This paper provides a stylised assessment of the impact of investment-relevant pension fund regulations and accounting rules on contribution and investment strategies within the context of an asset-liability model (ALM) specifically designed for this purpose. The analysis identifies a...

The objective of this study is to analyse what the quantitative funding requirements for pension funds with defined benefit plans would be, if Solvency II (based on the QIS 3 methodology) would be applied. Also possible extensions of the Solvency II methodology that seem necessary in order to...

For a number of decades now, at the instigation of Anglo-Saxon standard setters, the basis of the traditional accounting model, or the financial conventions which determine how a company’s wealth and income is measured, have been increasingly called into question. This wide-reaching movement,...

L’IASB poursuit son développement de normes visant à évaluer la quasi-totalité des instruments financiers à leur juste valeur. Le résultat net, le résultat étendu et le « Full Fair Value Income » représentent la performance et le risque des entreprises de manière très différente,...

Dès le 1er janvier 2005, les normes comptables applicables aux établissements de crédit cotés membres de l'Union européenne seront celles produites par l'IASB. Ces normes accordent une part croissante à la juste valeur. L'objectif de ce papier consiste en l'étude des caractéristiques de...

Nous avons essayé à travers ce travail de vérifier dans le cadre du modèle de la juste valeur, la compatibilité de la comptabilité de couverture préconisée par la norme IAS 39 aux objectifs de la réglementation prudentielle sur les fonds propres bancaires. Nos conclusions soutiennent...

Fair value accounting under IAS-IFRSs is often presented as market accounting that results from expression of the financial requirements of business management and accounting practice. By showing that fair value has the features of actuarial accounting, and is the product of a conceptual shift...

Fair value supporting by the IAS-IFRS standards appears largely as a financial interference in the accounting practice. Nevertheless, by showing that fair value represents an accounting conceptual shift due to recent transformations of our economies, we establish that fair value actuarial...

Private equity funds are a very important actor of the financial market. Their performance often exceeds the market performance. To establish a private equity fund, there are some agreements between the capital providers (limited partners) and the fund managers (the general partners). This...

Through this study we checked within the framework of the fair value model, the consistency between the hedge-accounting recommended by the IAS 39 and the objectives of the capital regulation in the banking industry. We conclude that the macro-hedge is the most appropriate approach given the...