This is the first edition of IFRS News for 2017. In the edition we look at:

• the European Securities and Markets Authority’s recent public statement on the implementation of IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’;
• amendments that the IASB has recently made to its Standards and some proposals which are in its pipeline;
• IFRS-related news at Grant Thornton;
• implementation dates of newer Standards that are not yet mandatory; and
• a list of IASB publications that are out for comment.