Equity accounting is a method of reporting a company's profits from the operations of an affiliated company that it has an interest in but does not own outright.

Everything you need to know answering what is equity, home, owner’s, stock and shareholder equity and how to calculate equity. Equity is the value of an asset minus its liabilities. And while there ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a standards update aimed at clarifying the interaction between the rules related to equity securities, equity method investments and certain ...

As part of their capital structure, companies may use both debt and equity financing to fund the purchase of a business or assets or for ongoing operations. Properly accounting for these types of ...

A corporation initially books the investment in another company's shares as a noncurrent asset with a value equal to the purchase cost. Whenever the investee issues an earnings report, the investor ...

Private equity capital is driving a "revolution" in the wealth management and accounting industries, but its ties to credit from non-bank lenders could pose risks, a new study found. Those elevated ...

A corporation's shareholders' equity balance is shown in the equity section of its balance sheet, and it includes the amount of money that a corporation's shareholder's have contributed to the company ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Private-equity investors are circling accounting firms as ...

Move comes as buyout groups, attracted by cash flows and a market ripe for consolidation, snap up mid-tier accountants ...