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Financial Instruments and Institutions: Accounting and Disclosure Rules, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-470-13957-8

April 2007

528 pages

Description
Praise for Financial Instruments & Institutions Accounting and Disclosure Rules, Second Edition

"Financial Instruments and Institutions is a superbly informative integrated treatment of institutional, analytical, and financial reporting issues for financial institutions. I strongly recommend the book for analysts, investors, regulators, educators, and anyone with an interest in a coherent, intellectually rigorous discussion of issues encountered in reporting on and analyzing financial institutions and their commercial arrangements, including fair value measurements, risk reporting, and structured finance."
—Katherine Schipper, Thomas F. Keller Professor of Business Administration, Duke University

"When you combine the unique risk attributes of financial institutions with the complex transactions they enter into, it can make even the most seasoned investor shudder. Dr. Ryan provides a well-structured and logical approach to the analysis of these companies, layering on explanations of the transactions they enter into and how they impact your analysis. Seasoned investors will find the book an important reference tool, especially on securitizations and derivatives and the new chapter on reinsurance."
—Janet L. Pegg, CPA, Accounting & Taxation Research, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

"Stephen Ryan's book is indispensable for anyone involved with financial institutions, whether it be bankers, insurers, investment advisors, or the student. There is no better book for understanding how these institutions work and how one handles their financial statements to gain that understanding. The detailed coverage of financial instruments—and the accounting for financial instruments—is outstanding."
—Stephen Penman, George O. May Professor and Morgan Stanley Research Scholar, Columbia Business School

Praise for the First Edition

"To any professional engaged in hands-on analysis of financial institutions' financial statements, this exhaustive text is an indispensable resource."
—Martin S. Fridson, CFA, Financial Analysts Journal

About the Author
Stephen G. Ryan is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Robert Stovall Faculty Fellow at the SternSchool of Business, New York University. Prior to that position, he was an assistant professor of accounting at the Yale School of Organization and Management and has been an associate consultant with Bain & Company. He has written numerous articles that have appeared in such publications as Accounting Horizons, Financial Analysts Journal, the Accounting Review, and the Journal of Financial Statement Analysis. He is an Editor of the Review of Accounting Studies. In addition, he is on the FASB's Financial Institutions Advisory Group and its Liabilities and Equity Resource Group.