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EBA announces achievements in EU Supervisory convergence

June 5, 2020

Supervisory practices across the EU are increasingly in alignment, according to a recent European Banking Authority (EBA) report.

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World Bank: Credit Data Key In a Crisis

June 5, 2020

This week a World Bank Group cautions against making Covid-19 related regulatory allowances that reduce the utility of essential credit-related data. Disruptions in supply chains and reductions in demand have had a huge impact on profitability during the pandemic. In order to avert a credit freeze, regulators worldwide have introduced unprecedented financial measures – from […]

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Proliferation of Frameworks risks ‘sustainability reporting fatigue’

June 5, 2020

A recent article in the Financial Times neatly pinpoints an underlying problem with sustainability reporting: the proliferation of frameworks that threaten to overwhelm investors and reporters. Companies are increasingly responding to investor demand for more environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, however, with so many competing frameworks – such as the GRI, SASB, TCFD and […]

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What’s Cooking? Disclosures reveal Pandemic’s impact on Restaurants

June 5, 2020

Calcbench recently published a three-part blog scouring restaurant sector disclosures to discover the data-based story of how much harm the pandemic has caused. Of course, we don’t necessarily need to dig into disclosures to ascertain that restaurant sales went off a cliff in March as lockdowns started to come into force across the US and […]

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IMF advocates for mandatory Climate Risk Disclosure

June 5, 2020

Floods, hurricanes and wildfires have an undeniable impact on the countries and economies devastated by them – but are the risks of these increasingly common climate-related disasters being properly considered by investors? A recent International Monetary Fund report argues that investors and equity markets have been ignoring the growing risk of financial losses associated with […]

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More Certified Software

June 5, 2020

We’re pleased to announce that ParsePort XBRL Converter is the latest report creation software to achieve certified software status, ensuring the validity of XBRL and iXBRL created using the product. We are also pleased to announce that Fujitsu’s Interstage XWand is the first tool to achieve certification for the new Extensible Enumerations 2.0 specification which was finalised […]

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Korea’s FSC to focus on Digital

June 5, 2020

In a speech at the opening of Online Korea Fintech Week Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) chairman Eun Sung-soo outlined the regulator’s plans to peruse digital and big-data based innovation. The plan is designed to support the government’s “New Deal” project to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies across the economy. The regulator plans to […]

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XBRL International welcomes Wes Bricker

May 29, 2020

Following an e-vote by the XBRL International Member Assembly, we are pleased to announce the election of Wes Bricker to our Board of Directors.

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Green Reporting Headed Digital?

May 29, 2020

In opening remarks at the Eurofiling ESEF Digital Day yesterday, the European Commission’s Alain Deckers described the work going into the review of Europe’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive (or NFRD) which governs disclosure of ESG reporting. The key issue? The need for a single set of high quality standards. An ongoing issue that is receiving attention […]

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ESEF Tests

May 29, 2020

At yesterday’s Eurofiling digital gathering, ESMA’s Anna Sciortino provided a description of the next steps for the ESEF mandate, including updates to the taxonomy and RTS. Slides are available here. XBRL España’s Javier Mora has prepared an extremely detailed deck that analyses the ESMA ESEF Test Suite, with examples and descriptions. Software vendors that are working in […]

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