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Study Group: Stock Options Backdating Accounting Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 11

This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Ronald Kiima, CPA

President
Kiima Incorporated

Ronald A. Kiima is a former SEC Assistant Chief Accountant. Mr. Kiima is currently the President of Kiima Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in SEC accounting and disclosure issues, SEC registration statements and periodic reports, SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, corporate...

Dan Gode

Co-Founder
Almaris E-Learning Systems

Dan Gode is a Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law at New York University Stern School of Business. He is also the Co-Founder of Almaris E-Learning Systems. Professor Gode teaches courses in corporate financial accounting and modeling and projecting financial statements....

Larry Katzen, CPA

Board Member
The Private Bank & Trust Co

Larry Katzen is a board member for The Mens Wearhouse, where he is a member of the audit and compensation committees. Mr. Katzen is also a board member for Wayport, a privately held wireless co. located in Dallas, TX, where he is chairman of the audit committee and member of the governance committee...

Daniel Collins

Henry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting
University of Iowa, The (inc)

Daniel Collins, PhD is the Henry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting at the University of Iowa. He recently was a visiting Professor of Accounting at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Dr. Collins has served on the Deloitte & Touche Academic Advisory Board, the Financial...

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Bush Nominates Two Democrats to SEC: More of the Same is Likely | 03-31-2008

Analysis of: White House to Tap Two Dems to SEC | www.cfo.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Will President Bush's recent nomination of two Democrats to the SEC make it more investor friendly? Not likely!

2007 Accounting Error of the Year: Depreciation and Amortization | 01-02-2008

Analysis of: Securities Suits Spike in 2007 | www.cfo.com

Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

The subject article provides some interesting insights into the upward reversal in the number of securities class-action lawsuits filed during 2007. Given such, I thought it might be fitting to offer my personal insights into what I continue to believe is the most common, yet rarely noticed, accounting...

U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS – Like It or Not – It’s Probably Time for a Better Understanding | 12-14-2007

Analysis of: U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS - The Basics | www.ey.com

Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The SEC recently gave its approval for foreign companies listed in the U.S. to present financials exclusively using the IASB's version of IFRS – with no reconciliation to U.S. GAAP. The SEC is now seriously looking into the possibility of giving U.S. companies the option of using...

Follow Up on Receivable Securitization Programs – “Debt in Disguise” | 12-11-2007

Analysis of: Debt in Disguise | www.cfo.com

Author: GLG Expert Contributor

I came across an interesting article (link included in this post) on the topic of receivable securitization programs which gives a nice overview of these types of programs including the structure, economics and accounting for them. The article essentially calls receivable securitizations as “debt...

New Acquisition Accounting Standard – Let’s Hope for Improved Fair Value Measurements | 12-11-2007

Analysis of: SFAS 141(R) – Business Combinations | fasb.org

Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The FASB issued a new standard last week within the area of accounting for acquisitions that is said to represent a major departure from the current accounting practices being used by companies. Some are saying the new rule will be difficult to apply and will require companies and analysts to...

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