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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9404
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/financial services

IASB responds to accusations of opacity and lack of democratic control in setting accounting standards

Brussels, 11/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - During an exchange of views with MEPs on the economic and monetary affairs committee on Tuesday 10 April, Sir David Tweedie, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), tried to respond to charges from several MEPs of problems of governance in the international body responsible for drawing up and interpreting international accounting standards. He also spoke about the ongoing work on convergence between the International Financial...

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