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1 IFRS in Japan Takahiro Nagafune Takahiro Nagafune Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire insurance Co., Ltd. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire insurance Co., Ltd. October 10, 2011 October 10, 2011
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2 IFRS in Japan 1. Introduction 2. Implementation 3. Future 4. Insurance
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3 IFRS in Japan 1. Introduction An interim Report by Financial Services Agency (FSA) (June, 2009) - Voluntary implementation of IFRS - Mandatory implementation of IFRS
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4 IFRS in Japan 1. Introduction An interim Report by FSA (June, 2009) 1) Voluntary Implementation - Date: Starting from March, 2010 - Entities: Listed Companies - Consolidated Financial Report Only Japanese Standards are applied to; - Single Report - Taxation
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5 IFRS in Japan 1. Introduction 2) Mandatory Implementation - Final decision is to be made in 2012 - Consolidated reports of all listed companies - At one time or gradually - At least three years for preparation - Starting from 2015 at the earliest An interim Report by FSA (June, 2009)
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6 IFRS in Japan 2. Implementation 1) Benefits for a company - Reduction of funding cost - Improvement of efficiency - Improvement of competitiveness
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7 IFRS in Japan 2. Implementation 2) Number - A company (as of March, 2010) - Three companies (as of March, 2011) - None of financial institutions - Among 3,600 listed companies
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8 IFRS in Japan 2. Implementation 3) Difficulties Companies are concerned about; - a lot of time and cost to prepare for the implementation - double standards after the implementation - IFRS for a consolidated report - JFRS for single / taxation reports Some companies will continue to use U.S. standards, which are irregularly permitted by FSA.
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9 IFRS in Japan 3. Future 1) Mandatory Implementation (in the interim report as of June, 2009) - Final decision is to be made in 2012 - At least three years for preparation - Starting from 2015 at the earliest
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10 IFRS in Japan 3. Future 2) Mandatory Implementation (comments by Minister of FSA as of June, 2011) - Mandatory Implementation will start in or after 2016 - At least five years for preparation
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11 IFRS in Japan 4. Insurance 1) IFRS for "Insurance Contracts" (IFRS 4) - Various comments for the exposure draft are under consideration - A revised exposure draft will be released in 2012
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12 IFRS in Japan 4. Insurance 2) Other Issues Concerned Other issues concerned with IFRS are; - Supervisory Solvency Assessment - ERM Consistency between the frameworks
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13 IFRS in Japan 4. Insurance 3) A company's preparation for IFRS - Building databases - Developing calculation systems
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14 IFRS in Japan 4. Insurance 3) A company's preparation for IFRS 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Stock databases Flow databases Calculation systems Final revision
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15 IFRS in Japan 4. Insurance 4) Actuaries 16th EAAC "Venture into Uncertainty" "Capture Opportunities" Each actuary will have to handle various issues on; - IFRS - Supervisory Solvency Assessment - ERM
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16 IFRS in Japan Thank you. Thank you.
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