Risk and Accounting research event
PA 215/09 The European Risk Research Network, based at Nottingham University Business School, is pleased to announce its third Business Risk Forum on the highly topical theme of 'Risk and Accounting' which will take place at Deloitte's offices at 2 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3BZ, on September 3 2009. The ongoing financial crisis has raised many questions about governance, business models, remuneration systems and risk reporting in financial institutions, and the accounting profession is at the centre of much of this debate. Are existing international accounting and auditing standards sufficiently robust? How useful are financial statements for the evaluation of risk exposures? What is the role of accountants in relation to risk management? The forum aims to stimulate debate amongst both practitioners and accounting academics on these and related issues. High profile speakers will include: Jeremy Jennings, a Brussels-based partner in Ernst & Young, and leader of the firm's regulatory and policy activities across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). Jeremy also chairs the European Contact Group, a policy grouping of the top six global accounting firms. Jeremy will be talking about trends in regulation of accounting and auditing in the EU. Ludo Swolfs, Honorary Chairman of the Belgian Institute of Registered Auditors and an appointed expert for the Belgian Parliamentary Commission on the banking crisis.
