Inflation

SEC Proposes Rule on Adviser Fees Under Dodd-Frank

Arielle Bikard May 11, 2011

The SEC issued a proposed rule last week to adjust the threshold amounts that a "qualified client" must meet before an investment adviser can charge performance fees. The hurdles to charge fees would go from $750,000 to $1 million of a client's assets under management, and the client would have to have a net worth of $2 million, up from $1.5 million.

FASB Codifies SEC Announcement on Foreign Currency

Tammy Whitehouse May 14, 2010

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has codified a workaround blessed by the Securities and Exchange Commission for companies that may have ended up with some odd results in accounting for activities in Venezuela, where the economy is considered inflationary.FASB published Accounting Standards Update No. No. 2010-19 to update the rules...

CAQ Offers Inflation Views for Global Companies to Weigh

Tammy Whitehouse March 02, 2010

After consulting with staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Center for Audit Quality task force says companies with operations in Venezuela should consider new accounting for those operations because the economy there is considered inflationary.The Center for Audit Quality issued an alert advising companies with operations in Venezuela...

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