Investment Companies 2019

Whether you are a financial statement preparer or auditor, it is critical to understand the complexities of the specialized accounting and regulatory requirements for investment companies. Your industry standard resource, this 2019 edition supports practitioners in a constantly changing industry landscape. Packed with continuous regulatory developments, this guide covers: Authoritative how-to accounting and auditing advice, including implementation guidance and illustrative financial statements and disclosures; Details on the changes to illustrated financial statements and disclosures resulting from guidance that was recently-issued or became recently effective (for example, SEC's release, "Disclosure Update and Simplification"); 2019 updates include:References to appropriate AICPA Technical Questions and Answers that address when to apply the liquidation basis of accounting and appendices discussing the new standard for financial instruments, common or collective trusts and business development companies. Finally, this guide features a schedule of changes which identifies where to find updated content and the associated reasons for the changes.

Institutional investors (investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds) are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. Their role as financial intermediaries and their impact on investment strategies have grown significantly over recent years along with ...

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Responsible Investment Around the World considers economic recovery undertaken in different regions around the world. Financing policies and investment solutions are proposed that can responsibly help address the world’s most pressing issues – in climate change, social injustice, and access to healthcare.

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: This seminar thesis presents various forms of sustainable investments (SI) and analyses the implications of capital allocation on companies’ behaviour by examining several mechanisms. A further goal is to aggregate the results of 28 academic papers referring to the impacts of SIs. As green finance found broad recognition in recent years, many questions regarding its performance and effects arose and led to general discussions. So, are SIs actually having an impact, or does the financial industry greenwash them to increase profits and prevent regulations?