Congress Gets Involved in Accounting Rules (Again)

Some fear a move to help banks could portend more political intervention in how rules are set

This is a companion piece to one published on Monday, April 13, in Institutional Investor by my guest author Michael Rapoport. Michael is a business and financial journalist who specializes in stories about accounting, banking, and financial regulation and a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal. His work has appeared recently in Quartz and Busine…