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Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS (Spanish version)
Riedl, Edward J.Case HBS-109S14Accounting and ControlA U.K. real estate firm, required to adopt international accounting standards (IAS) by 2005, must change the reporting of its primary asset (investment property) from the revaluation model under U.K. GAAP to either the cost or fair-value model under IAS. This would have a number of effects on European investment property firms, including Land Securities.Starting at €8.20
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Note on Pension Guarantee Funds
Pozen, Robert C.; Higgins, Patricia BissettCase HBS-313139-EFinanceThe United States and the United Kingdom both had quasi-government agencies that provided back-up insurance for individuals participating in defined benefit ("DB") pension plans. This note compares and contrasts the United Kingdom's Pension Protection Fund ("PPF") with the United States' Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") to illustrate the implications of poorly designed policy structures (the PBGC) in contrast to those created by well...Starting at €8.20