Marc A. Siegel with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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What you need to know from a Financial Accounting and Reporting perspective as an Analyst.

An update of fair value accounting, revenue recognition changes, cash flow statement changes, and the IASB and GAAP standards converging.

Marc Siegel

Mr. Siegel is a member of the board of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Previously, he was the global head of accounting and legal research for RiskMetrics Group’s Financial Research and Analysis business unit. Prior to that, Mr. Siegel was the Managing Director of Global Research at the Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) until its acquisition by RiskMetrics Group. At CFRA, Mr. Siegel brought ten years of audit and forensic accounting experience from Arthur Andersen, LLP. He is a member of the FASB’s Investors Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC), which helps the FASB identify urgent accounting and financial reporting issues and provides perspective on the implementation of new standards.

Mr. Siegel’s articles include Options Backdating – Corporate Governance is Still an Issue, The CPA Journal, October 2007, Accounting Shenanigans on the Cash Flow Statement, The CPA Journal, March 2006, and Recovery of Embezzled Assets Half a World Away, Journal of Accountancy, August 2001. He has also written numerous CFRA stories. Mr. Siegel is a key speaker for CFRA Academy and frequently appears on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, where he has been credited with bringing widespread attention to the options backdating scandal. Mr. Siegel holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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