On Wednesday, the IRS issued identical temporary (T.D. 9635) and proposed regulations (REG-111753-12) to clarify the treatment of debt instruments that are part of a straddle. The regulations provide ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting standards update Tuesday aimed at improving the existing guidance on induced conversions of convertible debt instruments. The ASU revises ...

Climate factors' impact on a debtor's ability to honor its obligations has been recognized for over 4,000 years. It was the Code of Hammurabi in Mesopotamia that first mandated a deferral of principal ...

FASB issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) aimed at improving the application and relevance of accounting guidance related to induced conversions of convertible debt instruments. Public ...

An unfunded pension liability is a debt but is not treated the same as other government obligations.

State-contingent debt instruments such as GDP-linked warrants have garnered attention as a potential tool to help debt-stressed economies smooth repayments over business cycles, yet very few studies ...

The Radical Debt Transparency report—an update to 2021’s Debt Transparency in Developing Countries—shows that despite significant improvements in recent years, major debt transparency deficiencies ...

Feb 6 - Below are the ratings awarded by Credit Rating Information Service of India (CRISIL) for local debt instruments as of February 5, 2020. COMPANY INSTRUMENT ...