Accounting

Companies hide billions in pension liabilities

Investors should scrutinize any public company’s pension plan. The impacts on share valuation have always been significant.

September 24, 2012

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Life

Problems with IFRS

How accounting standards affect insurers

By Melissa Shin |July 23, 2012

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Market Insights

Deception of a different kind

When companies use accounting to make profits look bad

April 1, 2012

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Industry

Displeasure with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is on the rise, and will likely gain steam as annual results are issued in the first quarter of 2012. As investors begin to digest some of the quarterly numbers from last year, more have started expressing unease with the new accounting rules.

February 20, 2012

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Manulife’s billion dollar splashdown

When the Canadian life insurers reported their third quarter results, billions of dollars in red ink flowed. Investors and executives alike were blaming the accounting rules. Frankly, we had to smile.

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BDO buys KPMG’s consumer insolvency practice

BDO Canada Limited has announced the purchase of KPMG’s consumer insolvency practice. It will be merged into BDO’s national financial recovery services practice. Effective August 26th, 2011, the practices now operate under the BDO Canada Limited name. “We are proud to combine forces with such a strong practice,” said Bill Courage, National Insolvency Practice Leader, […]

By Staff |August 29, 2011

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Is corporate Canada too cautious?

In the wake of the Great Recession, Canada was repeatedly lauded for its conservative financial system, which allowed the economy to glide through the downturn relatively unscathed. But is our conservative corporate culture an impediment to economic activity? An expert panel at the recent EuroMoney Canada Forum shared its outlook for corporate Canada in the […]

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Logan Katz goes global with WTP Advisors

Ottawa-based public accounting and tax advisory firm Logan Katz LLP has joined forces with WTP Advisors, a tax and business consultancy that operates in nearly every major country. The alliance enables Logan Katz to offer an expanded range of tax services for existing clients, and increases WTP Advisors’ tax and advisory offerings in the area. […]

By Staff |April 18, 2011

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What you need to know about IFRS

You’ve heard about International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the biggest-ever change to accounting rules. Is it going to rock your world, or is it just a bunch of propeller-headed bean counters making much ado about nothing?

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Accounting

Companies hide billions in pension liabilities

Problems with IFRS

Deception of a different kind

Turning against IFRS

Manulife’s billion dollar splashdown

BDO buys KPMG’s consumer insolvency practice

Rahal Warren & Chugh join MNP

Is corporate Canada too cautious?

Logan Katz goes global with WTP Advisors

What you need to know about IFRS