08.06.2026
The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in investment research, corporate analysis and information processing is increasing the importance of high-quality structured corporate data.
While much of the public discussion around AI focuses on algorithms and models, investment professionals increasingly depend on reliable, accessible and machine-readable data. As a result, data quality is becoming a strategic factor for the competitiveness of European capital markets. This development coincides with the European Union’s efforts to strengthen capital market financing through the Savings and Investment Union. The European Single Access Point (ESAP) is expected to become a key infrastructure for access to corporate and capital market information across Europe.
Although substantial progress has already been made, important challenges remain. These include not only technical questions relating to data quality and accessibility, but also regulatory and legal frameworks that were originally developed for less digital and less data-driven reporting environments.
Against this background, EFFAS has appointed Dr. Bodo Kesselmeyer as Delegate to the XBRL Europe Consultative Committee and established the EFFAS Working Group on Corporate Reporting in Structured Data and Technology within its Capital Markets Commission.