IASB pressed to ease stance on derivatives

Leader US and European banks and insurers have called on the International Accounting Standards Board to delay implementing controversial new accounting rules on derivatives. In a joint statement the European Financial Services Round Table and US Financial Services Roundtable also urged US law-makers to review the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance legislation.

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