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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance (09/23/11)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/09/this-week-in-corporate-finance-092311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cash and Liquidity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance and Capital Structure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you’re a fan of Chubby Checker (The Twist and Let’s Twist Again), Dire Straits (Twisting by the Pool), or The Beetles (Twist and Shout), this week the Twist received more attention and air-play than any other time since 1961. The Fed’s announcement that it would be putting on a flattening trade (The Twist &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Corporate Finance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/04/this-week-in-corporate-finance-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kalish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the wrap-up for a holiday-shortened week. While the big headline of the week was probably S&#38;P moving the credit outlook of the United States from stable to negative, the market pretty much shrugged its shoulders and said “so what”.
For the week, US Treasuries were pretty much unchanged. Concerns about slower economic growth, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Accounting and Financial Reporting 2/14/2011</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/02/this-week-in-accounting-and-financial-reporting-2142011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[convergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dodd frank bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge accounting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leases]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FASB
Hedge Accounting
This week the FASB issued a Discussion Paper to solicit input on how to improve, simplify, and converge the financial reporting requirements for hedging activities.  As you may recall, back in December we issued a comment letter to the FASB on their proposed hedge accounting requirements.   We are in the process of issuing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Accounting and Financial Reporting (2/4/2011)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/02/this-week-in-accounting-and-financial-reporting-242011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFP
Our organization has been very vocal in stating our views on the proposed lease accounting changes.  In December we issued a comment letter to the FASB/IASB citing our concerns.   Subsequently, I attended one of the leasing roundtables held at the FASB headquarters in Norwalk where the FASB and IASB members listened to constituents discuss the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Accounting and Financial Reporting 1/28/11</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/01/this-week-in-accounting-and-financial-reporting-12811/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broker dealers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair value measurement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private Company Accounting Standards
 The Blue Ribbon Panel wrapped up its analysis of whether there should be concessions made to current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for nonpublic companies.  The Panel recommended that the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) trustees, who also oversee the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), to create a separate private company standard setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Accounting 1/21/11</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/01/this-week-in-accounting-12111/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FASB
 On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. EST, the FASB will host a one-hour webcast, 2011 Chairman’s Outlook on the FASB, with FASB Chairman Leslie F. Seidman who will discuss the Board’s priorities for 2011, including updates on top projects and progress on its joint agenda with the International Accounting Standards Board.  The webcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2011/01/accounting-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Deposit Insurance Corp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[impairment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leases]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FASB
The FASB and the IASB originally published separate proposals on credit impairment of financial assets. Although both boards proposed moving to a more forward-looking approach to accounting for impairment they proposed different models. The FASB was insistent on the same incurred loss model which would only taking into account estimates of loss events that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Didactic Look at FASB Exposure Draft on Hedge Accounting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/07/a-didactic-look-at-fasb-exposure-draft-on-hedge-accounting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/07/a-didactic-look-at-fasb-exposure-draft-on-hedge-accounting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Join AFP today at 3:30 pm E.T. for webinar entitled, &#8220;Treasurers and Controllers Look to FASB Exposure Draft for Hedge Accounting Relief.&#8221; Derivative accounting and its implications on corporate hedge programs has been a hot topic for most of the past 10 years, and this year is no exception with the FASB&#8217;s recent Exposure Draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Week in Accounting and Financial Reporting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/07/last-week-in-accounting-and-financial-reporting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[asset backed securities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
 This week I attended the PCAOB’s Standards Advisory Group (SAG) Meeting.  The topics discussed were (1) broker dealer audit considerations; (2) FASB/IASB projects and potential impact on auditors; (3) subsequent events; (4) auditors reporting framework; and (5) communications with audit committees. 
 Two of the FASB Board members were at the meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting Standards Update Issued on Amendments for Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.afponline.org/blog/2010/06/accounting-standards-update-issued-on-amendments-for-common-fair-value-measurement-and-disclosure-requirements-in-u-s-gaap-and-ifrss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Tinker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.afponline.org/?p=1662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released on their website an Exposure Draft (ED) of a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). AFP will be reviewing [...]]]></description>
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