1st Edition

Disruption in Financial Reporting A Post-pandemic View of the Future of Corporate Reporting

By Krish Bhaskar, John Flower Copyright 2021
150 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Since the global financial crisis of 2007–8, new laws and regulations have been introduced with the aim of improving the transparency in financial reporting. Despite the dramatically increased flow of information to shareholders and the public, this information flow has not always been meaningful or useful. Often it seems that it is not possible to see the wood for the trees. Financial scalds... Read more

1 Financial Reporting landscape and this book

2 Reporting Theory and Failures

3 The Investment Industry

4 The Current Reporting and Auditing Environment

5 Disruption in Reporting the Evidence

6 Disruption in Reporting and the New Technology

7 Short-term remedies and Quick Fixes

8 Conflicting Objectives in Financial Reporting

9 Reporting for the post-pandemic future

Biography

Krish Bhaskar was founding Professor of Accountancy and Finance at the University of East Anglia, UK and previously held positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Bristol. He is the author of more than 50 books and has also worked extensively in the IT, consulting, investment banking, automotive, and forecasting sectors.

John Flower, now retired, was formerly Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol and Director of the Centre for Research in European Accounting, Brussels.

Rod Sellers, OBE, FCA, has spent almost 50 years in senior financial and corporate roles in industry.