Effective as of November 23, 2016, SEC Regulation (“Reg”) AB II requires issuers of certain types of asset-backed securities (“ABS”) to disclose information about the credit-risk attributes of each asset in the underlying pool. The prior Reg AB required issuers to disclose only...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently replaced the “incurred loss” (IL) model of reporting credit losses with the “current expected credit loss” (CECL) model to improve the timeliness of credit loss information for financial statement users. CECL requires entities to...

U.S. GAAP allows banks to offset derivative assets against derivative liabilities with the same counterparty and report only the net amount on the balance sheet. Derivatives offsetting under IFRS is much more restrictive, resulting in the single largest difference in balance sheet presentation...

We examine the real effects of FAS 166 and FAS 167 on banks' loan-level mortgage approval and sale decisions. Effective in 2010, these standards tightened the accounting for securitizations and consolidation of securitization entities, respectively, causing banks to recognize an estimated $811...

We examine the real effects of FAS 166 and FAS 167 on banks' loan‐level mortgage approval and sale decisions. Effective in 2010, these standards tightened the accounting for securitizations and consolidation of securitization entities, respectively, causing banks to recognize an estimated $811...