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Effective: 1 January, 2014 - 31 December, 2019Categories: Trade-Date AccountingSource: GIPS Executive CommitteeWhat does “trade-date accounting” mean?
The GIPS standards require that “for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005, firms must use trade-date accounting.” Trade-date accounting determines the correct economic value of the portfolio assets as of the transaction date by recognizing the asset or liability on the date of the purchase or sale and not on the settlement date. Recognizing the asset or liability within three days of the date the transaction was entered into (trade date, T+1, T+2, or T+3) satisfies the trade-date accounting requirement for the purposes of the GIPS standards. Firms must not use settlement-date accounting for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
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