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ESAP consultation on EU data portal closing soon

February 26, 2021

If you have views on the proposed European Single Access Point, now is the time to make them known! The European Commission consultation was originally closing next week, but has now been extended by a week through 12 March 2021.

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SRB resolution tools safeguard public interest, powered by XBRL

February 26, 2021

Did you know that the EU’s Single Resolution Board (SRB) has four key resolution tools it can use if a bank is failing? These aim to maintain banks’ critical functions and financial stability at minimal cost to taxpayers.

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Central banks going in for big data in a big way

February 26, 2021

The BIS (Bank of International Settlements) has published a new report with the results of a 2020 survey on the use of big data by central banks.

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New unit definitions published to enable sustainability reporting

February 19, 2021

XBRL International has published an update to the Unit Type Registry, adding additional unit definitions to support the wide variety of disclosures required for sustainability reporting. In particular, the new units will enable reporting of energy usage and efficiency.

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New XBRL Formula functions advance to Candidate Recommendation status

February 19, 2021

The XBRL Standards Board has approved the promotion a number of new XBRL Formula functions to Candidate Recommendation status. The new functions are intended to support the planned adoption of xBRL-CSV by a number of regulators around the world.

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Official news on ESEF delays, as early filings begin

February 19, 2021

While updates have been trickling in in recent weeks, there’s now official news on the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) mandate. The European Commission (EC) has published a list of countries that have opted for a one-year ESEF postponement due to Covid-19, pushing its start to January 2022.

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Finnish firms almost finished preparing for ESEF

February 19, 2021

XBRL Finland has carried out a very useful investigation into how the Finnish market is responding to ESEF, the Inline XBRL-powered European common standard for financial reporting.

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GLEIF reveals issuance and infrastructure models for vLEI

February 19, 2021

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has unveiled the issuance and technical infrastructure models that it will deploy in its new verifiable LEI (vLEI) system.

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FASB consults on XBRL improvements for business combinations

February 19, 2021

In the US, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is seeking feedback on its proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) on ‘Business Combinations: Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers’ – and specifically on attendant amendments to the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy.

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Busted! Have you fallen for any of these ESG myths?

February 19, 2021

Our resident mythbuster, Mohini Singh – ACA, Director of Financial Reporting Policy at CFA Institute and Treasurer of the XBRL International Board of Directors – is back. This time she’s turned her attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) ideas, in a new guest post in the Taggings section of the XBRL international website.

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