A group of Barbadian professionals have received practical insight and guidance to help them navigate current forthcoming financial reporting standards.
This took place when KPMG recently hosted its International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Update with the theme Are You Ready at Hilton Barbados. The seminar was targeted at all clients and focused on the newly effective accounting standards for organisations with December 2013 year-ends and explored standards that take effect in the future.
The session was facilitated by Paul Griscom and Robert Laffler of GAAP Seminars. GAAP Seminars is a training and consultancy firm which specialises in the design, development and facilitation of tailored IFRS courses to accounting professionals worldwide.
Michael Edghill, KPMG Partner, Audit & Risk Advisory, observed: “Paul and Robert are two very experienced IFRS trainers who spent part of their careers at KPMG in the US, Germany and Switzerland. We believe that the significant experience gained over their individual careers has been a great asset to the participants in this course.”
“They have offered extremely valuable, practical insight and guidance to assist professionals in navigating the current and forthcoming standards,” he added.
Managing Partner of KPMG, Carol Nicholls said: “We at KPMG are celebrating our 40th year of doing business in Barbados. As we move forward into the future, we see this as a key annual initiative to build on existing knowledge across our client base and improve application skills as it relates to the various evolving IFRS requirements.” (PR/SC)