Audit watchdog issues subprime alert.

PositionPCAOB News

The PCAOB recently published a Staff Audit Practice Alert, Matters Related to Auditing Fair Value Measurements of Financial Instruments and the Use of Specialists, which highlights certain matters in four areas:

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* Auditing fair value measurements;

* Classification of fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy established by SFAS 157;

* The use of specialists in fair value measurements; and

* The use...

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