A Disclosure Revolution
Our thoughts on remarks by SEC Commissionor Kara Stein on efforts to “breathe new life into the critical matchmaking process between companies and investors”.
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How Much Transparency is Enough Transparency?
Should transparent tax and financial reporting should be extended to the individual, especially elected officials? Would XBRL have a role?
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Update from Arab Federation of Exchanges
This week XII CEO John Turner was in Amman in Jordan for the annual meeting of the Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE). He spoke to a gathering of Chairmen, CEOs and senior executives of stock exchanges from across the region. The meeting attracted some 400 people in all, including broker/dealers, regulators and numerous international experts. A […]
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Big Data vs. Smart Data
The business site Forbes has a blog post this week on the problem facing companies with huge amounts of data coming in through multiple streams, which can lead to a situation where an organisation is “data rich but insight poor”. Adding to this problem is that data has a lifecycle, during which its value to […]
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New ways of collecting, sharing and using data. But is it a revolution?
We can’t help but notice that a lot of people in both the public and private sectors are starting to look at XBRL filing data in a whole new way.
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XBRL US provides insight into blockchain and smart contracts.
Blockchain and other emerging technologies have the potential to improve a wide range of existing business processes. For them to work, however, they will need to be able to rely on a wide range of high quality structured data, including XBRL documents prepared by companies.
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Panama Papers Show Need for Transparency; Value of Structured Data
The Panama Papers case presents a fascinating case study on the challenges facing anyone looking to collect or use large amounts of data.
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Officials Say Public-Private Partnership Key to Success
One of the key messages to come out of the Data Coalition’s “Financial Data Summit” this week was that marrying the private sector’s technical expertise with government’s capacity to set the policy agenda is what will move open data forward.
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What the Future Holds
What does the future hold? We have no idea of course. But it is fundamental to the human condition to wonder, to speculate and prognosticate. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a video on trends its stakeholders see through 2025 with a focus on sustainability issues. Prominently mentioned were the opportunities presented by a […]
