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Effective ESG Disclosure Must be in Structured Data

November 30, 2018

There is an increasing recognition of the importance of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency for efficient markets and stable, resilient economies. Here at XBRL International we strongly support efforts to expand ESG disclosure, but call on policy makers and standard setters to note the vital importance of structured data to effective ESG reporting.

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Malaysia Launches MBRS: XBRL Reporting System

November 30, 2018

Data Amplified this year heard from projects facilitating the on-going and significant expansion of the XBRL standard around the world. Earlier last month we were delighted to see the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) adopting XBRL for the annual and financial filings of more than 1 million companies countrywide through the introduction of the Malaysian Business Reporting System (MBRS).

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IFAC Recommends Smarter Regulation to the G20

November 30, 2018

In advance of the G20 Summit this month in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) released a list of ten recommendations for G20 countries to support the global economy. Centring around the need to pursue smart regulation, greater transparency and inclusive growth, the recommendations are designed to help rebuild public trust in institutions and advance economic progress.

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FSB Explore Fintech Innovation for Security

November 30, 2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has highlighted the importance of encouraging innovation for financial stability in a letter that draws attention to issues for G20 leaders to consider.

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Cyborg Supervision

November 30, 2018

What does the future of regulation look like? Is there a tension between a supervisory regime that seemingly relies on human judgement, but is increasingly investing in automation, machine learning and AI?

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The More SBR the Better

November 30, 2018

Mark Bissschop from SBR Banken has written an article for Accountancy World heralding the benefits of Structured Business Reporting (SBR) and calling for further expansion.

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Workiva are Unlocking the Value of Data

November 23, 2018

More and more securities markets around the world are shifting to collect data in iXBRL, and thanks to the work of the XBRL community on improving data quality, that data is more consistent and understandable than ever. That said, no matter how much high-quality data there is, it’s not helpful if it isn’t consumable.

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Moving Inline XBRL Beyond a Compliance Function

November 23, 2018

The importance of easy data consumption was a key theme at Data Amplified this year. There has been a focus on making sure XBRL data fits the requirements of regulators but many speakers recognised the importance of data consumption – easy access to structured data creates increased visibility and usability for new users.

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Speaking of Design and Inline XBRL…

November 23, 2018

XBRL International’s Technical Director, Paul Warren demonstrated the way that fully valid Inline XBRL documents can be created that are indistinguishable from “glossy” PDFs, while still containing all of the markup that regulators (and markets) need. We will be publishing a range of information about these techniques and some examples will be made available on […]

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Natural Language Analytics

November 23, 2018

Perhaps the most talked about presentation at Data Amplified came from José Antonio Huizar Moreno, CEO of 2H Software, who demonstrated a deeply impressive natural language query tool building on the potential to access XBRL data through an open API.

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