Assets are quantifiable things — tangible or intangible — that add to your company’s value Liabilities are what your company owes to others, whether that’s an investor or a bank that issued a loan ...

The balance sheet provides a look at a business at a snapshot in time, often at the end of a quarter or year. In some cases, the accounts on the balance sheet -- assets, liabilities, and equity -- can ...

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is seeking comment on proposed guidance that seeks to clarify when a financial instrument should be classified as a liability or as equity. The ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

It is not uncommon for private equity funds to reconsider the desirability of a prospect when they learn that the company contributes to an underfunded multiemployer defined benefit pension fund. But ...

Almost everyone understands home equity — this private equity is the percentage of your home you own after paying down your mortgage. More technically, it’s the value of an asset, like property, minus ...

As equity, the value wouldn’t change.David Zion, an accounting analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, says this liability approach would enable companies to account for changes in the value of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Along with retirement and personal investment accounts, the family home and its equity are often an ...

The First Circuit issued a decision holding that two private equity funds involved in a case are not required to pay for the withdrawal limit of a portfolio company. Despite the limited victory, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Along with retirement and personal investment accounts, the family home and its equity are often a physician’s ...