Olivier Boutellis-Taft, CEO, Fédération des Experts

Fédération des Experts-comptables Européens
Federation of European Accountants
Company Law in the Digital
Age
Digital solution to provide better information
on companies and their structures.
FEE CEO Olivier Boutellis-Taft
www.fee.be
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What digital age?
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Rethinking reporting
Today
The Future of
Corporate Reporting
Paper-based and complex
reports
Relevant and accessible
information
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Reporting <> digital technology
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Growing and empowered audience
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Better communication
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Core and more reports
Technology
Growing
access
Growing
interest
Growing
audience
Technology
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Rethinking information quality
Information overload
Security concerns
Need for
 Trusted third parties to ensure
reliability and relevance
 Leveraging opportunities: “big
data” to enhance control
 Innovation in assurance
services
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Conclusions for policy making
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Reduce obstacles (“first do no harm”)
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Move to principles-based approach
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Enhance European/ international coordination
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Allow (parallel) experimentation
Change the way we do…
and the way we think
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Accountants
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