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18/08/2026

How may IFRS 18 affect SMEs in Bangladesh?

Many SME owners assume IFRS 18 only matters for large corporations.

That assumption might be true but it might also become costly!

Even if the SME is not fully IFRS-reporting today.

1. Banks still expect transparency.

2. Investors still expect credibility.

3. Growth still requires structured financial information.

IFRS 18 introduces concepts that support all three.

For SMEs seeking:
- Financing
- Investors
- Expansion
- Stronger governance

The principles behind IFRS 18 are worth understanding now.

I have seen businesses lose opportunities not because they lacked potential.
But because their financial information lacked clarity.

The businesses that adopt better reporting early often gain credibility faster.
And credibility opens doors.

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15/08/2026

How well does the famous geopolitical strategy

"Hide your strength,

Bide your time"

work in business?

Definitely, hide your strengths from your competitors

So that they underestimate you

While you build your own competitive edge over time.

But you also need to put your unique strengths on display

At the right time

To bag in premium clients.

The Silent Power of the Shadow:

Never broadcast your power to hear the echo of applause.

Hide it to protect your process.

And only display it to close the transaction.

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11/08/2026

Preparation delayed is preparation compromised!

The transition period for IFRS 18 has already started.

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04/08/2026

IFRS 18 is NOT ALL about Compliance.

Let's look closely at who is asking for the financial statements and why.

1. A lender asks for financial statements to gauge the liquidity standing

2. An investor requests a performance review

3. A board wants clearer reporting

If the finance team produces three different versions of profitability then which one should they trust?

This is exactly the type of challenge IFRS 18 is trying to address.

Many people think IFRS 18 is an accounting project. But it isn't.

It's a business communication project affecting:

- FP&A

- Management reporting

- KPI governance

- Banking discussions

- Investor conversations

The ultimate purpose of financial reporting is to help people make decisions.

Better communication leads to better decisions.

IFRS 18 matters not because regulators require it.

It matters because stakeholders rely on it.

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30/07/2026

Don't always believe the glitz and glamour when small founders celebrate milestones after milestones.

It could well be a farce, allegedly.

Here, I'm remembering the day, a year ago, when my primary working laptop completely died on me.

​No warning. Just stopped.

Putting my entire operation at the brink of collapse.

It was during a time when my client's projects were at their absolute peak.

I had to send it in at the service centre with an ETA of nearly a month!

​When we are a small founder, there is no in-house IT department to hand us a replacement laptop in 10 minutes.

​My only option was to pull out a decade old backup laptop that had been sitting in the corner, mostly used for printing family documents.

It was slow, outdated and definitely not built for running daily business operations smoothly.

​But it worked, carried my workload and let me keep delivering my client commitments.

It protected both my business revenue and my reputation.

​Ever grateful for that backup plan. Without it, I would have had to let a key client go.

​(My photo in anime style: Heading to the service center last year to get the machine checked, still clueless about the root cause or the expected downtime).



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28/07/2026

Using adjusted bottom-line numbers is never the issue.

Being unable to explain them is.

Hence, Management Performance Measures (MPM) are coming into the picture under IFRS 18.

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22/07/2026

Founder Life ❤️

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21/07/2026

Under IFRS 18, the operating profit number will become more meaningful than ever before.

Are you sure that you understand what goes into it?

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14/07/2026

When every company defines performance differently

Users struggle to trust what they are seeing.

That's what IFRS 18 aims to solve.

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12/07/2026

This morning, despite the rain and despite my brain negotiating for "just one more day of weekend"

I find myself looking forward to getting back to work.

Perhaps that's one of the biggest rewards of working for myself.

I don't necessarily love every task

I don't necessarily love every challenge

But I do love what I am building.

Now, if you will excuse me, this rainy Sunday and I have a business to attend to.

Wishing everyone a productive week ahead 👍

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