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Commerce Minister Simon Power has today announced the members of the soon-to-be established External Reporting Board (XRB).

Signs are positive for growth and stability in New Zealand accounting and finance roles, according to a recent survey from recruitment company Robert Half International.

The value of fraud hit the $100 million mark in the second half of 2010, and accounting fraud remained the most common type of fraud, according to the latest KPMG Fraud Barometer.

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) are working on a project to reduce disclosure requirements in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Since 2009 courts have prosecuted individuals who have stolen more than $3 million from New Zealand charities, yet there seems little appetite among not-for-profit groups to adopt a more formal risk management approach.

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) has launched the Equip Canterbury online tool that relays requests for support from its 3,000 Christchurch-based members to the rest of its 32,000 members in New Zealand and abroad.

Deloitte announced today the appointment of New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) Outstanding New Member winner Leon Wijohn as an accounting and advisory partner, based in its Auckland office, and lead partner for its Maori business team.

Hoteliers, retailers and commercial office interior decorators look likely to get the reprieve they were looking for from new depreciation rules they feared would drastically raise the cost of maintaining modern premises.

Accountants are finding business quiet with few signs of any fresh upturn in business according to the monthly BNZ Confidence survey.