Making financial disclosure more readable

• Main Authors: GOH, Clarence, SEOW, Poh Sun, PAN, Gary
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Corporate Finance; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1641; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2668/viewcontent/20171013_BT_Opinion_27_33x36_1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There are many benefits tohaving disclosures written in plain English. Investors would be more likely tounderstand the disclosures and to make informed judgments. Investment analystswould also be able to make more timely and accurate recommendations to theirclients if they can understand such disclo...