Financial Information Globalization and Foreign Investment Decisions

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Amiram
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Region I

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the association between the adoption of international accounting standards and foreign investment decisions. Prior research suggests that information asymmetries between local and foreign investors and behavioral biases caused by unfamiliarity of the foreign markets contribute to investors preferring to invest in their home markets. Because one of the goals of the adoption of international accounting standards is to establish a high-quality, internationally familiar set of accounting standards, I predict that foreign investments will increase in countries that adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) after the adoption and that this increase is driven by the familiarity of IFRS. I find that foreign equity portfolio investments (FPI) increase in countries that adopt IFRS. More importantly, I find that this relation is driven by foreign investors from countries that also use IFRS. Moreover, the effect of accounting familiarity is more pronounced when investor and investee countries share language, legal origin, culture, and region. I also find that countries with lower corruption and better investor protection experience larger increases in FPI after they adopt IFRS relative to other IFRS users. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that familiar accounting information drives foreign investment decisions.

scholarly journals International Financial Reporting Standards and Orientation of Vietnam: “Roadmap & International Experience”

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Ha Thi Thuy Van ◽  
Vu Thi Kim Anh ◽  
Nguyen Dang Huy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World

Currently, the Ministry of Finance is implementing Decision 480/QD-TTG dated 03/18/2013 of The Prime Minister on approving the Strategy Accounting - Audit 2020, Vision 2030 and implementing the Resolution 35/NQ-CP of the Government dated 16.05.2016 related to the support and development of enterprises by 2020. Accordingly, the development and improvement the legal framework of Financial Reporting standards in Vietnam is one of the key tasks and urgent needs to be developed to meet the requirements of the economy in the period of integration. The system of International Accounting Standards, including the International Accounting Standards (IAS) and the standards of international financial reporting (IFRS) was issued, adjusted, updated and replaced by The International Accounting Standards Board. International Accounting Standards is an important condition to ensure that companies and organizations around the world can apply uniform accounting principles in the work of preparing and presenting financial statements. Currently, many countries around the world such as USA, Japan and European countries, Asia Pacific are approaching IFRS convergence trend. In the trend of globalization of accounting, Vietnam will not be outside the process of integration with the system of International Financial Reporting Standards. This article will review the process of formation and development of IFRS, the IFRS trends and the advantages and disadvantages of applying IFRS in Vietnam. 

An investigation of the level of compliance with international accounting standards (IAS 1) by listed firms in Bahrain Bourse

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatema Ebrahim Alrawahi ◽  
Adel Mohammed Sarea
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Industry Type ◽  
Regulatory Bodies

Purpose This study aims to investigate the association between seven firm-specific characteristics and the level of mandatory compliance with International Accounting Standards (IAS) 1 by firms listed on Bahrain Bourse. Design/methodology/approach A disclosure index is used to measure the extent of compliance with IAS 1. Each of the 36 sampled firms’ annual reports were examined against the index for the financial year ending December 31, 2013. Findings The results reveal an overall compliance of 83 per cent. Regression results report that only audit firm size, profitability and industry type have a positive and significant association with IAS 1 disclosure requirements. Practical implications This study should be particularly relevant to regulatory bodies in Bahrain for strategizing and encouraging compliance with IAS 1 by listed firms. Originality/value Additionally, the study contributes to financial reporting literature relating to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, mainly Bahrain. Bahrain is a financial hub, and it is interesting to examine how it presents its financial statements to investors and the degree of its compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards since its adoption in 2007.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FISCAL STANDARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROLE OF IASB

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
‏​‏​‏​​‏​‏​​‏​‏​‏​‏​‏​‏ Ali Murtadha Shaheen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Trading Volumes ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

The objective of the research is to demonstrate the role of International Accounting Standards Board in the development of International Financial Reporting Standards to support the efficiency of international capital markets from 1973 to 2011, and then to measure the impact of the application of IFRS in accordance with the role of the International Accounting Standards Board. There have been differences in the market, volumes of the first and second markets and in the share price index, refer to market value, trading volumes yet trading volumes appropriate according to the software over International Financial Reporting Standards between the training on monetary statements of agreement stock companies.  

scholarly journals A opinião do normatizador importa?: análise do impacto da divulgação da carta do IASB nos retornos das ações dos bancos europeus com exposição em títulos gregos

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (64) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
Cristina Zardo Calvi ◽  
Fernando Caio Galdi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Este estudo investiga se há evidências de que a carta emitida e divulgada ao mercado pelo normatizador contábil internacional, o International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), alertando sobre a inadequação da contabilização dos títulos de dívida soberanos de alto risco, apresentou conteúdo informacional e causou alterações nos preços das ações de bancos da Alemanha, Espanha, França, Itália e do Reino Unido, que possuíam títulos gregos em suas carteiras. Esta análise revela-se importante, pois esta foi a primeira vez que o IASB se posicionou sobre a adequação das demonstrações financeiras publicadas às normas internacionais de contabilidade (International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS). Para a implementação da análise foi identificada como data do evento o dia da divulgação pública da carta pela mídia especializada. Apesar de a carta ter sido publicada em 30 de agosto, ela é datada de 04 de agosto de 2011 e, segundo o IASB, só veio a ser divulgada neste dia, pois, no dia anterior (29 de agosto de 2011), o Financial Times havia noticiado reportagens sobre as preocupações do IASB acerca das inadequações contábeis que estavam ocorrendo no mercado. Para avaliar o impacto do evento foi utilizada a medida de Retorno Ajustado pelo Mercado e, através de uma abordagem de diferença em diferença, foi possível testar o efeito da interação entre o tempo após a data do evento e o grupo de tratamento (bancos que possuíam títulos do governo grego). Para esse teste foi realizada uma regressão para cada janela de evento, sendo aplicado o método dos Mínimos Quadrados Ordinários (MQO) com dados agrupados (pooled data). Os resultados mostraram que há evidências de que a opinião do normatizador é relevante, ou seja, que a carta do IASB impactou o retorno das ações dos bancos que possuíam títulos do governo grego no período analisado.

Value Relevance Change Under International Accounting Standards: An Empirical Study of Peru

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 1150008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhui Liu ◽  
Lee J. Yao ◽  
Michelle Y. M. Yao
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Securities And Exchange Commission ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Value Measurement

In face of broad adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering its quality and acceptability. This paper reports a study that examines changes in value relevance with a sample of Peru firms mandated to use international accounting standards between 1999 and 2007. The period under study is broken into a period of International Accounting Standards (IAS) between 1999 and 2001, a period of early IFRS between 2002 and 2004, and a more recent period of IFRS between 2005 and 2007 by major changes to accounting standards. The empirical results generally indicate that value relevance improved from the IAS period to the early IFRS period when the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) took over the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), but worsened from the early IFRS period to the recent IFRS period when more accounting standards started to reflect IASB's preference for fair value measurement of assets and liabilities. Quality weakens to a greater extent for firms with more discretion for fair value estimates. Further analysis shows that such changes are less likely to result from changes in economic conditions, but from the changes of the standards. The findings are particularly alarming in face of rising IFRS adoptions and call for quality improvement to IFRS.

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONVERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS TO THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OF UZBEKISTAN

World Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1(41)) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Ergasheva Shahlo Turgunovna ◽  
Shermatov Behzod Xalimkul
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
National Accounting ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Speed Up

The actuality of the research:-Economic integration-Comparability & uniformity of financial statements-Attracting potential foreign investors.-The requirement of the world financial markets & stock exchanges. -The decreasing of costs of learning local standards.-The aim of research are:-Carrying out the improvement of our accounting systems to speed up the development of our country with the help of foreign investors’ capital.Developing our national accounting standards based on international financial reporting standards and to reveal the problems associated with this.

scholarly journals Alteração na Contabilização de Operações e Arrendamento Mercantil: Evidenciação do Impacto Previsto pelas Companhias dos Segmentos de Transportes da B3

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Vitor Seidler ◽  
Ernando Fagundes
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Em 2016, o International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) emitiu a norma International Financial Reporting Standards 16 (IFRS 16) substituindo a International Accounting Standards 17 (IAS 17), a qual estabelece os princípios para reconhecimento, mensuração, apresentação e divulgação das operações de arrendamento mercantil (Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Leasing - ABEL, 2019). No Brasil, o Comitê de Pronunciamento Contábeis alterou o Pronunciamento Contábil 06 (CPC 06), anteriormente correlato à IAS17, passando a ser correlato à IFRS 16. Segundo o Instituto dos Auditores Independes do Brasil (IBRACON), 74% das companhias do índice IBrX-100 terão impactos relevantes em seus balanços após a adequação aos novos métodos de registro de arredamentos mercantil (Gutierrez, 2019). Nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar como as companhias dos segmentos de transportes da Brasil, Bolsa e Balcão (B3) evidenciaram os possíveis impactos previstos a partir da contabilização do arrendamento mercantil de acordo com o CPC 06. Foram então analisadas as 12 companhias listadas nos segmentos de transportes da B3. Foram consultados as notas explicativas e os pareceres de auditoria independente dessas companhias do ano de 2018. Verificou-se que todas as 12 companhias analisadas informaram em suas notas explicativas estarem cientes da obrigatoriedade da adoção das alterações do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis CPC 06 a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2019. No entanto, das companhias pesquisadas, duas não informaram os impactos previsto a partir da adoção do CPC 06 correlato à IFRS 16. Ressalta-se que a evidenciação dos impactos previstos é relevante para os investidores avaliarem a situação econômico financeira das companhias.

scholarly journals De toekomst van IFRS in Europa: gaat de bom vallen?

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Ralph ter Hoeven
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Accounting Principles ◽  
Jaar Geleden

Het is inmiddels 20 jaar geleden dat de Europese Unie een beslissende keuze maakte in het ontwikkelen van een eigen GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; dus stelsel van accountingregels). De keuze luidde: no, non, nein, não, nej, nee: er zou geen eigen EUGAAP worden ontwikkeld. Wel werd er voorzichtig gewezen op de toenmalige International Accounting Standards (IAS); inmiddels omgedoopt tot International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Kortom Lidstaten werden vrijgelaten in de keuze van een GAAP voor beursgenoteerde ondernemingen en een beetje aangemoedigd om daarbij aan IAS te denken. Vijf jaar later, rond de millenniumwisseling dus, volgde er een update van de Europese accountingstrategie waarin niet geheel verrassend werd geconstateerd dat jaarrekeningen op de EU-kapitaalmarkt niet vergelijkbaar waren.

scholarly journals De invloed van cultuur op de acceptatie van IFRS for SMEs

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-206
Author(s):  
B. Kamp
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Na publicatie van de IFRS for SMEs (International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities) door de International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) vroeg de Europese Commissie (EC) zich af of IFRS for SMEs moet worden toegestaan binnen de lidstaten. Op een consultatie ontving de EC reacties die zeer divers waren: van sterke voorstanders tot sterke tegenstanders. In dit artikel wordt onderzocht of er bepaalde patronen zijn te herkennen in deze voors en tegens. Daarbij wordt vooral gekeken naar verschillen in ‘accountingcultuur’ in de diverse regio’s binnen Europa. De uitkomsten duiden er op dat met name het verschil in nadruk op ‘principles versus rules’ en het belang van conservatieve winstbepaling de meningen verdelen. Omdat deze aspecten cultuurgebonden zijn, zal het niet eenvoudig zijn om IFRS for SMEs algemeen geaccepteerd te krijgen.

scholarly journals ‘Europa moet IFRS goedkeuren, nú!’

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 418-419
Author(s):  
Ruud Vergoossen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Hedge Accounting ◽  
Ias 39 ◽  
International Accounting Standards Board

Europe has to endorse the International Financial Reporting Standards’, verzucht Sir David Tweedie, voorzitter van de International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), tijdens een interview dat ik afgelopen zomer met hem had1. Het wil maar niet boteren tussen de IASB en de Europese Commissie. Langer dan een jaar wordt er al gesteggeld over de goedkeuring van IAS 39 over de verwerking en waardering van financiële instrumenten. Het ziet er momenteel (augustus 2004) niet naar uit dat de Europese Commissie IAS 39 volledig zal gaan voorschrijven, omdat zij meent dat de IASB onvoldoende in haar richting is opgeschoven. In plaats daarvan overweegt de Europese Commissie IAS 39 weliswaar goed te keuren, maar een aantal bepalingen in deze standaard tijdelijk buiten werking te stellen. Het betreft bepalingen op het gebied van hedge accounting en de waardering van financiële verplichtingen tegen reële waarde.

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