Goodwill Impairment

Credit Union Merger Results Through 2023 [White Paper]

This June 2024 white paper, an update to our 2021 version, provides readers with an overall perspective of the merger marketplace as well as valuation metrics from the work that Wilary Winn has ...

M&A Accounting Implications in the Current Economic Environment [CUNA Finance Council PowerPoint]

This presentation, delivered at the CUNA Finance Council Conference in May 2023, focuses on the key accounting implications that a merger can have on credit union financial statements on day one ...

Credit Union Merger Results Through 2020 [White Paper]

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 ...

Loss Reserve Increases for the Four Largest U.S. Bank Holding Companies Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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 & ...

COVID-19 Medical Advances and Economic Recovery Timeline

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 ...

Accounting for Goodwill Impairment for Credit Unions [White Paper]

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 ...