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Sustainability Risk is Investment Risk: clear signals on ESG from BlackRock

January 15, 2021

It may only be mid-January, but the signs are stacking up that 2021 will without a doubt be a year of change in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) arena. In early January, asset management giant BlackRock announced its expanded stewardship expectations and proxy voting guidelines for 2021. The updates send a strong signal to […]

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Municipal Reporting and more: They asked, XBRL US answered!

January 15, 2021

It’s been a busy week for our colleagues in the US. XBRL US has submitted a letter to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) planning exercise on Strategic Goals and Priorities, urging it to consider how data standards would enhance the current Electronic Data Municipal Markets Access (EMMA) data collection and dissemination process. XBRL US expressed […]

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Stability concerns to watch in Non-Bank Financial Intermediation

January 15, 2021

Could the next financial crisis come from the non-bank sector? The structure of finance is changing, and with vast and increasing amounts of financial intermediation being done by entities other than banks, often less tightly regulated, this is an important area for monitoring, and disclosure efforts as well as potential regulation. The Financial Stability Board […]

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Russia’s ready to rumble: IFRS Work Plan for 2021

January 15, 2021

The Russian Ministry of Finance has released the ‘Interagency Working Group’s work plan for IFRS applications for 2021’, with a tantalising glimpse of XBRL unification. The working group will cover a wide range of issues relating to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which were endorsed for use in the Russian Federation in 2011 and have […]

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Let there be harmony! The way ahead for Asia-Pacific IBOR Transition

January 15, 2021

In a recent report, ‘ASIFMA IBOR Transition Readiness Survey Results and Action Plan,’ the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and international law firm Ashurst have highlighted areas for concern and next steps as the Asia-Pacific financial industry navigates the final stages of the IBOR (Interbank Offered Rates) transition.

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More M&A: Certent, Inc. acquired by insightsoftware

January 15, 2021

On 7 January, insightsoftware, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, announced that it had acquired Certent, which provides software-as-a-service solutions for financial disclosure management and equity management.

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Appetite for Regulatory Innovation grows in the face of Covid-19

January 15, 2021

Amid the chaos that Covid-19 has wrought on the financial sector, it has also created an urgency to prioritise and deploy regulatory innovation and fintech initiatives.

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Computers are Dumb!

January 8, 2021

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation consultation on sustainability standards drew to a close recently, with almost 500 responses filed. Among them was XBRL International’s response on behalf of the wider XBRL community.

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The End of Accounting or a Sustainable Beginning?

January 8, 2021

Investors need high-quality, comparable environmental data that captures intangibles and is aligned with financial reporting. That’s the conclusion of Christian Dreyer, a leading analyst and independent investor and until recently the CEO of CFA Society Switzerland.

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BIS looks to the Future with Big Data Project

January 8, 2021

The rise of data and digitisation means changes are afoot in the financial system. But what will characterise the central bank of the future? Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), recently addressed how the BIS Innovation Hub is helping the bank tackle the big questions of our digital era.

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