descriptionIssue Brief Posted on: 3/01/2016

Understanding Today’s Low Interest Rate Environment: A Q&A With Equity Methods and Chatham Financial

Josh Schaeffer, PhD Amol Dharghalkar (of Chatham Financial) Dan Gentzel, CPA (of Chatham Financial) Mike Scullard, PhD (of Chatham Financial)

The United States is in a prolonged low interest rate environment, which poses interesting implications on the fields of derivatives accounting, hedging, and financial instrument valuation.

In this issue brief, industry experts from Chatham Financial and Equity Methods provide insight on how different areas of fair value and derivatives accounting are being impacted by the current period of low interest rates.

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