Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

A significant report for every business leader to review, at least annually, is the balance statement. It gives business leaders insight into the financial health of the company. To get a true picture ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

We once asked a banker and chief executive about his decision to lend to a startup technology company that later became a big success. The banker took out a sheet of paper and wrote two words: "assets ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to ...

Asset Liability Management or ALM is a mechanism designed to address the risk faced by banks due to a mismatch between assets and liabilities, which arise either because of liquidity or because of ...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act is now 40 years old. The types of investments available to employee benefit plans have evolved in that time. What does managing plan assets and fiduciary ...

Acquiring entities are required to measure contract assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with FASB’s Topic 606 revenue recognition guidance, according to a new FASB ...