EU national law Extensions of the IFRS XBRL Taxonomy
February 28, 2024. When preparing the DVFA (German Association of Investment Professionals) statement for the ESMA consultation on the ITS of the new European Single Access Point, I came across the following question (Q24): “Do you think that information required at national level pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Transparency Directive (so-called gold plating) should […]
How XBRL can significantly improve the European Capital Market – annual financial reports
December 20 2023. This was an exciting event at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2009. Some of my statements from back then, some of which are unfortunately still relevant in Europe today: “In the US negative feedback of Investment Professionals had been received (see documents of the CFA Institute for example). Consequently they added […]
Börsen-Zeitung: Structured and uniform data format from 2020 – IFRS consolidated financial statements soon with iXBRL
Digital transformation of financial reporting with obstacles Börsen-Zeitung, June 10, 2017. The digital transformation is ahead of traditional processes, starting with the preparation of the consolidated financial statements, the audit, the publication and right up to their use by investment professionals. Sure, there are consolidated financial statements available for download in PDF format, balance sheets […]
Workshop at EFRAG offices: Harmonizing the National Extensions of the IFRS-XBRL-Taxonomy in Europe
Brussels, May 26 2010: At the invitation of EFRAG, a workshop was held by XBRL Europe, in which EFRAG employees, chairman Mrs. Françoise Flores and former chairman Mr. Stig Enevoldsen took part. As head of the XBRL Europe working group IFRS for Listed Companies, we discussed challenges, risks and strategic alternatives for future reporting of […]