- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2019-11-15T18:09:00
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has finalized long anticipated delays in effective dates for several accounting standards, including the controversial rule on credit losses.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed a one year delay to its standard on accounting for long-duration contracts at insurance companies as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
FASB’s controversial standard on credit losses was dealt two significant blows Friday as the U.S. government scrambles to respond to the financial impact of the escalating coronavirus pandemic.
Two regulatory chairs are battling over whether a delay is needed for financial institutions to implement the updated credit loss standard; also expressed are opposing views on how loan modifications should be viewed in terms of troubled debt restructurings.
Erica Williams was reappointed to a second term as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board after an ambitious first three years in the role that have seen the agency work to update many of its standards deemed outdated.
Software company Autodesk said it won’t restate several years of financial statements following an audit committee investigation into potential accounting misconduct.
Los Angeles-based bank holding company Broadway Financial Corp. disclosed in a public filing weaknesses discovered in its internal control over financial reporting because of training shortfalls.
