3rd MAFG/LSE/MBS Conference: The Challenges of Global Financial Reporting

11 May 2009 

The 3^rd MAFG/LSE/MBS Conference took place on Monday 11 May 2009 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, hosted by the Department of Accounting. The title of the event was "The Challenges of Global Financial Reporting".

Invited speakers:

• Gilbert Gélard, IASB (Keynote 2): IFRSs and the role of national standard setting bodies
• Martin Glaum, University of Giessen: Value relevance of level-3 fair values: the case of German companies' pension accounting information
• Ryan Lafond, Barclays Global Investors: Does stock price synchronicity represent firm-specific information? The international evidence
• Christian Leuz, University of Chicago (Keynote 1): Global accounting convergence and the potential adoption of IFRS by the United States: an analysis of economic and policy factors;  (Slides)
• George Serafeim, Harvard Business School: Does mandatory IFRS adoption improve the information environment?
• Hollis A. Skaife, University of Wisconsin – Madison: Financial reporting and international M&A
  
  
  For further details about this event, please contact Dr Vasiliki Athanasakou, Lecturer in Accounting at LSE.  The programme can be viewed here. [pdf]
  
  
  Part of the costs of this event were paid for the ICAEW's charitable trusts.