Abstract :
IFRS is a standard guideline created by the International Accounting
Standards Board to generate quality accounting standards that can support the
investor easier to enter the capital market in the world. This study aims to
examine the differences in the quality of financial reporting information and
asymmetry of information before and after the convergence of IFRS in Indonesia.
This study uses the value relevance as a proxy of the quality of financial reporting
information and the bid-ask spread as a proxy for information asymmetry. IFRS
convergence is expected to improve the quality of financial reporting information
and reducing information asymmetry. Data obtained from secondary data,
financial reports and stock trading data public company listed on the Indonesia
Stock Exchange in 2009-2014. The sample in this study was 123 public companies
by using purposive sampling technique. The results showed that there is a
difference in the quality of financial reporting information and asymmetry of
information before and after the convergence of IFRS on public companies in
Indonesia.
Keywords: Quality Of Financial Statements Information, Information
Asymmetry, Convergence of IFRS