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Research & InsightsFebruary 18, 2010 Measuring the Risk of Accounting IrregularitiesSource:WebCPATwo services are using new technology to assess the likelihood of accounting irregularities at companies and the impact of negative news stories on corporate reputations. One of them, from Audit Integrity, assigns Accounting and... February 4, 2010 Fair Value Accounting: Villain or Innocent Victim?Source:Sanders Shaffer, Federal Reserve Bank of BostonThere is a popular belief that the confluence of bank capital rules and fair value accounting helped trigger the recent financial crisis. The claim is that questionable valuations of long term investments based on prices obtained...[more] January 28, 2010 Why all the surprise? Financial services industry should adopt, not obstruct, reforms
Source:CFA Institute
New York, NY – January 26, 2010 -- The financial services industry seems to have forgotten what this country went through and embraced just 18 months ago: a common goal of coordinated, global regulatory reform for banks and other...[more] January 28, 2010 Restoring Trust and Rethinking Business Models Critical to Financial System ResilienceSource:World Economic ForumDavos-Klosters, Switzerland – A World Economic Forum report on the future of the global financial system is part of the world’s business and financial leaders’ drive to “rethink, redesign, rebuild” the global financial...[more] January 18, 2010 IFAC Survey Shows Accountants as Advocates for Small Business and Global Standards, Highlights Corporate Governance ReformsSource:BusinessWireAs world economies recover from the global financial crisis, the Third Annual Global Leadership Survey of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) revealed its membership as vocal advocates for small and midsize...[more] January 12, 2010 What Do Investors and Analysts Want?Source:CFA InstituteThe CFA Institute is the global financial analyst professional membership organization. Last year, CFA Institute identified the top executive compensation concerns as companies began to rebuild from the market crisis. The...[more] November 13, 2009 Pay-performance link works, study finds
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The value of CEOs’ stock ownership in their own companies and their outstanding equity awards and bonus payouts fell 42% on average in 2008, larger than the median 34% decline experienced by a typical shareholder at those... November 12, 2009 Pay Alignment Rankings – New Tool to Assess Pay v PerformanceSource:GovernanceMetrics InternationalGovernanceMetrics International (GMI), the corporate governance research and ratings firm, announced today that its Summary CEO Compensation Reports and Pay Alignment Rankings (PAR)SM are now available as a stand-alone service. [more] November 2, 2009 Banks, Insurers Don’t Make Full Disclosures, EU Regulators SaySource:Bloomberg.comEuropean banks and insurers don’t always tell investors as much about their financial instruments and special purpose vehicles as accounting rules require, a panel of European Union regulators said. October 29, 2009 71% Of Senior Financial Executives Say That FASB Should Set U.S. Accounting Standards, Not IASB or U.S. Congress
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In a national survey of U.S. CFOs and senior comptrollers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, the majority (71%) believe that the Financial Accounting Standards Board... [What would you find useful here?]
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