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FASB issues Exposure Draft on accounting for financial instruments

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2010

Today, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Exposure Draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) to improve accounting for financial instruments

Regulator files petition and plans rehabilitation for segregated account of Ambac Assurance Corp

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

Yesterday, Ambac Financial Group (Ambac) announced that its principal subsidiary Ambac Assurance Corporation (AAC), has established "a segregated account for certain of AAC's liabilities, primarily policies related to credit derivatives, residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and other structured finance transactions" pursuant to the direction of the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI

Obama Administration publishes proposed regulatory overhaul

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2009

In a speech this afternoon, President Obama unveiled his Administration’s proposal for reforms across the broad universe of financial regulatory agencies

European Commission introduces legislation to prevent future financial crises

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 12 2009

This week, the European Commission’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee approved amendments to the "Capital Requirements" Directives

The Group of Thirty publishes report outlining a framework for financial stability

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

Yesterday, the Group of Thirty (G30), a private, nonprofit, international body that aims for further understanding of international economic and financial issues, released a report entitled “Financial Reform: A Framework for Financial Stability."