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The role of ethics in restoring confidence20 May 2013

Interview with IESBA Chair Jörgen Holmquist.

CEO Stephen Haddrill gives speech at FRC event on “Enhancing trust in European companies, improving investor confidence and facilitating long-term shareholder engagement"30 April 2013

“We are the UK’s regulator for setting accounting, auditing and actuarial standards. We are here today to continue our programme of engagement with Europe. Our theme is “Enhancing trust in European companies, improving investor confidence and facilitating long-term shareholder engagement. We strongly believe that regulators like ourselves, responsible for how companies go about counting their success, how they report their success, how they govern themselves and how they are externally audited, have a great deal to say about rebuilding trust”.

Accounting and long term investment – ‘Buy and hold’ should not mean ‘buy and hope’12 April 2013

Hans Hoogervorst delivers speech on the relationship between long-term investing and financial reporting.

Internal audit in Russia: is it evolution or revolution?26 March 2013

The traditional annual conference from the Institute of Internal Auditors took place in Moscow on March 13-14. We’ve got to admit: although it is not typical for most conferences organized in Russia, sometimes it happens when certain presentations (in most cases delivered by foreign visitors) make good examples of how this should be done. And this time – yes, there were several speeches we really enjoyed, so we’d like to share some of the thoughts with our English readers.

Hans Hoogervorst spoke at the IAI-AFA International Seminar “IFRS and Indonesian Accounting Standards 2013 and Beyond”18 March 2013

This is not my first visit to Indonesia. I first visited your wonderful country in the late nineties, in my then capacity as junior Minister for Social Affairs in the Dutch Government. Visiting this dynamic city of Jakarta, I remember being struck by the huge potential of this country. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world and has a wealth of natural resources. It was immediately clear to me that Indonesia possessed the raw ingredients to enjoy many decades of strong economic growth.

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