This week a RegTech conference entitled “Blockchain and Open Platforms: APIs, XBRL and Ecosystems” was held in Moscow to examine a range of topics impacting the financial sector. There is hot debate in Russia about the pros and cons of different blockchain protocols and the purpose and eventual impact on the banking sector of Open […]
With around 300 SEC issuers in Canada (companies that have raised money on US markets) it is significantly impacted by the new IFRS FPI rules published by the SEC. XBRL Canada will hold a webinar on 24 May to help local firms understand the requirements to prepare XBRL or iXBRL versions of their accounts from […]
India’s largest stock exchange has moved to require Earnings Releases in XBRL format. Provision of earnings data in structured, consumable and comparable form is exactly what analysts and investors need.
Last week, the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced an upgrade in its disclosure system to comply with IFRS standards, including the use of the IFRS taxonomy. The changes will allow the publication of XBRL formatted financial results under IFRS. Tadawul will hold a number of awareness workshops for listed companies in Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar […]
Mr Kenneth Yap stepped down from the XBRL International Board of Directors at the end of March, having served on the Board since November 2014. Mr Yap’s term as CEO of ACRA, the Singapore Companies Regulator, concluded at the same time. An experienced and highly qualified government lawyer, he will shortly be taking up a new […]
On Tuesday 28 March, the IFRS Taxonomy team held a live webinar on the IFRS Taxonomy 2017, featuring IASB member Gary Kabureck. Play back the recorded version of the webinar and access the IFRS Taxonomy 2017 and its supporting materials here.
With speakers from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, as well as from the IASB, this informative seminar from Wednesday runs through the obligations that foreign filers will face in filing to the US regulator in XBRL. It also answers a wide range of questions. You can listen […]
Japan has recognised Bitcoin as a legal method of payment. The country has also passed legislation that exempts the exchange, or purchase of Bitcoin from consumption tax.
Accelerating the modernisation of securities regulation in the Gulf region, Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority recently announced details of its soon to be released XBRL reporting platform.
OFR Speaks Out on Regulatory Burden. The spirit of the founding US Treasurer, Alexander Hamilton, seems alive and well at that agency. At the recent Financial Data Summit held in Washington, the Director of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Research, Dick Berner described the importance, to that agency, of reducing regulatory burden, describing the way […]
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