Audit & Accounting

The International Federation of Accountants has elected Warren Allen of New Zealand as president for a two-year term and former American Institute of CPAs chair Olivia Kirtley as deputy president, succeeding Allen.

Despite negative market sentiment due to concerns over the looming "fiscal cliff," many investors are unprepared for it, according to a recent survey by Nationwide Financial.

U.S. investors expect the country will eventually support International Financial Reporting Standards, but the process will take time and require substantial investment in staff and training, according to new research from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Bank of America Corp.’s commercial customers are already reacting to the “fiscal cliff” looming over the U.S. budget by putting off purchases, chief executive officer Brian T. Moynihan said.

Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP named Lisa Dane as a director in its business intelligence services practice.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood about FASB's accomplishments in converging accounting standards with the International Accounting Standards Board on the 10-year anniversary of the Norwalk Agreement.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has named the appointments and positions on its 2012-2013 board of directors, which will be chaired by Gaylen R. Hansen, CPA, a partner at the Denver-based firm Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman.

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The parent organization of the International Accounting Standards Board has opened its first regional office abroad, choosing Tokyo as the location of the London-based IFRS Foundation’s Asia-Oceania office.

Staffing company Accounting Principals has released its new 2013 salary guide, showing how much money finance and accounting professionals are earning around the country.