CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

The last few years have been eventful for all companies, with the COVID crisis and ensuing economic shut down causing pain for companies, with recovery coming in 2021, as the global economy opened up again. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard).

Marketing 130

Marketing Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The last few years have been eventful for all companies, with the COVID crisis and ensuing economic shut down causing pain for companies, with recovery coming in 2021, as the global economy opened up again. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard).

Hurdle Rate 98

Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

For instance, I have always computed the present value of lease commitments in future years and treated that value as debt, a practice that IFRS and GAAP have adopted in 2019, but that computation requires explicit disclosures of lease commitments in future years. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question.

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

It was only in 2019 that the accounting rule-writers (IFRS and GAAP) finally did the right thing, albeit with a myriad of rules and exceptions. The cost of debt is lower than the cost of equity : If you review my sixth data update on hurdle rates , and go through my cost of capital calculation, there is one inescapable conclusion.

Hurdle Rate 75

Hurdle Rate Marketing Investments IFRS 75