INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS Definition

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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS), often known by the older name of International Accounting Standards (IAS), are a set of accounting standards. They are issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

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FCPA, in Australia and elsewhere, is Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant. In the USA, see FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

MATURITY VALUE, in securities, is the amount that will be received at the time a security is redeemed at its maturity. For most securities, maturity value equals par value; in insurance, it is the amount payable under a whole life insurance policy if the insured person lives to the last age on the mortality table on which the values of the contract were based.

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