BusinessWorld Online: Economy

May 052013
 

IN JULY 2010, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued an Exposure Draft (ED) on Phase 2 of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 4, Insurance Contracts, which detailed several significant changes to the way insurers measure insurance contracts. The ED required them to apply current market assessment when they measure their liabilities. The comment period for the ED ended on Nov. 20, 2010 and the IASB has since conducted re-deliberations and has reached tentative conclusions on key topics.

Apr 302013
 

INFLATION could fall below 3% in the second quarter with commodity and fuel prices likely to ease on the back of better inventories and continued slow demand due to the weak global economic environment, according to First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P).