Metallgesellschaft AG is a commodity and engineering conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Metallgesellschaft Corp, New York subsidiary of the group, made the oil trading and hedging errors that can lead a group in insolvency. Effect of hedge accounting rules on the quality of information available to top management considered. "Hide
by David F. Hawkins, Guy Weyns Source: Harvard Business School 5 pages. Publication Date: February 11, 1994. Prod. #: 194097-PDF-ENG
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