Financial Planning

A group of corporate governance and policy organizations is urging audit committees at public companies to strengthen their public disclosures so they can convey key elements of their critical work to investors and stakeholders more effectively.

The International Accounting Standards Board has introduced a new hedge accounting model as a major step forward in the financial instruments project on which it has been collaborating with the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

The higher tax rates passed by Congress this year have some top U.S. earners seeking last-minute strategies to lower their tax bite as year-end calculations turn up unpleasant surprises.

Accounting firms could find value in managing their clients online funding campaigns, according to Xcentric's vice president of marketing Roy Keely.

CEOs who are approaching retirement tend to inflate their earnings forecasts, according to a new study.

Municipal bonds typically represent an investor’s safest asset or the most conservative component of the overall investment portfolio.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new online toolkit to help preparers and auditors of state and local government pension plans implement new accounting and financial reporting standards.

KPMG International has set up KPMG Capital, an investment fund that aims to accelerate innovation in data and analytics to help clients of KPMG’s member firms unlock the value of their data.

Genworth Wealth Management is history. The large turnkey asset manager, with $20 billion in assets under management, on Wednesday announced a long-anticipated name change.

John Napolitano, chairman and CEO of U.S. Wealth Management, discusses finding a new broker-dealer to work with your firm and its clients, in an interview with managing editor Tamika Cody at Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit in Orlando.