Investments

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 Prince of Wales’ Accounting for Sustainability project and the International Integrated Reporting Council intend to promote sustainability reporting and integrated reporting at the World Congress of Accountants that’s set to take place in Sydney, Australia in early November.

Whether you’re at a Big Four firm, a regional firm or a sole practitioner, you have the potential to be a rainmaker.

Touting figures may give companies a short-term boost, but often leads to a long-term drop.

Steven Henning allegedly defrauded investors out of $2 million by claiming to have entered into multi-million-dollar intellectual property deals.

Harvard University’s $39.2 billion endowment has reached a record value. So did Yale. And Brown. And Dartmouth.

Tax advantages for bonds funding private hospitals and sports stadiums survived last year’s tax overhaul thanks to an eleventh hour compromise. The securities may be headed for a decline anyway.

The International Integrated Reporting Council has tapped a former global managing partner at McKinsey & Company as its new head.

Corporate America isn’t using the Trump tax cuts to gorge shareholders with stock buybacks and dividends — despite the prevailing narrative.

The IRS estimates alternative minimum tax filings will decrease to 1 million from 10 million as a result of the law.

A new survey by the Center for Audit Quality shows some signs of slippage in public attitudes toward audits and investing.

The business-planning software company hopes to raise $100 million.

Economists question how much the change would juice the economy, especially if the president tries to do it without Congress.

As Noble Group’s troubles mounted, the role of Singapore’s regulators has come under scrutiny.

Dozens of hedge funds investing billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies don’t know if they’re calculating their taxes correctly, which may be a problem now that U.S. authorities have said they’re going to be scrutinizing virtual currencies.

Private-prison companies keep winning, and they have U.S. taxpayers to thank.

The International Integrated Reporting Council unveiled an Academic Database on Wednesday, featuring more than 200 academic studies on the ramifications of integrated reporting, as well as discussing some of the best practices emerging in the field.

Financial planners need to find answers to the machine threat.

A new Financial Accounting Standards Board disclosure requirement makes several material changes to U.S. GAAP.

A new, Republican-led effort to tax carbon dioxide emissions isn’t likely to make it to a vote in the House of Representatives anytime soon — but opponents aren’t taking any chances.