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Accounting fundamentals -- Introduction -- Financial reporting instruments -- The accounting process -- Accounting for financial instruments -- Relevant accounting standards -- Accounting treatment for financial instruments -- Bills of exchange and promissory notes -- Business and financial analysis of organisations -- Financial risk management principles -- Financial risks management applications -- Business and financial analysis -- Valuation of a business -- Business valuation report and related issues -- Money laundering: the curse of financial services -- Anti-money laundering regulatory issues -- Notes and references -- Index

Accounting for Financial Instruments is about the accounting and regulatory framework associated with the acquisition and disposal of financial instruments; how to determine their value; how to manage the risk connected with them; and ultimately compile a business valuation report. Specifically, the book covers the following topics, among others: Accounting for investments; Bills of Exchange; Management of Financial Risks; Financial Analysis (including the Financial Analysis Report); Valuation of a business (including the Business Valuation Report) and Money laundering. Accounting for Financial Instruments fills a gap in the current literature for a comprehensive text that brings together relevant accounting concepts and valid regulatory frameworks, and related procedures regarding the management of financial instruments (investments), which are applicable in the modern business world. The objective of the book is to provide a fundamental knowledge base for those who are interested in managing financial instruments (investments) or studying banking and finance or those who wish to make financial services, particularly banking and finance, their chosen career. Accounting for Financial Instruments is highly applicable to both professional accountants and auditors and students alike. Book jacket.