International Accounting Standards Board chairman Hans Hoogervorst has admitted weaknesses in accounting standards allowed banks to hide losses and front-load profits in the run up to the financial crisis.
Hoogervorst told the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards Joint Committee that changes to the rules would mean banks would have to provide between 30% and 100% more than at present against...
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