Time for a revamp of the annual report
Industry players say integrated reporting, bringing together annual reports, sustainability and financial reports, could be the way to go.
SOME industry players are pushing companies to rethink their annual reports - both in terms of how information is presented, and what goes into them.
In their current forms, annual reports probably do not rank highly among investors' preferred resources to look through.
The thick tomes published by companies each year are part and parcel of the regular information set that investors receive, but the sheer amount of information and styles of presentation can make it difficult for the average investor to digest.
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