Introduction (W. Verhoog).

1. Is fair value fair: Expert opinions on financial reporting from an international perspective: brief impressions (W. Verhoog).

Part I The future of international accounting.

The model of Black and Scholes is like Newtonian physics before Einstein was born (R. Elliott).

Current US accounting issues (N. Strauss).

Part II Regulations and regulators.

We have to produce one set of unified high-quality global standards (D. Tweedie).

EFRAG: a new force to be reckoned with in the reporting field (J. Van Helleman).

Not partial, but full application of IAS (L. van der Tas).

IAS and the European Union (K. van Hulle).

IAS and legislation (J. Klaassen).

Shifting towards an Anglo-Saxon perspective on rules (E. Eeftink).

Uniform rules are important, but they must not block the view (J. den Hoed).

Part III Supervision and compliance.

Towards a new supervisory landscape (P. Koster).

The Enterprise and Companies Court as supervisory body (J. Willems), &l t;p> Globalisation is OK, as long as it takes account of Dutch culture (M. van Hoepen).

Enforcement of IAS is crucial for the realisation of a global standard for financial reporting (R. Vergoossen).

Part IV IAS and the users of financial statements.

Unambiguous rules, timely reports and close supervision (P. de Vries).

The supervisory director: striking the right balance (P. van den Hoek).

Insurers are lagging behind (L. Traas).

Double Dutch in financial reporting: highly flexible = extremely judgemental? (H. Langendijk).

The auditor is gratefully back on his pedestal (P. Lakeman).

Part V Fair Value Accounting.

The irrepressible advance of Fair Value Accounting (M. Hoogendoorn).

From profit smoothing to a true and fair presentation of profits at insurance companies and pension funds (A. Oosenbrug).

Introduction of Fair Value Accounting: little if any haste (K. Storm).

Fair Value Accounting will result in less transparency and more volatility in banks' financial reporting (B. Bruggink).

Financial statements are a result of policy and not a factor informing policy (J. Groeneveld).

Financial reporting and the search for truth (D. Swagerman).

Warning signals about the application of fair value for financial instruments (T. O'Malley and P. Hofsté).

Part VI Capita selecta: external financial reporting and law.

IAS: right or wrong? (H. Beckman).

Part VII External financial reporting and new-economy companies.

The valuation of new-economy companies (A. de Bos).

Part VIII International financial reporting by governments.

IPSAS and financial reporting by the Dutch government (A. Bac).

Part IX The relationship between management accounting and financial accounting.

Interaction between internal and external reporting (E. Vosselman).

Part X Business combination accounting.

A creative approach to mergers and acquisitions (J. Blommaert).

Epilogue: toward a single global reporting system.

Index.