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IFRS Fundamentals Training Course
This training course teaches you the fundamental principles of IFRS accounting.
Course Objectives
This basic IFRS course provides a thorough introduction of all the major concepts and practical hurdles for those being new to the IFRS/IAS field.All topics covered will be accompanied with examples and cases to illustrate effective application. Issues that arise in practice will be discussed and participants are encouraged to participate by tabling company specific issues they've encountered.
Particular attention will be given to the conceptual framework and the cornerstone items on the balance sheet and other financial statements. Where needed, recent evolutions will be brought into the discussion as is the case for the upcoming revolutionary change in lease accounting.
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or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393Course Agenda Highlights
- IASB and the conceptual framework
- Shareholders' equity: share capital and reserves
- Revenue recognition
- Provisions, contingent assets and liabilities
- Inventories
- Property, plant & equipment
- Intangible assets and impairments (incl. goodwill)
- Leasing
- Disclosures
- First time adoption
Who should attend?
- Accountants
- Auditors
- Financial Controllers
- Finance staff
- Treasury accountants
- Senior managers
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or call us at: (+852) 2273-4393Why Ethan Hathaway training courses?
- Practical. Learn from experienced and active industry practitioners and what's being practiced by your peers.
- Applicable. Apply what you learn in your job and your career
- Specially designed courses by industry active experts for industry practitioners
- Quality Control. Each expert instructor is interviewed and vetted through our senior management and our 5-point instructor criteria.
- Valuable. Earn more revenue or save your organisation from monetary loss. You and your organisation will quickly earn back your investment on the course fee and more
- Enjoyable. Speakers who have a passion for their topic
- Clear. Turning complex concepts into easy to understand concepts
- Limited seats - each session is limited to between 18-25 seats
What do you receive from an Ethan Hathaway training course?
- You gain knowledge and skills that make you valuable to your company and your career
- Instruction by industry experts
- Course notes and reference package
- Daily lunch, snacks and refreshments
- Certificate of completion
- Meeting your industry peers
- Ask questions relevant to your job
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Your course instructor
Luc Nijs:
Luc is the founder, chairman & group CEO of a global emerging markets merchant banking group & conglomerate with offices around the globe. He further holds the Aizkraukles Banka chair in investment banking & the Rietumu Banka chair in private equity & entrepreneurial finance at the Riga Graduate School of Law in Latvia where his lecturing and research focuses on issues like globalization & corporate strategy as well as corporate & investment strategies for emerging markets and in particular the relationship between investment strategies and returns and the impact of country context and institutional voids on returns in particular. He is further the director of the centre for global emerging markets private equity and entrepreneurship and is responsible for the emerging markets & global portfolio management and the emerging markets PE & VC course at the institute and provides extensive executive coaching, training and consulting in these matters for funds, corporate executives and financial institutions worldwide. He was previously with Arthur Andersen and Deloitte in a number of global positions and a professor at Instituto de Empresa (Madrid). He is fluent in Dutch, English, French, German and Portuguese and has sound working knowledge of Russian and Chinese.
Dates & Locations & Fees
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Early Birds May Save Up To 30%** Off the Regular Fee, download the brochure to learn more
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* Venue, dates, course fees, promotions, course content, course instructor are all subject to change
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Can't find a session in a city near you?
If there's no session scheduled in a city near you, you have the following options:
- In-house training: If you have a group of 8 or more, consider having us run this course in-house for you
- Co-sponsored training: Between 5-7 people, consider a co-sponsored course - you agree to send this set number of people to the course if we run it in a city near you and Ethan Hathaway sells the remaining seats to other companies
- Distance learning: Less than 5 people, consider distance training format: live trainer presents over phone lines/web at pre-scheduled times (available only for select courses)
- Just tell us where you want the course: Let us know which city you'd like us to run this course in - we'll plan it if there's enough demand
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You may book your place on the course by any of these methods:
- Online booking - simply click on the "Register Me" button next to the course date you wish to register and it will take you through our quick online registration procedure.
- Email us at: - please include your full contact details.
- Fax us the booking form (included in the brochure) to: +852 3014-0721
- Or call: +852 2273-4393 during normal office hours
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- Detailed course agenda of what you'll learn
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