Chair ESSEC-KPMG - EUFIN (European Financial Reporting Research Group)

Activities

The ESSEC-KPMG Financial Reporting Centre specialises in financial reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Created in 2005, the year in which European listed companies started to use IFRS, the Centre monitors closely the activities of the International Accounting Standards Board and the application of IFRS by European companies.

It produces a monthly report on the standard-setting meetings of the IASB and publishes research into the application of IFRS. It also provides specialist studies for ESSEC students who intend to follow a career in international financial reporting.

The ESSEC-KPMG Financial Reporting Centre is host to the European Financial Reporting Research Network (EUFIN).

Directors of the Centre:

The ESSEC-KPMG Financial Reporting Centre is run by three ESSEC professors of accounting :
Peter Walton (IFRS Director) Wolfgang Dick (Education Director) Paul André (Research Director)

Peter Walton

Wolfgang Dick

Paul André

Objectives:

The Financial Reporting Centre aims to be a centre of excellence for reporting to the capital markets. It aims to publish studies of relevance to practitioners and research that contributes to the body of academic studies in international accounting and financial reporting. It also provides specialist education to students wishing to build a career in international accounting. It is able to act as an interface between business and the international standard-setter.