 CNBC | Digging Common Ground on Bank Accounting CFO.com Magazine, NY At a joint session held in London this week, the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board promised to work at an accelerated pace to develop common standards for the treatment of both off-balance-sheet items ... Submitted by: Jeremy Perler, Co-Head of FR&A Accounting Research Levitt: Proposed Accounting Changes Will ‘Obscure’ Impairments IASB, FASB to replace financial instruments rules |
Toxic Asset Plan May Appeal Little to Banks on Write-Down Rule Bloomberg The Financial Accounting Standards Board, pushed by lawmakers including Rep. Barney Frank to change rules to ease the credit crunch, said on March 16 it may allow the securities to be marked down only by expected losses, not to current prices, ... Accounting relief hope may limit toxic asset sales |
 guardian.co.uk | The Government's Influence On The Stock Market Forbes, NY Together with similar comments from Barney Frank and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on March 16, Bernanke's comments hinted that regulators might avoid imposing crippling capital requirements and loan loss write-offs on the basis of ... Video: Geithner Testifies Before House Committee Toxic Asset Superfund What exactly are these toxic assets? |
Putting A Price Tag On FAS 157 Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY By Laura Kreutzer Buyout and venture capital firms alike have long lamented the burden imposed on them by new accounting rules (specifically Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Rule 157). Pamela Hendrickson, chief operating officer of small buyout ... |
