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Apples To Apples Expect a pop in equity valuations, increased liquidity and lower trading costs as foreign companies list stocks in the United States using International Financial Reporting Standards. |
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Goodbye GAAP It's time to start preparing for the arrival of international accounting standards. |
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Special Issue 2005
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One World, One GAAP Global businesses and international investors are increasingly demanding accounting information that they can understand when running businesses and making investment decisions on a worldwide basis. |
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Global Accounting Rule Shift CIOs should plan now for the proposed switch to International Financial Reporting Standards. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
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Mind the GAAP Alternatives More accounting options for small and mid size companies are on the way. |
CFO
October 1, 2007
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Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Tim Reason |
International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Sir David Tweedie The overseer of a coming accounting revolution opines on U.S. companies' inevitable, eventual shift to IFRS. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008
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What's Delaying the SEC on IFRS? How many decades will it take the SEC to mandate IFRS over the U.S. Generally Accepting Accounting Principles? |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 23, 2006
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Financial Reporting Goes Global As business goes global, pressure is increasing for adoption of a single set of accounting standards worldwide. Harvard professor Gregory Miller discusses this trend and India's unique position to be a leader in the international accounting environment. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michael Cohn |
U.S. Needs to Move to Global Reporting System The chairman of KPMG International, Michael Andrew, believes the U.S. runs the risk of being passed by in the global financial markets unless it commits to International Financial Reporting Standards. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
One Standard, Many Laws Accounting convergence could be derailed by countries making too many modifications. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Which One When? A roundup of key accounting deadlines, developments, and detours to watch for in 2009. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Marie Leone |
Convergence vs. Conversion The notion of U.S. companies switching to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) over the next few years might become moot if efforts to converge U.S. and international accounting standards are successful. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2004
Scott Farb |
The Trickle-Down Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Real estate private equity funds are finding themselves in an overly regulated, ever-changing and immensely complex climate when it comes to financial reporting and accounting issues. |
Real Estate Portfolio
July 2000
Richard M. Jeanneret |
No More "Hocus-Pocus" Until more guidance is provided, it is essential that companies develop their own framework for assessing reporting quality, one that promotes a common vocabulary and understanding about quality among audit committee members, senior management, and auditors... |
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January 1, 2008
Sarah Johnson |
Long Live the King? As international accounting standards close in on GAAP, the U.S. standard-setter considers its mortality. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
D.J. Gannon |
Why Adopt Global Standards, Anyway? The reality is that the development of identical standards was never the intended result of convergence. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
Josh Hyatt |
Small Companies Will Lag, but By How Much? Switching to the new global financial reporting standards is inevitable for private companies -- eventually. |
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October 1, 2008
Marie Leone |
Convergence Divergence Critics question the entire rationale for adopting international financial reporting standards. |
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September 1, 2012
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SEC Report Backs Away from Convergence The commission's staff expresses hesitation about merging international standards and U.S. GAAP. |
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Simplifying Financial Reporting An SEC committee takes the first stab at a huge task under SOX. |
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August 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
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September 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Standing on Principles In a world with more regulation than ever, can the accounting rulebook be thrown away? |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Leibs & Reason |
IFRS and When The SEC may decide soon whether and when U.S. companies will switch to international accounting standards. And it's a good thing, as panic from not knowing the date is percolating. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Jason Karaian |
The Silent Treatment Regulators think that companies are too shy when it comes to airing their views on fundamental accounting issues. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
A Rescue Plan to Save the Beleaguered Accounting Industry A new book called Building Public Trust: The Future of Corporate Reporting does not break much new ground, but it does an admirable job of tying together a number of topics that have challenged the accounting industry and providing a framework for financial reporting in the future. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
Taube & Yungmann |
Promoting Transparency in Joint Venture Financial Reporting and Disclosure Joint venture arrangements have become an integral part of the business model of many real estate companies, and financial statement preparers and users have worked toward achieving a satisfactory level of transparency... |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Could Its IFRS Delay Strip the SEC of Power? International standards group gently prods the SEC to step up its involvement. |
FDIC FYI
July 24, 2002 |
Enhancing Financial Transparency Participants in the conference discussed the strengths and flaws inherent in the U.S. financial reporting process and suggested ways of modifying not only the reporting mechanism, but also the accounting standards that underlie financial statements, audit opinions, credit ratings and analyst reports. |
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June 2001
Daniel Drosdoff |
What do you mean by "profitable"? Why Latin American companies and societies have much to gain from adopting a new set of international accounting standards |
Real Estate Portfolio
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Bank Technology News
November 2008
Rebecca Sausner |
Accounting Change to International Standard Looms Large for IT The SEC's plan for the eventual retirement of GAAP accounting in favor of International Financial Reporting Standards will necessitate changes to hundreds of banking IT systems. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Capell & Ewing |
Bringing Europe Inc. Into Sharper Focus Red ink is turning black overnight - and vice-versa - as companies adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards, a giant first step toward global harmonization of accounting standards. |
CFO
October 1, 2010
Leone & Stuart |
Keeping Cool on the Hot Seat Departing Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Robert Herz takes a look back at his tenure. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
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What's New? Don't Ask The pace of accounting rule changes is beginning to wear on finance staffs. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Foreign Firms Can Attract U.S. Investors: Overcoming 'Home Bias' There are clearly substantial benefits to foreign firms that are able to attract U.S. investors in terms of lowering the cost of capital. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Julia Homer |
Hello IFRS The international standards are knocking at our doors, but their convergence with GAAP is clouded with questions. |
OCC Bulletin
March 26, 2001 |
Loans Held for Sale This issuance covers the accounting and reporting treatment for certain loans that are sold directly from the loan portfolio or transferred to a held-for-sale account... |
CFO
September 1, 2008
David M. Katz |
Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Scott Leibs |
A Perfect Storm With fair value, IFRS, and XBRL, finance is experiencing a remarkable sea change. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Ronald Fink |
Numbers Crunch Think reporting has changed since Enron? Just wait. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 22, 2008
David Sherriff |
2009 Bank Tech Forecast: Improve Understanding of Risk to Begin Recovery The problems began with the banks. So will the recovery. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2010
Susan H. Nadler |
Mind the GAAP What advantages does the income-tax basis accounting method offer? |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Janet Kersnar |
View from Europe This year's batch of annual reports speaks volumes about the confusing state of corporate reporting. |
CFO
October 1, 2010
Stuart & Johnson |
Herz Closes the Books on FASB Tenure Finance executives look ahead with both hope and caution. |
FDIC FYI
May 30, 2002 |
Financial Transparency and Regulatory Policy The importance of financial transparency and investor confidence in financial markets can hardly be overstated in the current environment... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
