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Derivatives are financial instruments that "derive" (hence the name) their value from an underlying asset. That underlying asset can be stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, even market indexes. For ...

In response to “the broad and evolving application of the definition of a derivative,” FASB issued an Accounting Standards ...

Financial instruments are becoming increasingly complicated, and a new survey of CPA financial executives by the AICPA found concern about the valuation of instruments such as derivatives, with fears ...

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The update is aimed at fighting “scope creep,” with existing derivative standards having been applied too often, FASB Chair ...

Some things have changed radically over the last decade, however, the most important being the structure of financial markets. The Great Financial Crisis was arguably caused by the digitalization of ...

Lawmakers moved closer to passing sweeping reform of the financial system as a Senate panel approved new regulations for the complex derivatives market with the backing of GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Responding to the financial crisis which nearly crippled the U.S. economy and the questionable business practices at one of the world's most successful financial institutions, ...

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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Electric Power Supply Association and American Gas Association, among other interests, are hoping to persuade lawmakers that their role in the market does not ...