The Arab Financial and Accounting Forum discusses the G20 Resolutions and their implications

This important Forum, which is to be organized by the CONFEX International s.a.l, will be concurrently held with the annual meetings of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Legal and the Arab Society of Certified Public Accountants.

The Forum aims at providing an opportunity for all concerned parties including regulators, businessmen, bankers, auditors and others who have interest in the effects of the crisis from all Arab countries to meet and deliberate on the issues in question, and the effects of the G20 Resolutions on banks, the business sector, the public sector, international funds, the accountants and the accounting profession.

The Forum's agenda includes presentations and discussions on a number of programs that have been developed for this purpose, including the governance testing program, stress testing program, valuation testing program, reserves testing program, cash flow testing program, securities testing program, investment testing program, derivatives testing program, transparency testing program, forensic accounting, and financial asset classification and quantifying program.

The Forum's activities also include a number of workshops in accounting and legal areas to be conducted by experts from Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Legal.