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Publicity and transparency

Transparency and financial communication are integral components of functioning capital markets. Investors need expert and investment-specific information. At the same time, companies should not be discouraged from financing their activities via the capital market through legislative provisions. Regulation made unworkable through excessive disclosure obligations weighs down on enterprises and reduces the service offer.

[Translate to English:] Swen Erwin Hemeling

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Publicity and transparency
12.04.2021
Preventing competitive disadvantages in public country-by-country reporting

We are concerned that the planned publication of tax data on European companies could put them at a competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis their global competitors. Competitors will be able to draw valuable information on corporate strategy...

Positions papers
26.02.2020
ESEF: Disclosure solution avoids unnecessary legal risks (in German)

Deutsches Aktieninstitut supports that the German legislator decided to make ESEF only mandatory for the disclosure of the yearly financial report. This avoids unnecessary legal risks that would result if ESEF was applied already in the...

Positions papers
11.10.2019
ESEF ministerial draft overshoots the mark (in German)

The submitted ministerial draft on the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) law is critically seen by Deutsches Aktieninstitut. The fact that annual financial statements are to be prepared in XHTML/iXBRL format is neither required by...

Positions papers
03.04.2019
Aktieninstitut critisise a potential mandatory audit of ESEF-reports (in German)

Starting in 2020 listed companies will be obliged to file annual reports as an XHTML-file, in which core financial information has to be tagged in iXBRL. This is laid down in a Delegated Regulation on the EU Transparency Directive....

Positions papers
06.12.2018
Corporate Bonds are not in the Scope of PRIIPs

Deutsches Aktieninstitut comments the ESA's consultation paper on PRIIPs and points out that corporate bonds are not in the scope of the respective EU-regulation. As there is a lasting uncertainty in the market clarification by the...

Positions papers
09.03.2018
Consultation on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the New Prospectus Regulation

In its response to the consultation on draft RTS, concretizing the new European Prospectus Regulation in more detail, Deutsches Aktieninstitut stresses the importance of more flexibility in drawing up prospectuses. For instance,...

Positions papers
13.05.2016
Public disclosure of country by country reports for taxation purposes to be rejected (in German)

In its position paper, Deutsches Aktieninstitut rejects the EU Commission’s proposal for a mandatory public disclosure of tax-relevant information in form of country by country reports by multinational companies. According to Deutsches...

Positions papers
15.10.2014
Delegated Acts to the Market Abuse Regulation: additional red tape for listed companies

This position paper critisises ESMA's draft delegated acts on the Market Abuse Regulation. Because ESMA's interpretation reaches too far listed companies in Europe face massive additional compliance risks and costs regarding insider...

Positions papers
15.09.2014
No need for an electronic format for the purpose of financial reporting in Europe

Deutsches Aktieninstitut is concerned about a possible mandatory use of an single European electronic format for financial reports of listed companies. This is principally forseen in the revised Transparency Directive. The critique holds...

Positions papers