Michael Nesta, Director, Advisory Transaction Services, KPMG LLP to Speak at KCs Event on Untangling 157 & 141R: Business Combinations, M&A & Fair Value On 5/1/2009
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New York, NY, April 04, 2009 --( Despite protests that the current market environment makes it difficult or even impossible to measure the worth of assets and liabilities on a fair value basis, the Financial Accounting Standards Board now expects entities engaged in mergers and acquisitions to do just that.While at KPMG Michael has participated in and led multiple projects related to the application of US GAAP and IFRS to various types of transactions within the following industries: Power and Utilities, Software, Retail, Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Homebuilding, and Private Equity.KPMGs member firms aim to provide clients with a globally consistent set of multidisciplinary financial and accounting services, based on deep industry knowledge.“We bring together the worlds leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcast that study the impact of changing regulations and help businesses succeed through proper regulatory compliance.” To contact or to register for an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.(For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://knowledgecongress.org/event_2009_U157.html)Despite protests that the current market environment makes it difficult or even impossible to measure the worth of assets and liabilities on a fair value basis, the Financial Accounting Standards Board now expects entities engaged in mergers and acquisitions to do just that.