- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Maria L. Murphy2020-01-17T22:52:00
FASB has issued the first accounting standard update of the new year, clarifying the interaction between accounting standards related to equity securities, equity method investments, and certain derivatives.
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