The Public Finance Network, representing US state and local governments, government entities, and issuers of municipal securities, has requested that its members be involved and provide input in the implementation of the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA).
An article on Route Fifty this week looks at the new mandate for state and local governments in the US to prepare standardised, searchable financial statements.
Major governments worldwide have implemented – or are working to implement – new initiatives mandating sustainability and climate-change related reporting. The aim is to better understand the financial risk faced by climate change, and, in some jurisdictions, to also understand the wider impact entities have on environmental social interests.
How will the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) reshape municipal financial reporting in the US? The FDTA will require electronic reporting and machine-readable tagging (likely in XBRL) of state and local government financial data, boosting the ability of users — especially lenders — to undertake analysis and comparison.
Environmental social, and governance (ESG) reporting was a key topic at last month’s AICPA & CIMA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently developing its proposed rule on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.
After the European Parliament gave the final stamp of approval to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on 10 November, last week the Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The CSRD takes effect in May 2023 and will begin to impact disclosures from January 2024.
If you missed last week’s popular European Accounting Association (EAA), European Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) workshop on digital financial reporting last week, the recording is now available.
Following feedback to the Third Agenda Consultation, designed to help the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) define its priorities for the next five years, the IASB will slightly increase its focus on digital financial reporting.
Four years since the process to replace the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) began, last week the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament voted by a landslide (525 votes in favour) to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into EU law.
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), France’s stock market regulator, has made what it calls “a very positive assessment at the end of the first year” of European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) implementation.
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