A recent article in Economia cited Senator Elizabeth Warren’s denunciation of stock buybacks, as a practice that “create(s) a sugar high for the corporations. It boosts prices in the short run, but the real way to boost the value of a corporation is to invest in the future, and they are not doing that.” It’s…
As we summarized here, the IASB has published for public comment a Discussion Paper on how companies issuing financial instruments should classify them in their financial statements. One of the best ways of getting one’s head (somewhat) around the concepts is to focus on instruments for which the proposals would generate a different classification. Here’s one: net-share…
The IASB has published for public comment a Discussion Paper on how companies issuing financial instruments should classify them in their financial statements. Comments are to be received by January 7, 2019. Here’s how the accompanying news release summed up this initiative: IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation currently sets out how a company that issues financial instruments should distinguish…
Here’s another issue considered in the past by CPA Canada’s IFRS Discussion Group: “An entity may settle a loan due to a shareholder by the issuance of the entity’s equity instruments (for example, common shares). This transaction may give rise to a difference between the carrying amount of the shareholder loan and the fair value…
As we discussed here, the IASB has published for public consultation proposals to improve the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, with comments to be received by October 26, 2015. The proposals retain the current definition of equity, as “the residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all its liabilities,” adding a few…
Issues relating to the costs of raising equity Here’s another of the issues arising from extracts of enforcement decisions issued in the past by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (for more background see here); this is from their 15th edition: “The issuer is a pharmaceutical company which was listed for the first time…
Here’s an issue recently considered by the Canadian IFRS Discussion Group: “Current Canadian tax legislation permits entities in mining or oil and gas exploration, and entities in certain emerging technologies, to issue securities to investors whereby the deductions for tax purposes related to expenditures made previously, or in the future, may be claimed by the…
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