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FASB seeking comments on derivative, hedging activity.


The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposal that it believes would provide investors and others with better information about the effects of derivative and hedging activities on a company's financial statements. Comments are due Mar. 2.

The proposed statement specifically addresses constituents' concerns that existing disclosure requirements associated with FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments
Derivative instruments
Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset.
 and Hedging Activities, do not provide adequate information to financial statement users. Accordingly, the exposure draft would enhance the current disclosure framework by requiting that objectives and strategies for using derivative instuments be discussed in terms of underlying risk and accounting designation. Parties interested in providing input on Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133, should submit their comments by e-mail to director@fasb.org, File Reference No. 1510-100 (visit www.fasb.org to obtain the proposal).
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Date:Feb 1, 2007
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