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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Regulatory Frameworks in Corporate Reporting

AF702 · Corporate Reporting — Week 1 of 16

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This week’s topics

Regulatory Frameworks in Corporate Reporting

  1. Sources of standard-setting authorities
  2. The role of the IASB and national standard-setters
  3. Corporate governance mandates
  4. Regulatory impacts on capital markets and operational compliance
  5. UK Corporate Governance Explained | IoD
  6. Corporate Disclosure
  7. Everything you need to know about the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the main sources for regulatory framework.
  • 1.2 Evaluate the impact of the accounting and finance regulatory framework on business organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the main sources for regulatory framework.

Study materials

Videos

  • UK Corporate Governance Explained | IoD · YouTube · Institute of Directors (IoD) · 57 min · for registered students
  • Corporate Disclosure · YouTube · Dr Yannis · 33 min · for registered students
  • Everything you need to know about the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code · YouTube · The Lens On Corporate Markets Podcast · 22 min · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance Codes – What can be learned from the UK experience · YouTube · LSE · 15 min · for registered students
  • ICAEW Insights In Focus: The BEIS White Paper – is ARGA the corporate governance regulator we need? · YouTube · ICAEW · 35 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: Project Summary (IASB, March 2018) · PDF · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • Annual Review of Corporate Reporting 2025/26 (FRC) · PDF · Frc, report · for registered students
  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 · PDF · Frc, guidance; 19 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Regulatory Frameworks in Corporate Reporting
  • Week 2: Abuse, Creative Accounting, and Ethical Failures
  • Week 3: Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings of Accounting
  • Week 4: Corporate Accounting Policies and Application
  • Week 5: Preparation of Primary Financial Statements
  • Week 6: Group Financial Reporting and Consolidation
  • Week 7: Financial Performance Interpretation and Ratio Analysis
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Assessment of Published Corporate Reports
  • Week 10: Sector-Specific Accounting Frameworks
  • Week 11: Critical Evaluation of Specialized Industry Accounting
  • Week 12: Applying Corporate Reporting in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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