IASB Criticizes Greek Debt Writedowns

Some European financial institutions should have taken bigger losses on their Greek government bond holdings in recent results announcements, according to the body that sets their accounting rules. In a private letter sent to the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Union’s ...

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