UKSA and ShareSoc Policy Directors tell FCA they should not delay the implementation of ESEF
The planned introduction of the ESEF from 1st January 2020 and the enablement of machine-reading of financial reports, along with the greater transparency that this should provide, recognises the growth of and direction towards more electronic or digital financial reporting. The UKSA and ShareSoc response to the FCA on 13th August 2020 was not convinced by but had some sympathy with the arguments to delay the implementation and, as a result, said it did not agree with it.
