Released May 2021 introduction This white paper provides readers with an overall perspective of the merger marketplace. The data includes industry-wide information on the number of mergers in the most […]
Released August 2020 Introduction The four largest bank holding companies in the United States: JP Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corporation, Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Company […]
Released May 2020 Introduction This white paper, along with its predecessor, released last month, attempts to build an economic recovery timeline based upon medical initiatives currently underway to combat the […]
This 2017 paper describes how goodwill can arise through a merger transaction, how to amortize or test the goodwill for impairment, FASB’s simplification of the goodwill impairment assessment model, and how goodwill will be treated for risk-based capital purposes beginning in 2019. Please note that FASB continues to review the accounting for goodwill. Please see our blog post from February 2022.