Financial Planning

The American Institute of CPAs has released one of its Accounting and Valuation Guides, “Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation,” also known as the Cheap Stock Guide, in an e-book format.

For years, annuities have been considered to be a solution for outliving your income and available assets.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to indefinitely defer certain disclosures about investments held by a nonpublic employee benefit plan in its plan sponsor’s own nonpublic equity securities.

The American Institute of CPAs has proposed new standards to build more rigorous oversight of CPA financial planners.

The subsidiary of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC, has acquired the advisory-focused investment bank, McColl Partners LLC. Terms of the acquisition were undisclosed.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update setting forth a new approach for determining whether a public or private company is an investment company.

Seven out of 10 U.S. adults claim to have major barriers that prevent their families from openly communicating about who will make financial decisions on behalf of their aging family members if they become unable to do so, according to a new survey.

FinancialForce.com has partnered with global business consulting firm Bluewolf with the goal of helping companies access and enhance visibility into data that improve bookings-to-billing cycles and enrich customer engagement.

Last August, the American Institute of CPAs released an exposure draft of its updated guidance on the Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation.

IMGCAP(1)]Check out the digital edition of the June 2013 issue of Accounting Today.