<IR> Events
<IR> Events At a Glance
Date | Event | Venue | Description |
10 October 2014 |
Assurance on <IR> Roundtable |
ISCA House |
An "Assurance on <IR>" Roundtable, in partnership with the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), was held on 10 October to gather feedback on the two Assurance on <IR> Papers issued by the IIRC. The Roundtable was co-chaired by Michael Nugent, Technical Director of IIRC, and Professor Ho Yew Kee, Head (Department of Accounting), National University of Singapore, and Chair of the ISCA <IR> Research and Thought Leadership Work Group. Participants from 11 Singapore companies, including representatives from the Big Four accounting firms and early adopters of <IR> in Singapore, discussed challenges and opportunities relating to assurance on integrated reports. |
30 July 2014 |
ISCA Singapore Accountancy Convention <IR> Forum 2014 – “Telling the Whole Story” |
Marina Bay Sands |
An <IR> Forum which saw presentations and discussions from leading <IR> experts in the region. The <IR> Forum was attended by more than 300 attendees, including senior representatives and special guests from the largest accounting networks, international and regional accountancy bodies. |
29 July 2014 |
ISCA <IR> Focus Group – “The First Mover’s Story” |
ISCA House |
A Focus Group organised by ISCA and chaired by Mr Mikkel Larsen of DBS Bank Ltd and Dr Jeanne Ng of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited. The Focus Group provided an opportunity for companies and interested stakeholders to learn about <IR> from the preparers’ viewpoint from two of Asia’s first adopters of <IR>. The Focus Group was attended by representatives from leading Singapore companies in industries including banking, media, real estate, and telecommunications, as well as two statutory boards and the Federation of Accounting Professions, Thailand. |
9 July 2014 |
ISCA Breakfast Talk |
ISCA House |
A Breakfast Talk where Mr Chen Voon Hoe, Partner, and Mr Senthilnathan Sampath, Associate Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, shared with over 90 members on the topic of "Integrated Reporting". Mr Chen provided an overview of the key content elements and principles of <IR>, best <IR> practices, and the benefits achieved by companies which had participated in the <IR> pilot programme. Significantly, he shared that the benefits they derived from adopting the <IR> framework would likely outweigh the initial efforts put in. Mr Sampath presented on how to embark on the <IR> journey, and shared some examples of firms that have embraced <IR> elements including strategic report, strategy and resource allocation, business model, risks and opportunities and future outlook. |
27 May 2014 |
ISCA <IR> Investors' Focus Group |
ISCA House |
A Focus Group where ISCA invited institutional and retail investors to share their views on how <IR> will affect their investment decisions. |
22 April 2014 |
Singapore Accountancy Commission <IR> Forum 2014 |
Singapore Management University |
A Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC) <IR> Forum where ISCA was SAC’s strategic partner. The Forum was attended by more than 120 participants from the accountancy and corporate reporting sectors in Singapore. These included professional accountancy bodies, industry organisations, regulators, business corporations, investor associations, investment firms, universities, public accounting entities and government agencies. As a strategic partner, Dr Ernest Kan represented ISCA to deliver the introductory address in his capacity as Chairman of the ISCA <IR> Steering Committee to share the recent establishment of the Steering Committee and its various work groups tasked to champion <IR> in the areas of research and thought leadership, promotion and adoption, creation of a business network to support adopters, stakeholder engagement, as well as recognition of early adopters. |
14 April 2014 |
Inaugural ISCA <IR> Steering Committee Meeting |
ISCA House |
An inaugural <IR> Steering Committee meeting was held in ISCA House, attended by prominent leaders in the accountancy sector. |
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