Drawing on extensive research and interviews with insiders and experts, this book charts what has gone wrong with financial reporting and offers a range of solutions to improve transparency to both investors and the public. It will be of interest to students, researchers, professionals and policy makers in financial reporting and accounting.

Krish Bhaskar was founding Professor of Accountancy and Finance at the University of East Anglia, UK and previously held positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Bristol. He is the author of more than 50 books and has also worked extensively in the IT, consulting, investment banking, automotive, and forecasting sectors.

John Flower, now retired, was formerly Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol and Director of the Centre for Research in European Accounting, Brussels.

Rod Sellers, OBE, FCA, has spent almost 50 years in senior financial and corporate roles in industry.

1 Financial Reporting landscape and this book

2 Reporting Theory and Failures

3 The Investment Industry

4 The Current Reporting and Auditing Environment

5 Disruption in Reporting the Evidence

6 Disruption in Reporting and the New Technology

7 Short-term remedies and Quick Fixes

8 Conflicting Objectives in Financial Reporting

9 Reporting for the post-pandemic future