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Posted May 12, 2008
The invasion of the sovereign-wealth funds: The biggest worry about rich Arab and Asian states buying up Wall Street is the potential backlash.
Analysis of: The invasion of the sovereign-wealth funds: The biggest worry about rich Arab and Asian states buying up Wall Street is the potential backlash. | www.economist.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1. Souvereign funds based on the undue accumulation of unproductive foreign reserves can only exist in a mercantilist system of fixed or pegged exchange rates. 2. By moving towards a complete floating exchange rate system, foreign reserve accumulations will be driven to zero and, ergo, also the...
Posted April 14, 2008
SEC fails to douse debate over ‘fair value’
Analysis of: SEC fails to douse debate over ‘fair value’ | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Investors and traders need "buy," "hold" and "sell: signals based on intrinsic value models, e.g., bond, stock, futures, options, swap, real estate, etc. models, but there is no consensus, even among expert economists, what are "fair" intrinsic value models, although a minority consensus is emerging,...
Paul Miller Posted April 7, 2008
Accounting for subprime investments: Denial is not a river in Egypt
Analysis of: SEC fails to douse debate over ‘fair value’ | www.ft.com
Author: Paul Miller, Professor University of Colorado (inc)
This article reveals the bizarre mindset of managers who (a) want to take huge risks for a shot at high returns, (b) don’t mind reporting results when they succeed, but (c) don’t want to report their losses. To put it another way, they want to invest in risky securities but report income from their...
Robert McCabe Posted February 19, 2008
Should Sovereign-wealth funds be regulated?
Analysis of: The invasion of the sovereign-wealth funds: The biggest worry about rich Arab and Asian states buying up Wall Street is the potential backlash. | www.economist.com
Author: Robert McCabe, Partner McCabe & Associates, PhDs
Is the fear of sovereign-wealth funds justified? Are sovereign funds being used for nefarious objectives? Can the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission regulate sovereign funds? 
Robert McCabe Posted January 24, 2008
Will IFRS be required soon?
Analysis of: ACCEPTANCE FROM FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUERS OF FINANCIAL TO U.S. GAAP | sec.gov
Author: Robert McCabe, Partner McCabe & Associates, PhDs
Recently, the SEC eliminated the GAAP reconciliation requirement as part of Form 20-F for foreign issuers.  Almost simulaneiously, the Commssion issued a Concept Release that would allow U.S. issuers to drop GAAP and use Interantional Financial Reporting Standards.  The implications of these...
Posted January 16, 2008
US SEC deepens ties with India's SEBI
Analysis of: US SEC deepens ties with India's SEBI | economictimes.indiatimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The growing importance of  the  Indian bourses in the  emerging  markets and  the  manner  in which capital is  getting  attracted to India  from the  United  States  and  also  the  amount of  M&A  activity...
Posted October 18, 2007
SEC Reviews Countrywide CEO Stock Sales
Analysis of: SEC Reviews Countrywide CEO Stock Sales | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The SEC is seriously looking into the potential for manipulation relating to the use of “10b5-1” stock-trading plans for corporate executives.  The ultimate fear is that certain executives are in fact trading on insider information and using these trading plans as a cover.  There have been...
Posted October 17, 2007
How to Simplify Accounting in One Year
Analysis of: How to Simplify Accounting in One Year | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Potential cost savings for foreign groups if IFRS based accounts become acceptable to SEC. Humbling effect of US becoming just a player, albeit still a major one, in the global capital markets It remains to be seen whether this is an exercise to ensure that US authorities seen as doing something...
Posted October 15, 2007
How to Simplify Accounting in One Year
Analysis of: How to Simplify Accounting in One Year | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The SEC and FASB (and others) in recent years have been helping to lead a major national effort to reduce the complexity in financial reporting.  The analysis section below argues these parties will be fighting quite a headwind going forward with the significant number of new, pending...
Posted October 2, 2007
ITAC Letter Addressed to the SEC - dated 8/31/07
Analysis of: ITAC Letter Addressed to the SEC - dated 8/31/07 | sec.gov
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
In order to list on U.S. exchanges, the SEC currently requires foreign companies which prepare financials using international accounting standards (such as IFRS) to reconcile their reports to U.S. GAAP. The SEC is seriously considering allowing foreign companies to eliminate the required reconciliation...
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