Investors Welcome Common Approach To Fair Value Accounting
The Investment Management Association (IMA) has welcomed a paper published
on Friday on fair value accounting by the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC),
which is made up of the six main accounting practices. The IMA believes that the paper will help raise further awareness of the requirements
for fair value measurement of financial assets and liabilities, along with the
related disclosures, as set by International Financial Reporting Standards.
The association also thinks that the paper will go some way to ensure that
the current market turmoil does not result in inconsistent application of existing
standards on fair value for 31 December year ends. "The fact that the main practices have come together to draw up this guidance
in advance of the year end is welcome," commented Liz Murrall, Senior Adviser
for Corporate Governance at the IMA. "The current ‘credit crunch' means that this is not a normal market
and there are not necessarily going to be willing buyers and sellers to determine
fair value. This is a global problem which will have an impact on all entities,
not just financial institutions. In this situation there is bound to be considerable
uncertainty around valuations and the need to secure uniform standards is ever
more important," Murrall added. .
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