Industry and Regulators Try to Get a Handle On New Securitization Accounting Proposals
September 19, 2008
The Financial Accounting Standards Board this week released highly anticipated proposed rules that will redefine how issuers account for their securitization of financial assets, giving the market its clearest view yet of its future. The biggest change envisioned by FASB’s proposed change to FAS 140 is the elimination of the qualifying special purpose entity, or QSPE, which allowed issuers...