SS6: Understanding Retirement Benefit Accounting and Disclosures for Financial Analysis

This topic is unbelievable! are we required to memorize the differences in the disclosure under the old and new accounting standards? Also, are we expected to adjust these differences in the exam… HOPE NOT!

“Focus on the big picture” is the moto in Schweser. I think that if you understand the big picture you will be able to answer 60% right. Then you must have subjects where you are good at… My nightmare is one of the following texts: the one on currency translation etc…

mwvt gave several good descriptions of pension topics. I’d highly suggest learning his “indirect” method of calculating pension liability.

maratikus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mwvt gave several good descriptions of pension > topics. I’d highly suggest learning his > “indirect” method of calculating pension > liability. when was that posted? can you give me the link…