The Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has published a consultation for its recommendations on voluntary, climate-related disclosures to be included as part of mainstream financial filings. The task force said its recommendations will help organisations identify …
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which represents global financial regulators, has published a statement on implementation of new accounting standards related to revenue, financial instruments, and leases.
The three new International Financial Reporting (IFRS) Standards, issued by …
Read MoreNew research from the CFA-UK, the membership association of financial analysts, highlights aspects of financial reporting in annual reports which investors feel need to be improved.
CFA-UK members were asked to rank the sections of annual reports by their …
Read MoreThe UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that in 2017 it will carry out a number of targeted thematic reviews of company reporting and audit on issues it knows to be of shareholder interest and where weaknesses have been …
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The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has published the names of the companies which make up its tenth Respect Index. The socially responsible index has a record 25 members – including four new entrants.
Since its first publication in 2009, GPW …
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Keith Hellawell, Sports Direct chairman, has hit out at the company’s critics in its half year results and stated that: “I have no doubt that the extreme political, union and media campaign waged against this company has not only …
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The EU’s council of permanent representatives has endorsed an agreement between the Slovakia, which holds the presidency of the European Council, and the European Parliament that agrees revisions to the second Shareholder Rights Directive.
Lucia Žitňanská, Minister for …
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