SEC Officials Ready to Stick by Fair-Value Accounting Policy, Clarify the Clarification
December 12, 2008
A forthcoming report on fair-value accounting from the Securities and Exchange Commission probably won’t outline any measurable change in the agency’s support for the controversial standard that has wreaked havoc with MBS investors’ financial statements over the past year. “Most investors, and many others, agree that fair value is a meaningful and transparent measure of...