Into the mayhem has stepped the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which sets the rules in most of Europe and Asia and is eventually expected to have authority in America, too.

为欧洲和亚洲大部分国家制定规则并且最终有望也为美国制定规则的国际会计准则委员会已经非常混乱。

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In Europe, Germany and the UK are the biggest markets - accounting for about 45 per cent of the total market.

在欧洲，德国和英国是最大的市场，占全部市场的45%。

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The largest concentration of HNWIs was still in Europe, accounting for more than 32% of the world's HNWI wealth.

欧洲的百万富翁人数仍然排名世界第一，他们的财富在全球百万富翁财富总额中所占的份额超过了32%。

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Goldman has already faced criticism in Europe this year for a series of transactions with Greece that exploited loopholes in EU accounting rules and had the effect of understating Greece's budget deficit.

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