IKB crisis shows dangers of mark to market
IFRS has brought many positives to the capital markets, transparency being one of the main benefits. But as the IKB bailout in particular and the subprime crisis in general show, complete transparency via the mark to market mechanism has its downsides — especially in the illiquid structured credit market.
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