Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board posted a proposed accounting standards update Wednesday with the goal of improving the requirements for identifying the accounting acquirer in a business ...

Choosing an acquirer, or more to the point, having free choice of an acquirer, is an important factor for medium and large retailers and those operating overseas. The flexibility to choose has the ...

The US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) to enhance the requirements for identifying the accounting acquirer in FASB Accounting Standards ...

While in the minority, this group of serial buyers requires a different sort of attention and conversation given that they are publicly-traded and have to explain it all. The clear majority of ...

The Acquirer’s Multiple® is the valuation ratio used to find attractive takeover candidates. It examines several financial statement items that other multiples like the price-to-earnings ratio do not, ...

A licensed business that buys a part or all of the rights to another company. A financial institution that acquires the rights to service and manage a merchant's bank account is also known as an ...

I’m not much of a fan of earn-outs. In fact, I'm currently writing an article for next week which features four reasons they usually don’t work. An earn-out is a tool acquirers use to reduce their ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...