New economy companies often use convertible and redeemable preferred shares with equity and debt characteristics as financing tools to reduce risk during their early stages of growth. According to relevant accounting standards, such preferred shares should be classified as financial liabilities...

This study focuses on the decreasing relevance of financial information associated with current financial reporting standards for intangible assets. We summarize and compare three approaches to improving financial reporting standards for internally generated intangibles-the recognition approach,...

We use a case study to illustrate how different acquisition methods can result in different amounts of goodwill recognised on financial statements in China. China Merchants Bank adopted a two-step acquisition method: first, it acquired 53% of the shares of Hong Kong's Wing Lung Bank to gain...