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Blockchain and XBRL: The Myth

October 23, 2020

This is a guest post by Mohini Singh, ACA, Director Financial Reporting Policy at CFA Institute. Originally published here. Currently, many jurisdictions around the world require public companies to produce financial reports using XBRL. The myth that blockchain could replace XBRL in the production of financial information is incorrect. Blockchain is not a data standard. […]

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Can Blockchain help Distribute Financial Data?

September 11, 2020

This is a guest post by Mohini Singh, ACA, Director Financial Reporting Policy at CFA Institute. Companies generally have regulatory filing requirements to multiple parties within and across different jurisdictions – and investors are also looking to use data from varied sources. Europe is currently testing blockchain as a distribution mechanism, in the hope that […]

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XBRL in South Africa: An Update

July 24, 2020

This is a guest post from The South African Companies and Intellectual Property Commission. For a number of regulatory bodies around the world, the monitoring and oversight roles they play are made more complex by the changing context in which they function. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission is one such body (a South African […]

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