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Non-US banks to miss out after accounts shift

By Jennifer Hughes in London

Published: April 2 2009 19:58 | Last updated: April 2 2009 19:58

Banks following international accounting rules will not get the break awarded to their US rivals, the international standard setter announced Thursday.

The US Financial Accounting Standards Board agreed on a rushed change to its rules that relaxes “fair value” accounting by allowing banks more freedom to use their own valuation models, rather than current market prices, for assets where markets have become illiquid.

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