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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter P. Schuetze
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-06-02
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1134423810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Volume, edited by Peter W. Wolnizer, Professor of Accounting at the University of Sydney, makes available the collected writings of Walter P. Scheutze, a senior accounting practitioner. The articles, speeches and letters collected here probe the most fundamental problems of corporate financial reporting, cogently arguing the case for accounting reform and proposing well-informed solutions to these problems.
Author: International Accounting Standards Board
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Davis Edwards
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-06-30
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1118768582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive resource for understanding how to minimize risk and increase profits In this accessible resource, Wall Street trader and quantitative analyst Davis W. Edwards offers a definitive guide for nonprofessionals which describes the techniques and strategies seasoned traders use when making decisions. Risk Management in Trading includes an introduction to hedge fund and proprietary trading desks and offers an in-depth exploration on the topic of risk avoidance and acceptance. Throughout the book Edwards explores the finer points of financial risk management, shows how to decipher the jargon of professional risk-managers, and reveals how non-quantitative managers avoid risk management pitfalls. Avoiding risk is a strategic decision and the author shows how to adopt a consistent framework for risk that compares one type of risk to another. Edwards also stresses the fact that any trading decision that isn't based on the goal of maximizing profits is a decision that should be strongly scrutinized. He also explains that being familiar with all the details of a transaction is vital for making the right investment decision. Offers a comprehensive resource for understanding financial risk management Includes an overview of the techniques and tools professionals use to control risk Shows how to transfer risk to maximize results Written by Davis W. Edwards, a senior manager in Deloitte's Energy Derivatives Pricing Center Risk Management in Trading gives investors a hands-on guide to the strategies and techniques professionals rely on to minimize risk and maximize profits.
Author: Walter P. Schuetze
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian N. Brinker
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781607419945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the events leading up to the Congressional call for a study illustrating the need for identifying and understanding the linkages that exist between fair value accounting standards and the usefulness of information provided by financial institutions. In the months preceding passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, some asserted that fair value accounting, along with the accompanying guidance on measuring fair value under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS No. 157), contributed to instability in our financial markets. According to these critics, fair value accounting did so by requiring what some believed were potentially inappropriate write-downs in the value of investments held by financial institutions, most notably due to concerns that such write-downs were the result of inactive, illiquid, or irrational markets that resulted in values that did not reflect the underlying economics of the securities. For many years, accounting standards have required measurement of financial instruments on a financial institution's balance sheet at fair value. In some cases, for example when securities are actively traded, changes in fair value are required to be recognised in the income statement. This is the specific meaning of "mark-to-market" accounting. However, in most other cases, such changes in fair value are generally reported in other comprehensive income ("OCI") or equity, and these changes do not flow through to income unless an impairment has occurred. This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
Author: James W. Curtis
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781607419969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on Fair Value Accounting which is a market-based accounting system for determining the value of assets and liabilities. Since the mid-1970's, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the accounting standard setter that derives its informal authority from the Securities an Exchange Commission (SEC), has gradually been moving the nation from an accounting system based entirely on historic cost-based measurements of assets and liabilities to one based in part on fair value. Its basic reasoning is that fair value accounting provides market-based information that is more meaningful to investors. In 2006, FASB released Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, which refined previous fair value directives to further define the concept and clarified how to value instruments. FAS 157 went into effect in late 2007, a period that coincided with the growing severity of the current sub-prime-based financial turmoil. The worsening crisis helped fuel opposition to FAS 157. Opponents, including insurance firms and banks, argued that FAS 157 and fair value accounting protocol exacerbated the effects of the financial crisis by forcing holders to severely write down distressed or illiquid assets, which were often mortgage-backed securities, to levels far below their "true economic values". This book consists of public domain documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
Author: United States House of Representatives
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Published: 2019-10-31
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781704109985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMark-to-market accounting: practices and implications: hearing before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 12, 2009.
Author: Nemanja Stanisic
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe main objective of this paper is to provide an analysis on whether mark-to-market accounting magnifies financial crises. Even though the results of numerous studies on this topic offer various conclusions, the majority of them conclude that fair value accounting, or mark-to-market accounting, does not cause financial crises. Most studies that had similar conclusions dealt with the 2006-2008 period, whereas we focus our research on period from 1881 to present day. Primarily, we will point out the historical context of the implementation of mark-to-market accounting and consequences it has, since it seems that some lessons from the past have been forgotten. We consider the long term relationship between US GDP and the S&P 500 index values and key historical developments to conclude that implementation of mark-to-market accounting contributes to creating of asset bubbles and assets overestimations. Even though mark-to-market accounting does not cause financial crises, it does magnify fundamental procyclicality which is inherent in efficient markets.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 412
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