This course is designed to help accounting and finance leaders of all sized entities, both private and publicly traded, understand the financial instruments investment accounting guidance. The accounting covers financial instrument classification, measurement and disclosures. This course also guides accounting for issuing debt for organizations that borrow to fund their operations while providing practical examples for dealing with the variety of items that arise from investments in debt and equity securities and from incurring indebtedness.
DESIGNED FOR
Chief financial officers, treasurers, controllers and other accounting and financial professionals that work for organizations with investments in debt, equity and financial instruments or organizations that issue debt to fund operating activities.
BENEFITS
- Apply the knowledge they obtain in this program to their planning and day-to-day responsibilities for accounting for investments in debt and equity financial instruments
- Apply the course knowledge to issuing debt to finance organizational operating activities
HIGHLIGHTS
- The program focus is across companies’ financial control functions, with stronger emphasis on the following:
- Investments in equity securities
- Investments in debt securities
- Financial instrument impairment
- ASU 2016-01
- Accounting for debt
- Allocation of debt issuance costs
- Troubled debt restructuring
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
PREREQUISITES
Accounting or finance experience.
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Course materials are distributed electronically and we’ve passed the savings along to you - registrants save $20 on all 8-hour seminar pricing. To access the materials visit
My Events. Download to your laptop or tablet prior to the seminar, handouts are added as received.