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Signs are good for IAS 39 final preparations
IAS 39 is still being finalised, but bank asset and liability managers are already putting in place systems and procedures to make sure their businesses come up to scratch. John Ferry reports
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Royal Bank of Canada reaches agreement over Enron case
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has reached a settlement agreement with Enron, the Enron creditors’ committee and Dutch firm Rabobank, resolving aspects of a share transaction known as ‘Cerberus’. The transaction also involved the use of total return…
Signs are good for IAS 39 final preparations
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What’s in a name-change?
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Smokescreen or saviour?
Pension liabilities
On the back foot
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Sick and tired of the three per cents
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Getting ready for IAS
With International Accounting Standard 39 set to be implemented in Australia in January 2005, John Kidd and Jim Godsil of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu warn that early preparation is critical.
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Getting ready for IAS
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US autos: grinding to a halt
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US pension problems on a par with S&L crisis, says Hancock
The burgeoning deficit in defined benefit pension plans in the United States has reached such proportions that only the US government can bail out the sector, said Peter Hancock, former chief financial officer at JP Morgan and president of financial…
Enron will not centralise risk management
Failed energy trader Enron plans to package together the majority of its internationalassets into a company known as InternationalCo, the shares of which will be distributedto its creditors.
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