Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20
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EY Azerbaijan held its annual seminar for clients on the latest updates to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) at the JW Marriott Absheron Hotel Baku on October 19, 2017.
The seminar was led by IFRS professionals Valentina Khromova, EY Moscow Assurance Senior Manager, and Dmytro Iurgelevych, EY Tbilisi Assurance Senior Manager. More than 100 officials from major international and local companies participated in the seminar, including banks operating in Azerbaijan.
The presentations and discussions provided insights into recent changes in IFRS and their practical implementation, focusing on an overview of IFRS 15 and its application in different situations, an overview of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, and IASB/IFRIC updates. The participants discussed how to resolve practical issues during the session.
“As usual, I was delighted to see keen interest in the upcoming IFRS from our banking clients. With agenda heavily focused on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, which becomes effective on 1 January 2018, I was pleasantly surprised to see evidence of management’s involvement and deep understanding of the underlying implementation issues. We tried to focus our IFRS update content more on practice rather than theory this year, and we received a number of very specific questions from the audience that demonstrated good progress in the implementation process at their financial institutions. Clearly, our clients are ready to embrace change!” said Dmytro as he shared his thoughts on the event.
Valentina said: “We would like to thank all participants for such an exciting, highly interactive and mutually interesting discussion! It is always a pleasure to present in front of such a professional and knowledgeable audience!”
Luba Hibbert, financial controller at Socar Cape, commented: “It was a very useful and detailed training session on the changes in IFRS that businesses will have to apply in the near future. The scope and structure of the presentation were of a very high quality and covered all the major areas. Thanks to EY for investing in training events and maintaining high standards.”
Parviz Babazade, deputy head of the finance and reporting department at Caspian Shipping Company, said: “I would like to express my gratitude to EY for inviting me to their latest professionally organized course. Each year, we gain the chance to get to know all the significant updates in IFRS and obtain insights on their practical application. This event is a unique opportunity to be trained by the primary experts, as well as to network with leading specialists in the Azerbaijani finance and accounting sphere.”
Eltaj Bayramli, CFO at AvroMed Company CJSC, added: “My sincere gratitude to EY for conducting such a thorough and timely training session on updates to International Financial Reporting Standards. This session impressively addressed crucial aspects within the challenging and continuously changing environment of financial reporting.”
Nargiz Hasanova, finance manager at Rapid Solutions, commented: “I would like to express my appreciation to EY for the efforts you make for your clients to be updated in a timely manner on all IFRS changes. Further, I wish to extend my special thanks to the EY team for great organization and, in particular, to Valentina Khromova for her energy, enthusiasm, and enjoyable speaking style. Additionally, these events provide great alumni networking opportunities.”
EY was delighted to see all the participants at the seminar and thanks each of them for their enthusiastic involvement!
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