Do you need the whole story about which accounting trends will impact you this year? Marc Siegel, RiskMetrics Group’s Global Head of Financial Research and Analysis, will give insight into the key accounting and financial reporting trends in 2008 in a webcast on Friday, January 18 at 11 a.m. EST.

This webcast will look back at aggressive reporting techniques and unconventional methods management has used to mask operational deterioration in their businesses and how you can learn to challenge a company's assertions on reported metrics going forward. Examples will be given where reverse-engineering company data through forensic financial accounting, or deep-dive analysis, has yielded results that have either corroborated or disproved the reported results.

In addition to uncovering companies' hidden risk in the marketplace, Marc Siegel will discuss accounting issues that should be at the forefront of investors’ minds, as well as what regulators are focusing on in 2008.

To register for the accounting trends webcast, please visit here.