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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

To illustrate, consider a practice in valuation, where analysts are trained to add a small cap premium to discount rates for smaller companies, on the intuition that they are riskier than larger companies. It is very likely that these rules of thumb were developed from data and observation, but at a different point in time.

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Triggered Disclosures: Escaping the Disclosure Dilemma

Musings on Markets

Using the words of IFRS (1.7), ‘ Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring it could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial statements make on the basis of those financial statements, which provide financial information about a specific reporting entity ’.

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Creating a sustainable future with ESG and finance

Jedox Finance

5 Other sustainability reporting initiatives in development include those of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), developed by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation. For example, incorporating renewable energy sources can influence an organization’s energy costs, affecting P&L figures.