HP- Autonomy Fiasco, whose fault is it?

The recent accusation of HP against Autonomy, the British software company that HP bought for $11B, raises fingers in all directions. Who is it at fault- Autonomy management, the management of HP, the auditors, or the differences in the accounting standards? Let’s...

Setting a deadline for the deadline

When the financial crisis was at its peak in 2009, the G20 group met to set a date for the worldwide convergence of the financial standards by end of the year. The deadline got postponed to mid-2011 and then again mid-2013. In a recent report from the SEC which made...

IASB fights back

In response to the July report issued by US SEC (which did not give any idea as to whether and when would the SEC decide on adoption of IFRS by its constituents), the IASB issued its own analysis of the situation. According to the International Accounting Standards...