The month in accounting

Deloitte in the UK rounds up the past month’s key developments.

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After an August holiday, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB or the Board’) was back at work in September with several financial instruments related topics filling their agenda. This month saw important developments with the offsetting and hedge accounting discussions drawing to a close and continued progress made on the impairment project.