IFRS Essentials: Banking and asset management

This three-day course is a-step-by-step guide through the technical issues involved in understanding and applying IFRS. It is designed for those who wish to acquire a basic knowledge of IFRS principles as applied in the banking and asset management sectors.

The main topics include, but are not limited to:

• the IFRS conceptual framework and the IASB’s standard-setting process;
• financial instruments: recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosures;
• intangible assets, property plant and equipment, investment property, leases and impairment of assets;
• provisions and contingencies, employee pension benefits, deferred taxes, revenue recognition, foreign currency transactions and translation of foreign entities financial statements;
• introduction to consolidation and business combinations.

The course ends with a review of illustrative IFRS consolidated financial statements of a typical banking group.

Language & dates: 27-28-29 April in French and 1-2-3 December 2009 in Dutch

Timing: 08.30 - 17.00

Fee per participant: 2750 EUR