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The Institute commissioned Patricia Doran Walters, PhD, CFA, President of Disclosure Analytics Inc to write a report to provide insights into the factors involved in the United States sub-prime mortgage market collapse. The report includes the effects that the collapse had to financial statements of banks and other financial institutions. 
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) have seen a rebalancing of their roles in recent years, according to a new survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and KPMG. CFOs are now expected to balance their stewardship role with their strategy development and value adding functions, in order to meet the expectations of CEOs, boards and stakeholders. 
As the Institute leads the profession at a time of regulatory change it was decided to host a forum to look at how the accounting profession should deal with financial reporting for SMEs. As a foundation for the forum, the Institute has written this discussion paper that looks at the International Accounting Standards Board’s exposure draft and how it may be applied in Australia. 
The Institute has published a detailed stocktake of international Extended performance reporting techniques. This paper describes a variety of reporting techniques and structures that exist, all of which vary in approach and substance. 
This study considers, analyses and summarises reporting trends. It examines the consequences that extended reporting may have for valuations and the functioning of capital markets. 
The June forum used a paper written for the Institute by Professor Jack Flanagan entitled Values, codes of ethics and the law as its discussion starting point. 
The Institute has published a second paper for preparers of not-for-profit annual and financial reports. Building on last year's work, Enhancing not-for-profit annual and financial reporting provides guidance in enhancing such reports. 
