The US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee just created a Diversity and Inclusion subcommittee (the first in the nation’s history) to examine this important human capital topic and to understand what companies are disclosing this data, why and how the capital markets and government can support better disclosure. The financial services committee has Congressional oversight of the US SEC, PCAOB and the accounting and auditing profession, How Can Diversity and Inclusion Support a Company’s Business Case?
What the world’s other largest and emerging securities regulators are doing to support sustainability disclosures: IOSCO´s Growth and Emerging Market Committee (GEMC) today published the consultation report Sustainable finance in emerging markets and the role of securities regulators , which proposes 11 recommendations for emerging market member jurisdictions to consider when issuing regulations or guidance regarding sustainable financial instruments
“The Big Four firms are hiring fewer accounting grads—we won’t need these armies of auditors.” Assurance Services on Data Elements Reported by Accountants: Question: Can the accounting profession make the move into digital assurance services verifying that data linked to accounting rules like US GAAP and IFRS which companies have submitted to their regulator?
With the recent news that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a feedback statement setting out the use of Inline XBRL as the digital format which public companies in the European Union (EU) must use to report their company information to investors worldwide from...
Overview: FinTech has been disrupting the financial industry in the last few years by creating new business models and offering innovative financial products and services to end customers
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