In today's column, I comment on the announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission of a timetable for adoption of IFRS accounting standards in the US, and the related governance reform which would submit the global standard-setter to a 'monitoring group' of regulators and policy authorities. In line with my testimony to the IASC Foundation in June, I point to the significant risk of lower future standards quality, that could come from the resulting politicisation of the standard-setting process.
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