WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An accounting change that could force banks to bring trillions of dollars of off-balance sheet transactions back on their books will be implemented in a way that will not create unnecessary shocks, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.
"We want to make sure that the discussion of this and the implementation of this is done in such a fashion that the market can absorb it and it does not create any unnecessary shocks," SEC Chairman Christopher Cox told a Congressional panel.
Accounting rule-maker the Financial Accounting Standards Board is working on a proposal to eliminate certain off-balance sheet entities called qualified special purpose entities (QSPEs) that are used to pool debt such as car loans and mortgages.
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