EFRAG request of Comments on Draft endorsement advice on IFRS 9 financial instruments and on Amendments to IFRS 10 & 12 and IAS 28
EFRAG has issued a draft endorsement advice letter (with supporting appendices) and a separate Invitation to Comment relating to the endorsement for use in the EU of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (the Standard). EFRAG is consulting on both its assessment of the Standard against the technical criteria in the EU and on its assessment of whether IFRS 9 is conducive to the European public good (which includes the costs and benefits associated with implementing the Standard).
On May 28th, the Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts (NFF) hosted a meeting in the “NFF research seminar series”. Daniel Wolfenzon, Stefan H. Robock Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School, talked about "Inside the Family Firm" based on his research into this area.
Prof. Otto Lucius, Member of the Austrian society ÖVFA, has been awarded the Medal of Honour in Gold by VÖIG. VÖIG is the trade Association of asset management companies in Austria. 
The European Commission is busy with the evaluation of the IAS Regulation that should have culminated in June with the adoption of a Commission report. The Latvian Presidency has supported the adoption of the report with a public conference on 25 June 2015. This conference was organized by the Ministry of Finance of Latvia and the European Commission, under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Annual General Members Meeting of the Lithuanian Financial Analyst Association (FAA) has been held last April 2015. Mr. Eladijus Kirijanovas has been re-elected President of FAA.