Past Events › Financial Reporting and Analysis

Structured financial reporting offers considerable value to investors today, additional improvements would increase its value considerably. Investors are not fully aware of the tools currently available and how these tools can assist in their investment process. Description The program will explore how technology, like the XBRL data standard, can be harnessed to reform the financial reporting process and walk through key issues including: How technology can be used to enhance the analytical process The importance of financial data for investment decision making Recommendations for regulators and standard setters about how to improve the quality of corporate disclosures Additional ways structure data would augment the usefulness of reported data, such as in the MD&A and earnings releases

Smart analysts and investors leverage structured data to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase the accuracy of analysis. This half-day forum provides practical information about where you can get structured data on US and non-US companies, on who’s using this data today, and a step-by-step discussion on how to get started using XBRL data within your own organization. This event is hosted by Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in the Newman Conference Center – 55 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY. The program was developed by XBRL US, and is held in sponsorship with CFA Institute and CFA Society New York.

This program will give you a concise update on key new developments in Financial Reporting for financial statements published in 2018. Topics covered will include changes in revenue recognition, derivatives reporting, developments in lease reporting and CECL . The program will include speakers that capture perspectives from standard setters, investment research and preparers of financial statements. This program is designed as a boot camp to get financial statement users up to speed on the impact of the new standards on financial statements published in early 2018.

The 2017 Tax Reform Act introduces substantial changes to many areas of the U.S. tax system, including the taxation of individuals, businesses in all industries, multinational enterprises, and other areas.

Blockchain, alternative data, automation through standards, legislative and regulatory changes. These are all trends and developments affecting the capital markets today. Data factors into all of these areas and is driving the financial systems of tomorrow. This half-day forum provides practical information on today’s data ecosystem, how you can leverage it, and where it’s going in the future.

CFA Society of New York will be hosting a program in the fall of 2018 discussing the interaction of passive investing and corporate governance. Increasingly companies, especially those considered high tech, are limiting governance rights of shareholders purchasing shares after the company has become public. Corporate management is attempting to both take advantage of public market capital and liquidity while keeping tight control over the company’s governance. This especially leaves passive index-oriented investors in a bind: is it appropriate to invest in companies where most shareholders have at best limited governance rights?

Jack Ciesielski published The Analyst’s Accounting Observer over 26 years and engaged frequently with both standard setters and analysts over that span. His observations on how accounting and financial reporting have changed over the years should give you fresh ideas on how to assess the companies that you analyze. The program will discuss improvements in financial reporting over the year, and the problems that still need to be addressed. Mr. Ciesielski has served on many financial reporting committees including for FASB and the CFA Institute.

This program will give you a concise update on new developments in financial reporting taking effect with 2018 financial statements. Topics covered will include developments in lease reporting and other important topics.

The new GAAP standard for determining credit losses will be taking effect January 1, 2020 for major financial institutions and other credit investors. This CECL model is expected to have significant impacts on banks and other financial institutions loss recognition, income and net worth. This program will explain what this is all about, how it will impact entities effected by this change and how you can better understand its impact.