Goodwill is an intangible asset that arises when one company acquires another and pays more than the fair value of its net identifiable assets. Goodwill is an intangible asset created when a company ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

As energy market capitalizations decline, addressing year-end goodwill and long-lived asset impairment testing will be paramount in 2021. Market equity prices and indices continued to decrease for ...

Assessing goodwill for impairment became more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic because of significant changes in business operations and overall economic uncertainty. Considering goodwill ...

Jeff Bartel, Chairman & Managing Director of Hamptons Group, LLC, an alternative investment & strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. To continue ...

Many companies are not making use of an optional, qualitative goodwill impairment test FASB recently introduced to enable less burdensome financial reporting, a new survey report shows. Just 29% of ...

Despite a new allowance in accounting rules for companies to shed the most oppressive part of goodwill impairment testing, not all public companies are rushing to avail themselves of the ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has finalized its guidance on how companies should test goodwill for impairment, or a write down, when the book value of a given business unit falls into ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) (the “Company” or “Bakkt”) announced that it completed its annual impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets as ...