Pro forma financial information means non-IFRS financial information that is intended to show the effects of proposed or completed transactions for illustrative purposes. [5]  The non-IFRS financial information is adjusted by pro forma adjustments to …

Representation letter means a letter prepared by the entity at the request of the auditor that confirms to the auditor specific matters relating to the comfort letter …

Requesting parties means third party underwriter(s) and/or other parties involved with the entity’s securities offering (such as financial intermediaries, buyers, sellers, brokers or selling agents or group or component auditors) that have agreed to be …

Responsible party of the entity means those charged with governance of the entity (ordinarily the Board of Directors) who are responsible for the preparation of the offering document, and who engage the auditor to issue a comfort letter to the requesting …

Underwriter means any person or their agent who has purchased, or intends to purchase securities from an issuer with a view to, or offers or sells for an issuer in connection with, the distribution of any security, or participates or has a direct or …

Underwriting agreement means a formal agreement between the underwriter(s) and the responsible party of the entity with respect to the entity’s offering document.  It may specify the form and content of the comfort letter to be requested of the auditor, …

For the purposes of this Guidance Statement, the following items have the meanings attributed below: …

Annual Accounts of an insurance group , refers to accounts constituting reporting documents required to be prepared by the parent entity of the group in compliance with reporting standards made under the Financial Sector (Collection of data) Act 2001 …

Appointed Auditor means an auditor appointed under paragraph 39(1)(a) of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Act). …

General insurer means, under section 11 of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) as amended, a body corporate that is authorised in writing by APRA, under section 12 of the Act, to carry on general insurance business in Australia. The term ‘general insurer …