Investment strategies

The board issued an accounting standards update aimed at better aligning hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management strategies.

The mortgage interest deduction is capped, but the investment interest expense deduction isn’t.

Chargebee has acquired Brighback; and GTreasury has bought Hedge Trackers.

FASB's proposed update could help companies with their risk management, but they will probably need sophisticated hedging expertise to benefit.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Wednesday to better line up a company’s hedge accounting with its risk management strategies.

Many HNW investors are underwhelmed with the offerings of the average financial planning firm.

One of the biggest arguments against checks is that they’re just plain old, invented to support even older banking processes.

The new hedge accounting standard is encouraging more companies to re-evaluate their risk management, according to a new report from Deloitte.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Tuesday aimed at clarifying some areas of its 2017 hedging standard for derivatives.

A deadline looms, but questions remain and more guidance is needed.

The board approved proposals to delay the effective dates of its leases, credit losses, hedging and long-duration insurance contract standards.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is aiming to clarify the interaction between two of its earlier standards.

One of China’s largest listed drugmakers said it overstated cash holdings by $4.4 billion, sending its shares and bonds tumbling.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released an accounting standards update Thursday to clarify three of its recent standards for credit losses, hedging, and recognition and measurement of financial instruments.

CPA financial planners share their favorite moves for kicking off the year right.

ASU 2018-16 lets hedgers use the SOFR Overnight Index Swap Financing Rate.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new hedge accounting standard is prompting some companies to adopt the standard ahead of the Jan 1, 2019 effective date, though many companies are still not using hedge accounting at all.

The financial instruments standard requires a new kind of calculation that is proving disruptive.

A proposed tax on financial transactions in 10 European Union countries could generate about 19.6 billion euros ($23.5 billion) of annual revenue, though Brexit could make collection more difficult, according to a new estimate.

Hedge-fund billionaires were already struggling to keep investors from heading out the door. Then along came another problem: big tax bills.