scholarly journals Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidelines for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEGA) – Level 3 guidance

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This section of our book explains the main non-financial reporting initiatives. From reporting schemes (developed at micro or macro level, or even global reporting guidelines), to specific regulation in France, USA, Denmark, Sweden, South Africa, the first reporting initiatives on non-financial sector were meant to contribute to the development of corporate reporting field, being an initial step in the revolution of IR.


Author(s):  
Hopewell Hlatshwayo ◽  
Mbalenhle Zulu

Background: Prior literature established that different fair value levels disclosed in terms of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 7 are value relevant.Setting: This study investigates the market pricing of the different fair value levels, as well as the market reaction towards the fair value hierarchy levels reported in terms of IFRS 7.Aim: Prior research found inconsistencies in the market pricing of fair value levels. This study seeks to contribute to this debate. It also focuses on the period after comprehensive guidance on how to measure fair value levels was issued.Methods: Data from 2009 to 2015 were collected from the financial sector companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The study uses the statement of financial position and the Ohlson model to investigate the market pricing of the different fair value levels disclosed in terms of IFRS 7.Results: The results of the study show that the fair value of assets level 1, 2 and 3, as well as the fair value of liabilities level 3 are value relevant while the fair value of liabilities level 1 and 2 are not value relevant. Furthermore, the market pricing of level 2 and 3 fair value assets and liabilities is not lower for companies with a high debt equity ratio than for companies with a low debt equity ratio. The results further reveal that the pricing of level 3 assets improved with the introduction of IFRS 13 and post the 2008 financial crisis.Conclusion: Fair value assets across different hierarchy levels are value relevant. On the contrary, fair value liabilities are priced differently across the different hierarchy levels.


Author(s):  
Benedict Valentine Arulanandam ◽  
Yan Ran Lee

The lack of coherence, transparency and accountability in traditional financial reporting, led the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) to developed Integrated Reporting (IR) in 2010.  This study draws the attention towards the top 50 public listed companies listed in Malaysian Stock Exchange as per asset size, and their fulfilment towards voluntary IR disclosures. This study is also conducted to examine the organisational characteristics that foster the IR initiative. Most of the Malaysian PLCs are complied with ISO 26000 standards and GRI G4 guidelines. The compliance of these both standards and guidelines are contributing to the adoption of IR as there are all inter-related. A comparison has been made among ISO 26000, GRI G4 and IR framework to develop a common ground for the non-financial reporting frameworks and guidelines. This study is qualitative and descriptive in nature. The findings reveal that although there were traces of the fulfilment of all requirements with regard to ISO 26000, which was 32% and GRI and IR was 12% respectively, there were much to be done to encourage PLCs to incorporate such reporting guidelines.  It was also found that, government-linked companies have greater fulfilment of these requirements.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Tutino ◽  
Marco Pompili

The objective of the work is to identify any significant relationships between different levels of fair value hierarchy for the valuation of financial assets and two main variables: market capitalization and net income. We considered a sample of 506 insurance companies in two main areas –in the US and in Europe - all listed between 2013 and 2008. Results confirm the hypothesis of correlation between fair value hierarchy adopted in assessing the asset value and market capitalization of the companies, consistently with previous results of Laghi et al. (2012). Moreover, introducing the market-to-book ratio, results show a problem of undervaluation for insurance companies with a relatively larger amount of Level 2 and Level 3 financial assets than Level 1 assets. Nevertheless, results for companies listed in European markets do not provide strong evidence. Moreover, the relationship between different levels of fair value assets and net income is confirmed for the US market but not strongly enough for European companies to consider Level 3 as anti-cyclical instruments for financial reporting. The research results can be useful in helping investors to assess the impact of fair value hierarchy practice on financial reporting of insurance companies. However, a limitation of the analysis is represented by the use of aggregate data for each class of fair value asset, without considering the specific impact related of composition of each category of financial asset evaluated with fair value hierarchy in financial portfolios.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Pulvermacher ◽  
P van de Vondel ◽  
L Gerzen ◽  
U Gembruch ◽  
W Merz
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Level 3 ◽  

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Nandan Kumar ◽  
Sainath Shrikant Pawaskar

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