There is going to be a biggest change in accounting standards on convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Implementation of IFRS cannot be dealt with as a year-end accounting issue. One area where the education is required is ‘derivative accounting’. Derivatives make headlines every other day, and, almost always for the wrong reasons. What are derivative contracts? Where do they trade? Why do they exist? While a seemingly endless number of derivative contract structures will appear, do not be misled. Only two basic contracts exist – a forward and an option. All other product structures are nothing more than portfolio of forwards and options. Similarly, derivative products are offered by an almost endless number of institutions in the market - brokerage houses, banks, investment houses, commodity exchanges, and so on. Again, do not be misled. Fundamentally there are only two types of derivative markets – exchange traded markets and over-the-counter (OTC) mark...
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