ESEF Getting Closer
At yesterday’s XBRL Europe meeting in Milan, ESMA foreshadowed a number of activities that it will be taking in concert with NCAs (i.e: national securities regulators) during 2020.
At yesterday’s XBRL Europe meeting in Milan, ESMA foreshadowed a number of activities that it will be taking in concert with NCAs (i.e: national securities regulators) during 2020.
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a podcast discussing their recent report, which offered some practical guidance for best practice on climate-related disclosure. The FRC found that while investors support increased disclosure on climate-related risk, companies are frequently falling behind expectations. The report drew on the TCFD framework to structure practical guidance on […]
Regulators are now collecting vast quantities of data, with new data strategies a focus for both the UK and the US at the beginning of 2020 – but what about the quality? Regulation Asia recently released a video interview with Kaizen Reporting’s Ian Rennie pinpointing some ways firms can keep on top of data quality at Singapore Fintech […]
A recent European Banking Authority (EBA) report outlines key challenges relating to the increased adoption of big data and advanced analytics. Big data and advanced analytics – including machine learning – are increasingly prevalent in the banking industry, with their use only set to expand in future. Two-thirds of credit institutions surveyed by the EBA […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a conference to be held on March 10 focusing on municipal securities disclosure practices. The conference, Spotlight on Transparency: A Discussion of Secondary Market Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices, aims to bring together both issuers and users of municipal disclosures to discuss emerging trends, problems, achievements and voluntary […]
Last week an alliance of leading stakeholders launched the ‘Future of Sustainable Data Alliance’ at the World Economic Forum. Bringing together the World Economic Forum, United Nations, the Climate Bonds Initiative, Tsinghua University, the Bank of Africa, Refitniv, and many others. This global alliance aims to accelerate the allocation of capital into sustainable investments via better […]
A new CFA Institute comment letter demonstrates the value of using structured data to inform debate and underpin policy decisions.
The Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are seeking comment on plans to publish quarterly, aggregated data on the UK Insurance market. Recognising the value of the breadth and depth of data contained in the regular structured disclosures required by Solvency II, the PRA hope to improve analysis and insight in the insurance […]
What will be behind the next global financial crisis? According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), it could be climate change, which has the potential to unleash ‘extremely financially disruptive events.’ In their words — “integrating climate-related risk analysis into financial stability monitoring is particularly challenging because of the radical uncertainty associated with a […]
India’s banks are set to roll out a unique system designed to give 560 million internet users unprecedented control over their own financial data. The new system will give people the ability to decide what data to share, with whom, and for how long. It takes advantage of pre-existing requirements for data to be reported […]