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

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Krish Bhaskar John Flower

Disruption in Financial Reporting

A Post-pandemic View of the Future of Corporate Reporting

Krish Bhaskar, John Flower, Rod Sellers

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English

Routledge
21 January 2021

Financial accounting; Management accounting & bookkeeping; Financial reporting, financial statements; Corporate finance; Management of specific areas

Series: Disruptions in Financial Reporting and Auditing

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 continue, as Wirecard, NMC Health, Patisserie Valerie, going back to Carillion (and many more) demonstrate. Financial and corporate reporting have never been so fraught with difficulties as companies fail to give guidance about the future in an increasingly uncertain world aided and abetted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This concise book argues that the changes have simply masked an increase in the use of corporate PR, impression management, bullet points, glossy images, and other simulacra which allow poor performance to be masked by misleading information presented in glib boilerplate texts, images, and tables. The tone of the narrative sections in annual reports is often misleading. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with insiders and experts, this book charts what has gone wrong with financial reporting and offers a range of solutions to improve information to both investors and the public. This provides a framework for a new era of forward-looking corporate reporting and guidance based on often conflicting multiple corporate goals. The book also examines and contrasts the latest thinking by the regularity authorities.

Providing a compelling exploration of the industry’s failings and present difficulties, and the impact of future disruption, this timely, thought-provoking book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals as well as policy makers in accounting, financial reporting, corporate reporting, financial statement analysis, and governance.

By: Krish Bhaskar, John Flower
Contributions by: Rod Sellers
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367222178
ISBN 10: 0367222175
Series: Disruptions in Financial Reporting and Auditing
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 21 January 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.