Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Financial Statement Variety

Sampler from some of the recent financial reports for financial institutions. Sometimes, things just jump off the page at you:


(1) The Sub-Prime Group (SPG) exposures became fully integrated into VAR during the first quarter of 2008. As a result, September 30, 2008 and third quarter 2008 average VAR increased by approximately $60 million and $73 million, respectively. June 30, 2008 and second quarter 2008 VAR increased by approximately $95 million and $135 million, respectively.


(1) The FRB granted interim capital relief for the impact of adopting SFAS 158, “Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits” (SFAS 158), at December 31, 2006.


The claims are for breaches of the duty of care, breach of fiduciary duty, waste, insider trading, fraud, gross mismanagement, violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and unjust enrichment.

Derivative contracts with a financing element, net


YTD 2008
73



YTD 2007
3,887

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