar participants will learn how to:
• Improve managers' and employees' perception of the value and importance of measuring performance
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With the Strategy Execution and Innovation Forum rapidly approaching, Howard Rohm, Co-Founder and President, and Joe DeCarlo, Vice President, International, of the Balanced Scorecard Institute, discussed on a live webinar how to improve strategy execution with innovation, and how to improve the strategic innovation process. Topics included Strategy Execution, Alignment, and Planning, Managing Innovation, Creating an Innovation Strategy for your Organization and more.
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Time Management: Productivity and Time StealersAli Zeeshan
Some say there is nothing more precious than time so, as with all things that are precious to us, we should not waste it!
A poor use of time can lead to issues with: your personal finances and your long-term career aspirations; relationship problems at home; and/or health problems brought on by stress and anxiety.
Unfortunately, there are many demands coming from ‘time stealers’ who are, potentially, diverting you from using your time in the way you wish to use it.
The aim of this webinar is to provide you with a brief insight into the strategies, tools and techniques you can utilise to help you manage your time more effectively.
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Webinar: Stakeholder Management Engaging The Organisation For ResultsAli Zeeshan
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The Objectives Of This Webinar Are To Explain:
• How to engage stakeholders and manage their expectations
• Key relationship management skills and techniques
• How to build a comprehensive relationship map to establish widespread commitment
• How to employ powerful conflict management techniques
• How to achieve win/win situations by the appropriate use of influence
• How to apply multiple communication techniques
• How to use the influence model effectively
• How to address the key relationship and communications skills needed to manage expectations in projects and succeed in conflict situations
About the Presenter:
Claude Maley is Managing Director of Mit Consultants, a consultancy and education practice servicing international clients in change management, and Chairman of a business solutions company. He started his career as a Systems Engineer with IBM, after reading estate management and building construction at the London School of Building. His functional management and consulting experience with major corporations such as Alcatel, BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Cartier, Caterpillar, Cisco, Ericsson, GE, Hewlett-Packard, IMS International, Motorola, Organon, Overseas Containers Limited, Pechiney, Renault Automobile, Siemens to name a few, has spanned more than 40 years in engineering, production and manufacturing, distribution, transportation and marketing services sectors.
Claude is a PMP® and professional speaker, instructor and lecturer in topics ranging from general organisational, programme and project management to sales and marketing, leadership and motivation. Claude is the author of the book ‘Project Management - Concepts Methods, and Techniques’.
Developing Contracts That Fit Your Needs: The Commercial FrameworkAli Zeeshan
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Many businessmen and women see contracts as legal documents, but a healthier approach is to see them as business documents which must be written the right way if they are to be legally enforceable. For many of us, therefore, leaving the contracts to the lawyers means that we miss an opportunity to have a contract which can be used as a working document which prevents problems with suppliers and customers. This webinar explains an approach which can be used to ensure that contracts prevent problems from occurring, or fully prescribe your rights and remedies should things go wrong.
About the Presenter:
Eric Evans has held Director level positions in the automotive, retail, fast moving consumer goods and healthcare sectors. He is the author of three books on procurement and negotiation, and a speaker on MBA programmes across Europe and the Gulf region.
As a management consultant, he has delivered improvement programmes in demand management and inventory management, and has coached organisations as they implement collaborative replenishment and customer-led approaches to demand management.
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The webinar covers the major business benefits management principles, practices and techniques that enable organisations to optimise the return from their investments in programmes and projects.
The Objectives Of This Webinar Are To Explain How To:
1. Relate the business case to business benefits
2. Differentiate between business KPIs vs Project KPIs
3. Establish a benefits management chart
4. Plan and prepare for organisational readiness
5. Plan to perform project transition and handover
6. Measure the realisation of business benefits
Business Benefits Realisation is about ensuring that programmes and projects deliver the forecasted benefits identified in a business case or project charter document. Obtaining an acceptable return on investment is critical, but many organisations struggle to demonstrate that their programmes and projects deliver the required business benefits.
Often there is confusion over what benefits are required, who should track them and how and what the effective measures should be. The explicit role of a project manager is to deliver the project to ensure the scope, schedule and budget components are satisfied. However the intrapreneurial and business-minded project manager is the one who is acutely aware of the business aspect of programmes and projects and truly understands the rationale driving their organisation’s investment strategy. This project manager provides true value.
About the Presenter:
Claude Maley is Managing Director of Mit Consultants, a consultancy and education practice servicing international clients in change management, and Chairman of a business solutions company.
Claude is a PMP® and professional speaker, instructor and lecturer in topics ranging from general organisational, programme and project management to sales and marketing, leadership and motivation. Claude is the author of the book ‘Project Management - Concepts Methods
Webinar: It Is Good To Be First To Market - True or FalseAli Zeeshan
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Listening to many people, you would think that being first to market always guarantees success, but is that true?
The webinar presenter, James Graham, will take you through the evidence for and against this concept and show a simple assessment framework that you can use as part of your toolset when developing strategy.
At the end of the webinar, you will be able to look at the context, variables and constraints for each situation, making your own choice of whether you wish to take a ‘bleeding edge’, ‘leading edge’ or ‘trailing edge’ position.
James is a consultant who specialises in the formulation and execution of strategy and he has worked in the region for over 10 years, assisting private and public sector organisations.
During the webinar, James will cover the specific points below and also answer questions that arise.
• Background and context – what is ‘first mover advantage?’
• Case study – when first mover advantage was successful
• Case study – when being first was a failure
• Conclusion on case studies
• A framework to assess what position to take
• Q&A
About the Presenter:
James Graham specialises in strategy formulation and strategic execution, with the experience of working in over 30 countries across Africa, The Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Webinar: The Balanced Scorecard What Does It Mean And How To Implement ItAli Zeeshan
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This webinar is designed as a practical guide to using the Balanced Scorecard.
The Balanced Scorecard is a system used extensively in business and industry, government, and non-profit organisations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organisation, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organisation
performance against strategic goals.
The Balanced Scorecard was originated by Drs Robert Kaplan (Harvard Business School) and David Norton as a framework to help managers consider both financial and non-financial aspects of their business and design performance metrics around them.
While the phrase Balanced Scorecard was coined in the early 1990s, the roots of this type of approach are deep, and include the pioneering work of General Electric on performance measurement reporting in the 1950s and the work of French process engineers (who created the Tableau
de Bord – literally, a "dashboard" of performance measures) in the early part of the 20th century.
About the Presenter:
Ian has over 30 years of business experience ranging from senior management positions, in such companies as Ericsson to founding and selling his own companies. Ian designs and delivers training programmes globally with particular attention to the GCC nations. He works in many
fields including both accredited and non-accredited courses.
Ian divides his time equally between the Middle East and the UK. In the UK, Ian is a lead professor at London Met University and the University of West London specialising in working with students to gain their membership to the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
Webinar: Private Higher Education in MENA - Lesson and Considerations for Ope...Ali Zeeshan
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Major opportunities exist for operators and investors interested in expanding Higher Education institutions in the Middle East. Having the right information, data and analysis is vital to successful
development.
Parthenon Managing Director, Amit Garga, and Vice President, Danish Faruqui will conduct an extensive market overview of higher education in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The presentation will cover how
regions are growing and what types of universities are growing. They will also cover how growth varies by location, course offerings, and between expats and local students. They will also explore what the
drivers of growth in the region are and how they are expected to change in the coming years.
In particular, they will discuss how regulations and events like Expo 2020 have the potential to effect changes in growth in higher education and how to benefit from these changes. Danish and Amit can answer
questions on student preference and the qualities that are most preferred in an institution and opportunities for increasing international student enrolments. The presentation will be extremely data-driven
and built from Parthenon-EY’s recent market research and analysis across the region. The presentation will also contextualize how operators and investors can best apply these lessons to improve their
institutions or to decide how and where to invest.
About your Presenters:
Amit Garga, Partner, International Education Practice @ The Parthenon Group As a Partner with Parthenon’s Education Practice, Mr. Garga has worked closely with the leadership of various companies on market-opportunity assessment and sizing, growth forecasting, pricing strategy, competitor analysis and market share evaluation.
Danish Faruqui, Senior Principal, International Education Practice, The Parthenon Group Mr. Faruqui is a Senior Principal with The Parthenon Group's Education Practice. He has led cases across geographies on topics such as market potential, growth and market-entry strategy and investment decisions.
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On this webinar, you will learn a simple, but powerful framework to analyse market changes and plan appropriate responses.
The webinar presenter, James Graham, is a consultant who specialises in the formulation and execution of strategy and he has worked in the region for over 10 years, assisting private and public sector organisations.
James will cover the specific points below, and also answer questions that arise, at the end of the webinar.
• Background and context – the risk of ‘knee jerk’ reactions and incorrect responses?
• Observing market events
• Collating groups of related events
• Interpreting what is happening
• Deciding how to respond
• Identifying provisional responses
• Assessing the best fit response
• Progressive elaboration of the chosen response
• Implementing the chosen response
• Q&A
About the Presenter:
James Graham specialises in strategy formulation and strategic execution, with the experience of working in over 30 countries across Africa, The Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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The webinar will address how to:
• Comprehend the leader’s role throughout the project lifecycle
• Identify and address the issues that yield project successes and failures
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with project managers and stakeholders
• Support project managers through coaching, mentoring and rewarding
• Identify and institute the project management tools and techniques that will reap success for your organisation
About the Presenter:
Claude Maley is Managing Director of Mit Consultants, a consultancy and education practice servicing international clients in change management, and Chairman of a business solutions company. He started his career as a Systems Engineer with IBM, after reading estate management and building construction at the London School of Building. His functional management and consulting experience with major corporations such as Alcatel, BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Cartier, Caterpillar, Cisco, Ericsson, GE, Hewlett-Packard, IMS International, Motorola, Organon, Overseas Containers Limited, Pechiney, Renault Automobile, Siemens to name a few, has spanned more than 40 years in engineering, production and manufacturing, distribution, transportation and marketing services sectors.
Claude is a PMP® and professional speaker, instructor and lecturer in topics ranging from general organisational, programme and project management to sales and marketing, leadership and motivation. Claude is the author of the book ‘Project Management - Concepts Methods, and Techniques’.
Webinar: Aligning the Employee to the Strategy of the OrganisationAli Zeeshan
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Top management and the CEO decide on the goals and strategy of the organisation, but it is the staff who actually implement that strategy.
Most organisations struggle with the "cascade" of strategy from corporate level (Tier 1) to Unit / Department (Tier 2) and ultimately to the individual employee (Tier 3). If the employees are not aligned to the strategy, it is unlikely that the strategy will be successfully implemented.
To work effectively usually requires the close co-operation between the corporate strategy office and HR - because it is the HR Performance Management System that generally provides the process mechanism to align personal objectives/actions to the departmental (and ultimately, the organisational) strategy. That Strategy Office - HR interface is not always a strong relationship.
About the Presenter:
Alan Fell is a highly experienced specialist in corporate performance management having spent more than 30 years involved in a wide range of performance management disciplines – both in policy formulation and practical application roles, and more recently, as a consultant and trainer.
Alan’s experiences cover an extensive range of management disciplines from strategic planning and execution, through the Balanced Scorecard, to a range of financial management subjects, especially cost management. Alan brings a highly pragmatic style and approach to the whole subject of making strategy happen: the challenges of successful strategy execution.
For the past 14 years Alan has operated as an independent management consultant and trainer. He is a highly experienced conference and seminar leader, having facilitated well over 200 events across UK, Europe, Middle East, Far East, South Africa and USA. He is a very regular visitor to the Gulf, and has frequently presented at conferences and seminars with Informa, in addition to consulting with a wide number of Gulf and Middle East organisations.
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The European Unemployment Puzzle: implications from population agingGRAPE
We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
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Mubadala, UAE
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1. The largest gathering of regional CFOs, IFRS experts,
practitioners and accounting institutions to share accounting best
practices in the region
2. Up-to-the-minute information on all major changes and annual
amendments to IFRS standards
3. Practical techniques and interpretations of implementing IFRS 10,
IFRS 11, IFRS 12 and IFRS 13
4. Multisector experience-sharing on financial instruments, Islamic
finance, revenue recognition and lease accounting
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exposure draft and developing practical methods
for transitioning to the proposed amendments for
better execution
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Wednesday 21 May
C IFRS 13 And Related Disclosures: Providing
practical solutions to implementation challenges of
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Thursday 22 May
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Thursday
22 May
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A concise list of updates and proposed
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PRE SUMMIT PRACTICAL MASTERCLASSES
Sunday |18 May 2014
MASTERCLASS A
08:30 – 12:30
First Time Adoption: Developing
practical applications of complex
requirements of IFRS 1 to drive successful
implementation
IFRS 1 sets out the procedures that an entity must follow when it adopts
IFRSs for the first time as the basis for preparing its general purpose financial
statements. This workshop provides you with the opportunity to have in-depth
discussions on all aspects of first time adoption and overcoming critical
challenges such as education, translation and fair value measurement by:
• Mapping the change and preparing an opening balance sheet
on transition date by choosing the accounting policies, fair
value measurement, impairment testing as well as preparing the
comparatives
• Making adjustments required to move from previous GAAP to
IFRS including de-recognition, recognition, reclassification and
measurement
• Implementing the exceptions to basic measurements such as
mandatory exceptions and optional exemptions
• Identifying recent annual improvements to the standard as well as
changes in disclosures and preparing IFRS estimates
• Discussing disclosures in financial statements of the first-time adopters
including interim statements and final statements
At the end of the workshop you will be able to convert an accounting
maintained a non-IFRS regime to an IFRS compliant system. You will learn how
to identify the domains that will be affected by the transition along with the
changes that will be necessary to be implemented in your existing accounting
system.
Veena Hingarh, Professor & Joint Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
MASTERCLASS B
13:30 – 17:30
IFRS for SMEs: Evaluating the impact of the new
exposure draft and developing practical methods
for transitioning to the proposed amendments to
the standard for better execution
The IASB has published an Exposure Draft ED/2013/9 of proposed
amendments to its IFRS for SMEs. The proposals are the result of the first
comprehensive review of that standard, which is to be conducted in three year
intervals. This half day workshop is designed specifically to create practical
solutions for understanding, implementing and integrating the IFRS for SME
standard in your organisation by:
• Understanding the key concepts and nuances of the standard and
practical ways of implementing it with limited resources including
manpower, time and capital
• Evaluating the changes and clarifications to the 2009 version IFRS for
SMEs and developing tools for its implementation including:
o
o
Definition of an SME as well as concepts and pervasive principles
Statement of financial position as well as comprehensive income
and income statement
o Statement of changes in equity and statement of income and
retained earnings
o Consolidated and separate financial statements
o and more..
• Discussing practical tools for transition to the IFRS for SMEs
• Focus on section 29 and the alignment of key principles with IAS 12
with regards to recognition and measurement of deferred tax and
‘undue cost and effort’ exemption regarding requirement to offset
income tax assets and liabilities added
Kurt Ramin, Former Director and Advisor, IFRS Foundation
at the IASB, UAE
Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
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4. SUMMIT DAY ONE
Monday | 19 May 2014
08:30 Registration and morning refreshments
09:00 Opening remarks by Chair
09:10 International Keynote Address
09:25 Keynote Address
Naeem Akhtar Sheikh, President, ICAP, Pakistan
KEYNOTE
09:40 Globalisation Of Financial Reporting: Assessing
trends and projections for the Middle East
Abbas Ali Mirza, Partner, Deloitte
CFO KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE
09:55 A Vehicle For Business Transformation: Sharing
key insights and experiences of how strategic
financial management can drive business growth
in the Middle East
Hear influential CFOs share critical experiences on how their
teams are continuously developing capacity and adding value
to the business through financial peaks-and-troughs.
• Regional update: Evaluating to what extent the market has
changed over the last year and the impact this has had on
businesses and their financial departments
• Experience sharing: How have CFOs built capacity within
their departments to respond to these changes?
• Understanding key battles that are fought between CFOs and
decision makers, what has worked, where the challenges are
and what needs to be changed
• Sharing critical insight: Which strategies have worked best
to deliver success in today’s climate: New business, venture
capital, innovation, regional expansion, cross border trade
etc
• Predictions as to which sectors, segments and geographies
will deliver the greatest profitability to businesses in 2014
Manoj Aheeray, Chief Financial Officer, RAK Ceramics,
UAE
Arif Choksy, Chief Financial Officer, Ducab, UAE
Santosh Marathe, Chief Financial Officer, American
Hospital Dubai, UAE
Kamal Goyal, Group CFO, Habtoor Leighton, UAE
10:45 Speed-Networking And Refreshment Break:
Expand your business network and create a
competitive edge
This exclusive opportunity is a quick and effective way to
expand your business network, generate key contacts and
discuss experiences with accounting and finance professionals
from multiple sectors.
REAL LIFE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
11:30 Sharing Key Experiences: Understanding the
role of finance in turning Dubai Refreshment
to a highly profitable company and assessing
critical factors that impact a company’s ability to
maximise returns in a mature industry
• Assessing Dubai Refreshment’s performance before the
strategic shift including aligning strategic priorities, assessing
business model’s fundamental performance along with the
limitations to business potential
• Revitalising and growing the company by analysing KPIs
and developing strategic priorities with a focus on financial
performance including cash flow management and
profitability
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• Moving away from an accounting to a more strategic role:
Understanding the CFO’s role in building capabilities within
their departments to respond to these changes in priorities
including key battles fought between CFOs and decision
makers
• Developing key strategies: Improving performance through
the realignment of incentives and maximising the return on
capital investment, increasing efficiencies by refocusing on
core operations as well as developing new strengths through
innovation, regional expansion, and cross border trade
• Developing tools for aligning strategies with existing
risk management objectives and hedging strategies,
understanding its’ impact on financial books as well as
developing internal controls
Neeraj Vohra, Chief Financial Officer, Dubai
Refreshment, UAE
12:00 IFRS Update: A concise update to major IFRS
amendments, exposure drafts and new standards
in 2013 and proposed changes for 2014 and
2015
• An update to changes effective for annual periods beginning
on or after January 1, 2013 including IFRS 7, IFRS 10, IFRS
11, IFRS 12, IFRS 13, IAS 27, IAS 28 and IFRIC 20
• A technical update to amendments effective for annual
periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014 including IFRS
10, IFRS 12, IAS 27, IAS 32, IAS 36, IAS 39 and IFRIC 21
• Discussing proposed changes effective for annual periods
beginning on or after January 1, 2015 including IFRS 7 and
IFRS 9
• Sharing interpretations of these changes to your financial
statements as well as post-implementation reviews
Delegate Take-Away: A concise list of updates and proposed
changes will be circulated for attendees to take away.
Kurt Ramin, Former Director and Advisor, IFRS
Foundation at the IASB, UAE
Evaluating the implementation of IFRS 10, IFRS 11,
IFRS 12 and IFRS 13 and reviewing interpretations,
challenges, implications and complications
12:30 Developing An Action Plan For IFRS 10: Assessing
best practices for implementing consolidated
financial statements and understanding the
implications for businesses
The changes introduced by IFRS 10 require management to
exercise significant judgment to determine which entities are
controlled, compared to the requirements that were in IAS 27.
It changes the definition of control and adds requirements to
consider when making control decisions.
• Analysing the key concepts and amendments as well as their
interpretation for your organisation including the definition of
control; criteria and focus for control; the ‘De facto’ notion;
contractual rights and power
• Understanding the potential pitfalls and implications of
these changes and sharing experiences of overcoming
practical challenges associated with consolidating including
exemptions, control, power, exposure to variable returns, link
between power and return as well as related party such as
investee and former subsidiary
• Best practices for accounting and reporting these changes
and understanding the nuances for different types of entities
including associations, subsidiaries and joint ventures
• Identifying action plans to implement changes and tools to
gear up for their implications
Yusuf Hassan, Head of MESA DPP, KPMG MESA, UAE
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5. 12:55 Lunch and networking break
financial liability and separate input or adjustment to reflect
restrictions for liabilities and own equity instruments
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
• Assessing best practice for valuation techniques and
understanding the application for financial instruments
13:55 Developing An Action Plan For IFRS 11: Sharing
challenges and tips for adopting and applying
joint arrangements
The primary goal behind IFRS 11 is to arrive at an accounting
treatment which accurately reflects the true nature of the
economic interest held by an entity.
• Assessing how to determine relevant activities in a joint
arrangement and rights to have joint control, including cases,
related parties and de-facto agents, passive investors, ultimate
voting authority and arbitration
• Evaluating special cases and classifications under IFRS
including leases and evaluating multiple agreements together
• Understanding the arrangements that fall within the scope
of IFRS 11 and analysing key accounting concepts,
modifications and interpretations for both joint operations and
joint ventures
• Discussing practical implementation challenges as well
as their implications and solutions including comparison
to proportionate consolidation, level of aggregation and
‘activity’ as well as joint arrangements structured and not
structured through a separate vehicle
• Sharing experiences on transitional issues including shifting
from equity method to accounting for assets and liabilities,
retrospective applications and comparison to proportionate
consolidation
James Waweru, VP Finance MENA, Unilever, UAE
Momeet Iqbal, Finance Manager, Dana Gas, UAE
Uzair A. Dawood, Manager, Financial Reporting, ENOC
Group, UAE
14:20 Developing An Action Plan For IFRS 12: Ensuring
accurate disclosure of interests in other entities
and assessing the implications on IFRS 10 and IFRS
11
IFRS 12 applies to an entity that has an interest in subsidiaries,
joint arrangements, associates and/or structured entities
• Understanding the full impact of IFRS 12 on consolidated
financial statements and joint arrangements
EXTENDED Q&A
15:05 Expert Panel And Pan-Audience Discussion:
Sharing key implementation and postimplementation challenges, experiences and
insights on IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IFRS 12 and IFRS 13
This extended Q&A panel session and pan-audience discussion
provides an excellent opportunity to discuss implementation
and post-implementation related challenges, experiences,
applications, best practices and implications of IFRS 10, IFRS
11, IFRS 12 and IFRS 13
James Waweru, VP Finance MENA, Unilever, UAE
Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Head of Group Statutory
Reporting, Mubadala, UAE
Usama Bin Zaheer, Head of Financial Processes, Union
Cooperative Society, UAE
Momeet Iqbal, Finance Manager, Dana Gas, UAE
Uzair A. Dawood, Manager, Financial Reporting, ENOC
Group, UAE
Andrew Spooner, Partner and Leader of Expert Advisory
Panel on financial instruments, Deloitte, UK
Moderator: Anthony O’Sullivan, Partner, Ernst &
Young, UAE
15:45 Afternoon refreshments and networking
16:15 Islamic Finance: Assessing best practices in
complying with IFRS without compromising
Shariah principles
• Comparing and contrasting key elements of Islamic
instruments with conventional finance and assessing their
benefits and challenges
• Understanding inherent conflicts between IFRS and Shariah
instruments such as financial leases, profit participation,
classification, on-or off-balance sheet treatment, asset-backed
versus asset-based and takaful
• Analysing the key requirements and amendments to the
standard including financial information for subsidiaries, joint
operations, joint ventures as well as risks associated with
an entity’s interests in unconsolidated structured entities, and
changes to those risks
• Sharing experiences of applying IFRS 12 retrospectively in
accordance with the requirements of IAS 8 for changes in
accounting policy
Anthony O’Sullivan, Partner, Ernst & Young, UAE
14:40 Developing An Action Plan For IFRS 13: Taking a
closer look at the practical aspects and techniques
of fair value measurement
• Analysing the key concepts and principles behind fair
value including ‘principal market’, adjustments for premiums
and discounts, unit of account for measurement as well as
exceptions to measurement
• Discussing amendments as well as their interpretation for your
organisation including: Best practices for including credit
risk adjustment in fair valuing financial liabilities; fair valuing
portfolios of assets and liabilities with offsetting risks; using
quoted mid-market prices to derive fair values as well as
additional disclosures
• Sharing application experiences including ‘highest and best
use’ and valuation premise for non-financial assets, as well as
transferring to a market participant at the measurement date,
when price if not quoted, risk adjustment of non-financial and
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Usama Bin Zaheer, Head of Financial Processes, Union
Cooperative Society, UAE
• Overcoming the barriers: Discussing how to use IFRS to
recognise, measure and disclose the economic substance of
Islamic finance without compromising Shariah principles
• Evaluating additional disclosures necessary when bringing
Islamic finance in line with IFRS including as well as
understanding where guidance is still required
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO, CIMB Islamic, Malaysia
Dr. Mohammed Arbouna, Vice President, Head of
Shariah Compliance, Alsalam Bank, Bahrain
EXTENDED Q&A
16:55 Roundtable Discussions: Sharing solutions on
applying IFRS for Islamic finance in practice
These small roundtables form a unique opportunity to have
in-depth conversations with IFRS experts and industry veterans
in the region on the most pressing issues regarding the
implementation of Islamic finance under IFRS
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO, CIMB Islamic, Malaysia
Dr. Mohammed Arbouna, Vice President, Head of
Shariah Compliance, Alsalam Bank, Bahrain
17:15 Closing remarks and end of day one
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6. SUMMIT DAY TWO
Tuesday | 20 May 2014
09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks
• Discussing winning frameworks and strategy designs of
partnering with operations and other stakeholders and linking
them with risk strategies as well as developing internal
controls
CFO KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE
09:10 Financial Leaders Forum: Discussing key
development tips and identifying critical qualities
that financial leaders deem necessary to succeed
today
Ever wondered how they do it? The region’s top CFOs share
their personal stories as well as tools and tactics to pave the
road to success
• Leadership: Evaluating what makes a good leader; which
out of the top-down and the bottom-up approach works better
and why?
• Personal changes to be made when you start moving away
from a purely accounting role to a more strategic role
10:50 Morning refreshments and networking break
11:20 Integrated Financial Systems: Understanding how
to best use technology to better analyse financial
data and deliver more strategic reports
• Understanding which financial systems can help generate
more predictive analysis for the business including new
product launches, scaling new geographies, acquisitions and
other expansions
• Evaluating the key elements of financial systems, differences
between traditional systems and the impact and benefits of
these changes
• Soft skills: Discussing the distinction between business advisors
and accountants as well as methods to bridge the gap
• Stress and time management: Effective time management and
stress busting tools that actually work
• Systems implementation: Understanding critical steps for
successful implementation
• Highlighting three top tips that will help you become a
financial leader and why
R.K. Mehta, Group Chief Financial Officer, Dhabi
Group, UAE
Sarfraz Ahmed Chandio, Chief Financial Officer, Credit
Europe Bank, UAE
Paul Melotto, Chief Financial Officer, Deutsche Gulf
Finance, KSA
• Output: Evaluating the best approaches to easily generate
timely and required data from the system including MIS,
modeling, slicing data into graphs, cash flow forecasting as
well as consolidation for different accounting conventions and
for different geographies
Hani Katra, Chief Financial Officer, Qatar First
Investment Bank, Qatar
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
10:00 Integrating Reporting, Finance And Risk:
A practical guide to risk quantification
methodologies and disclosures in financial
statements
Following the financial crisis, there has been a fundamental
transformation of the view that risk management is mainly
a compliance tool. Best-in-class organisations globally are
developing frameworks as an integral part of strategy design
and execution. Needless to say, there is therefore a major drive
to integrate reporting, finance and risk.
• Risk realities: Examining the different types of risks that impact
businesses in the region
MULTISECTORAL EXPERIENCE SHARING
ROUNDTABLE
11:50 Revenue Recognition: Practical tools for
overcoming complex challenges for recognising
revenue in different industries and preparing for
the new revenue standard
IASB and FASB are expected to issue a comprehensive new
revenue recognition standard in early 2014
• Developing a robust framework for implementing revenue
recognition, addressing revenue issues and assessing how to
deal with inconsistencies
• Practical tools for measuring revenue whilst taking recognition
issues and the concept of substance over form into account,
including implications on telecoms, goods and services
as a single performance obligation, onerous performance
obligations and variable consideration
• Industry specific nuances including revenue recognition on
royalty, dividend and interest as well as construction contracts
and measurement of stage of completion lease hold and free
hold property
• Understanding who makes the decisions on risk as well as
the role of accounting and finance professionals in linking
stakeholders with risk strategies
• Risk based performance measurement: Assessing how
accounting measures can be used for risk
• Understanding what has changed over the last year and what
will change in the future as IFRS and GAAP converge
• Developing internal controls: Evaluating preventive and
detective controls and establishing strategies based on
environments and situations
• Planning for a smooth transition including evaluating the
potential impact, communicating to stakeholders, providing
disclosures, developing a transition method and assessing
important implementation steps, considerations and project
management tools
Khaled Khatib, Cost Recovery Accountant, Shell Iraq
Petroleum Development, UAE
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
10:25 Integrating Finance And Risk: A practical guide for
structuring finance to anticipate and mitigate risk
• Assessing the impact of the different types of risks to
businesses in the region
• Evaluating the role of accounting and finance professionals in
understanding how to proactively identify risks
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Sunder Manikandan, Senior Manager, Region Financial
Planning & Analysis Team, Baker Hughes, UAE
Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Head of Group Statutory
Reporting, Mubadala, UAE
Monowar Hossain, Chief Accountant, Ruwais Power
Company, UAE
Jerome Cruz, Controller, Qatar Vinyl Company, Qatar
Sydney Bolton, Finance Manager, United Precision
Drilling, Kuwait
Laura Viita, Head of Financial Accounting, MEA Region,
Nokia Solutions and Networks, UAE
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7. LEARNING AT LUNCH
12:30 Industry Specific Roundtables: Sharing
experiences for implementing revenue recognition
and developing a transition structure for applying
future changes
These small roundtables over lunch present a much required
opportunity to have in-depth conversations with experts and
industry colleagues in the region on developing a robust
framework for implementing revenue recognition in your
organisation now and in the near future.
13:50 Financial Instruments: Developing a strong
strategy for applying amendments to IFRS 9 for
financial and non-financial entities
The IASB announced the completion of a package of
amendments to the accounting requirements for financial
instruments in November, 2013
• Evaluating the amendments to IFRS 9 including hedge
accounting and ‘own credit’
• Developing and implementing a transition strategy to apply
changes to IFRS 9, taking into account the emphasis on fair
value
• Assessing the implications on other elements of accounting
for financial instruments and practical tools for addressing
these including disclosures, impairment, IFRS 13 and risk
management strategies
Zulfiqar Unar, Senior Manager, Complex Financial
Instruments and Treasury Accounting Advisory, ME, PWC,
UAE
14:15 Hedge Accounting: Understanding and
implementing the new requirements of the
overhauled hedge accounting standard under IFRS 9
The IASB introduced a new hedge accounting model, together
with corresponding disclosures about risk management activity
for those applying hedge accounting in late 2013
• Addressing the challenges of appropriately reflecting risk
management activities in financial statements
• Evaluating the new requirements for hedge accounting
including hedge effectiveness testing, risk component, costs of
hedging, groups of items and disclosures
• Understanding the impact of changes to hedge accounting to
both financial and non-financial entities
• Practical tools for developing and implementing a strong
framework for implementing the new hedge accounting model
in your organisation
Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
EXTENDED Q&A
14:40 Expert Panel And Pan-Audience Discussion:
Sharing key developments and implementation
strategies for amendments to IFRS 9 including
hedge accounting
This extended Q&A panel session and pan-audience discussion
provides an excellent opportunity to discuss implications of
amendments to IFRS 9 to you
Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
Zulfiqar Unar, Senior Manager, Complex Financial
Instruments and Treasury Accounting Advisory, ME, PWC,
UAE
15:10 Afternoon refreshments and networking
15:40 Lease Re-Exposed: Discussing in-depth implications
of the new lease exposure draft and practical
next steps for transition
The IASB and FASB issued a revised leases exposure draft
Exposure Draft (ED) on May, 2013. The proposal would
fundamentally change the accounting for lease transactions and
have significant business implications.
• Understanding the key elements of the revised ED and its
implications for leasees and leasors, with a focus on aircraft,
manufacturing, telecom, transportation, real estate and more
• In-depth analysis of the proposed accounting for lessee
including the “right to use” asset and liabilities
• Assessing practical solutions to fundamental challenges for
implementing the new ED including judgments estimates; data
collection and management; financial statements and metrics;
lease procurement and structuring and more
• Discussing practical next steps for implementing and
transitioning towards the new ED including performing
assessment of the impact to financial statements and
business decisions, assessing process for data collection and
management, tax positions, communication and plan for
adoption
Veena Hingarh, Professor & Joint Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
Kurt Ramin, Former Director and Advisor, IFRS
Foundation at the IASB, UAE
EXTENDED Q&A
16:10 Expert Panel And Pan-Audience Discussion:
Sharing key ideas for developing a transition
strategy for the new lease ED
This extended Q&A panel session and pan-audience discussion
provides an excellent opportunity to discuss implications of
amendments to lease accounting and engineer a framework to
start implementing them
Veena Hingarh, Professor & Joint Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
Kurt Ramin, Former Director and Advisor, IFRS
Foundation at the IASB, UAE
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
16:40 Dedicated Knowledge Sharing: Developing a
common platform for other accounting challenges
by discussing challenges and sharing insights
These roundtables are a unique chance to discuss critical issues
related to other accounting challenges. This is your opportunity
to understand how others conduct their books, analyse trends
and create a template to implement in your organisation
Choose ONE of the following roundtables:
1. Management Reporting
Fazly Muhammed, Financial Controller, Middle East
Energy Group, UAE
2. Management Reporting
Jerome Cruz, Controller, Qatar Vinyl, Qatar
3. Integrating Risk and Finance
Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
4. Investment Valuation For New Projects
Saiful Islam, Chief Accountant, Marina Mall, UAE
5. Finance and Tax Due Diligence
Uzair A. Dawood, Manager, Financial Reporting, ENOC
Group, UAE
6. Valuation For Mergers And Acquisitions
Rajeev R Shah, Managing Director & CEO, WorldVal
RSBA, India
7. Valuation For Real Estate
Manish Kaneria, Director, WorldVal RSBA, India
17:15 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of the World
Accounting Summit 2014
+971 4 335 2437
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8. POST SUMMIT
PRACTICAL
MASTERCLASSES
POST SUMMIT
PRACTICAL
MASTERCLASSES
Wednesday | 21 May 2014
Thursday | 22 May 2014
MASTERCLASS C
09:30 – 15:30
IFRS 13 And Related Disclosures: Providing
practical solutions to implementation
challenges of fair valuation under IFRS 13
Fair value measurement is one of the most debated accounting
standards. Ushering a major departure from historical cost based
accounting this standard has compelled the accounting world to
recognise the importance of valuation and its application to financial
elements.
This workshop will address the topic in depth and will provide
practical solutions in light of the challenges that accountants and
auditors are facing with implementing IFRS 13 by:
• nderstanding the fair valuation framework under IFRS 13 as well
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as establishing which accounting standards require fair valuation
• easuring fair value of tangible assets and discussing nuances of
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fair valuing assets including highest and best use and valuation,
principal or most advantageous market as well as restricted assets
• nderstanding the various approached including income, market
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and cost approach
• eveloping practical tools for measuring liabilities and equity
D
as well as conducting fair valuation at initial recognition, for
financial instruments, intangible assets and business combinations
• easuring fair value in inactive markets and non-orderly
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transactions
• iscussing estimation risk in fair valuation and the impact of fair
D
valuation on financial analysis
• aking effective fair value disclosures for proper compliance
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Rajeev R Shah, Managing Director & CEO, WorldVal RSBA,
India
Manish Kaneria, Director, WorldVal RSBA, India
MASTERCLASS D
09:30 – 15:30
Financial Instruments: Understanding and
implementing financial instruments including
IFRS 7, IFRS 9, IAS 32 & 39
With the help of many case studies, this workshop will cover the
entire range of financial instruments including fundamentals of the
financial instrument standards as well as complex issues involving
implementation and transition. Additionally a special segment will
focus on IFRS 9 and its implication in the existing scenario. This is a
must attend workshop irrespective of whether you are new to or one
who is already working on IFRS.
• Discussing IAS 32: Differentiating liabilities and equity as well as
identifying and accounting compound financial instruments
• Classifying, recognising and measuring assets and liabilities
under IAS 39 as well as discussing impairment, reversal and
derecognising financial assets and liabilities
• Hedge accounting: Understanding fundamentals, qualifying
criteria, discounting as well as ccounting for cash flow and fair
value hedges
• IFRS 7: Assessing disclosure requirements developing a robust
framework for implementing IFRIC
• Focus on IFRS 9: Assessing the scope, initial and subsequent
measurement of financial assets, cost and fair value, classification
considerations, changes from IAS 39 classifications, equity and
debt instruments, two tests, mismatch, derecognition and more
• Overcoming implementation issues including illiquid markets,
embedded derivatives, measurement of fair value, disclosures as
well as the impact of IFRS 9
At the end of the workshop you will be able to recognize
accounting entries necessary to have an IFRS compliant hedge
accounting. You will also get a management view of the impact
of hedging strategies on financial performance and how they
insulate the organisation form risk. You will be in a position to
determine hedging strategies for your organisation.
Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
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Veena Hingarh, Professor & Joint Director, South Asian
Management Technologies Foundation, India
9. Five Easy Ways To Register
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EVENT VENUE:
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ICAP
Details On CPD Points
Sessions Attended
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
Workshop CPD
1. Instructional delivery methods: Group Live
2. Recommended CPE credit: 4 CPE hours for Masterclass A and 8 CPE hours for Masterclass D
3. Prerequisites: Knowledge of preparation of final accounts
4. Advanced preparation: None
5. Program level: Intermediate
6. Complaint resolution policy: Any complaints, grievances or suggestion regarding CPE credit
may be addressed to email: grievance@south-asian.org.
South Asian Management Technologies Foundation is registered with
the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a
sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of
CPE sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the
acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding
registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE
Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
CPD Hours
Pre Summit Masterclasses A & B
8
Full two day Summit
16
Post Summit Masterclasses C & D
16
ICAEW
Consistent with the ICAEW approach to CPD (please refer to
http://www.icaew.com/en/members/cpd/what-is-cpd/our-guide-to-cpd),
the World Accounting Summit presents IFRS will count towards CDP, provided
it is relevant to your development needs and professional role.
ACCA
Consistent with the ACCA approach to CPD, you can earn CPD units
according to the number of hours of attendance. For more information please
visit http://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/member/cpd/members-cpd.html
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