All Financial Reporting Council articles
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NewsGrant Thornton fined for below par audit of UK local authority pension fund
Failures included obtaining insufficient evidence that the value of investments was materially accurate
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NewsUK roundup: BA Pensions appoints LCP for actuarial, consulting services
Plus: BlackRock gest FCA green light on long-term asset fund; Broadstone launches specialist admin service; FRC consults on revision to actuarial standards
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NewsUK roundup: Phoenix Group assigns £338m to multi-asset climate solution
Plus: Bfinance completes management buyout; FRC adds signatories to UK Stewardship Code
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NewsISSB grants concession on GHG emission reporting, FRC updates on ESG priorities
Information gathering challenges could also be relevant to other sustainability topics beyond GHG as the board develops its standards in the future
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NewsUK roundup: DWP ministers urged to review pension policy priorities
Plus: FRC adds 43 new signatories to stewardship code
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NewsFRC issues roadmap for reboot of UK corporate governance oversight
A consultation on the changes is scheduled to take place from the first quarter of next year
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NewsAsset owners are more proactive once signed up to UK Stewardship Code
The code is making a separate impact from other stewardship or ESG policies
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NewsIFRS Foundation, Value Reporting Foundation merger delayed
Plus: UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) adds weight to calls for the ISSB to clarify application of materiality in sustainability reporting
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NewsFRC wants actuaries to focus more on climate, ESG risks
‘As the importance of climate change risks continues to grow it is critical that actuaries consider these risks in the course of their work,’ says FRC
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NewsUK waters down plans for Sarbanes-Oxley law to tackle failing audit market
Government says consultation responses indicated ‘more incremental approach to internal controls would be appropriate’
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NewsNew pension projection rules could generate ‘perverse’ results, LCP warns
Consultancy argues against proposed volatility-based approach for determining DC accumulation rate
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NewsESG roundup: ‘Striking’ divergences in CRA ESG disclosures
Plus: consolidated sectoral pathway report from TPI, FRC opines on ISSB prototypes, Amundi plans more oceans work
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People moves: PGGM names responsible investment head
PGGM, Coeli, FRC, Bank J. Safra Sarasin, Complementa, Monomoy
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Reporting round-up: SASB Risk-management Disclosures
Plus: FRC’s thematic review of IAS 37, Silent Night report
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NewsFRC officials detail ARGA transition timetable, upcoming workplan priorities
Additional reporting requirements are ‘driving a significant growth in reporting demands’, Mark Babington says
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NewsUK regulator names first signatories of tougher stewardship code
Asset manager applicants drag down pass rate to around two-thirds
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NewsAccounting round-up: FRC ups enforcement, focuses on DB accounting
Plus: IASB disclosure requirements project; FRC’s feedback statement on non-financial reporting
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NewsFRC fines KPMG £13m, sanctions restructuring unit partner [updated]
KPMG and Costley-Wood’s actions allowed HIG Group to snap up Silentnight out of insolvency while £100m of pension liabilities were transferred to the PPF
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UK actuaries concerned over government’s proposed reg changes
IFoA said there is a critical need for clarity regarding the scope of ARGA’s actuarial technical standards role, including who and what ARGA will regulate
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NewsAccounting standards come under fire from UK lawmakers
Since the UK’s departure from EU structures on 31 December 2020, new IFRSs have been adopted through means of a temporary endorsement mechanism
