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Sylvia Wallace

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Accounting for financial instruments in this market

The current market conditions have seen many investment holding companies recognising substantial unrealised losses in their profit and loss results as a consequence of the market value of their investments declining. This occurs where an investment was acquired with the intention of selling it in the near term (technically referred to as a ‘held for trading’ investment).


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