The Demise of AIG: A Corporate Downfall Crystal Ruff Globe University ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the financial demise of AIG and the corporate culture that pushed it there. It lays out specific factors that contributed to the bailout of the company and the ethical conduct of the executives that contributed to the poor decisions that led the company to a massive failure and ultimately‚ a bailout. Even though the company is on the road to recovery‚ its reputation has been damaged and some
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Mark to Market Accounting What is Mark to Market Accounting? Mark to market accounting‚ also known as fair value accounting can be defined as a method of assessing the value of an asset or liability to showcase its actual market value rather than its initial cost. In financial organizations‚ the mark-to-market value is determined by finding out the price of the financial instrument in public trading rather than its book value. Mark to market accounting aims to provide a true picture of a firm’s
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head: Mark to Market Accounting Mark to Market Accounting and Ethical Issues Ethical Issues ACC-504 April 16‚ 2012 Abstract Economic principle’s rationale for requiring guidance for financial institutions is to use mark-to-market accounting or fair value accounting on their financial reports. With the current economic crisis‚ questions have been raised as to whether or not fair value accounting is making this crisis worse. In this paper I review the history of fair value accounting and the
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AIG Accounting Scandal Contents 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………. 2 1.1 Overview of AIG …………………………………….. 2 2.0 Scandal Methodology Used by the Company………… 3 2.1 Accounting Practices Errors ……………………….. 3 3.1 Ways to Hide Accounting Improprieties ………………. 4 4.1 Who the scandal effected ………………………………. 7 5.1 Recommendations ………………………………………. 8 6.1 Conclusions ………………………………………………. 9 7.1 References ………………………………………………. 10
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Guidelines for Memos A list of resources for good business writing appears at the end of this document. It is strongly recommended that any serious business person consider owning writing resources. Written communication is often the distinguishing factor in determining career success in any business or government environment. The following are general guidelines intended to assist the student attempting to write a business memo for the first time. A memo (short for memorandum which is latin
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Abstract AIG traces its root to 1919‚ when American Cornelius Vander Starr established a general insurance agency‚ American Asiatic Underwriters‚ in Shanghai‚ China. Since then‚ an enterprising spirit‚ ingenuity‚ and tenacity have built the company into one of the world’s leading insurers. Today‚ AIG is focused on what it has been known for since the beginning: the willingness and ability to provide insurance coverage to meet the diverse needs of its clients. American International Group‚ Inc. (AIG) is
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likely seen the American International Group (hereinafter AIG) commercial with the little boy who walks into his parent’s room while they are sleeping. When his mother asks if he had a nightmare‚ he says “no” and that he’s worried about his parent’s financial future. After a twenty-second spiel about his worries‚ the father says‚ “Buddy‚ we’re with AIG” and he goes‚ “Oh!” and walks out of the room and (assuming) back to his bedroom.[1] AIG‚ established as a Delaware corporation in 1921 by Maurice
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Actuarial Accounting: A Cautionary Report Dan R. Young‚ Esq. Attorney at Law Law Offices of Dan R. Young Seattle‚ Washington danryoung@netzero.net Presented the Spring Meeting of the CAS New Orleans‚ Louisiana May 6‚ 2009 The Story of the AIG Accounting Scandal The Companies The Participants Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies The Prosecution Case The Defense Case Relevant Laws and Regulations The Fate of the Participants The Companies AIG Overview (2007)
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A Regulated CDS Market? Derivatives Project Xilin Yang (Celine) Introduction The article introduces credit default swaps and explores the problems of the credit derivatives. By analyzing the AIG’s bailout‚ the article describes the regulation gap in the CDS market and states the regulation reform after the crisis. Part I is background‚ generally introduces the Wall Street crisis. How it happened? What consequence it has? Part II is mainly about AIG’s CDS business: how AIG got involved in
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institutional voids in China? The relevant institutional voids for AIG in China were: 1. Macro level political and social context- media and non-governmental institutions had very little influence‚ but the government did‚ there was a political power monopoly. 2. Macro level openness of the economy – the Chinese economy lacked openness to foreign direct investment. 3. Product markets – there was weak property right protection‚ in the Chinese market there was no well-established distribution network‚ and there
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