Explainability

Use back button from the brower Explainability (XAI) IntroExplainability addresses the tension between model complexity and accountability. 1. What is it?Explainability refers to the ability to understand how an AI system produces outcomes. 2. What problem does it claim to solve?It aims to make AI decisions transparent enough for oversight and challenge. 3. Where does … Read more

Embedded derivatives with financial asset host

Use back button from the brower The embedded derivative is not separated from the host contract. Instead the whole contrast in its entirety is accounted for as a single instrument in line with IFRS 9. Embedded derivatives are components of a hybrid contract (i.e. a contract that also includes a non- derivative host), that causes … Read more

Embedded derivative

An embedded derivative is a component of a hybrid (combined) instrument that also includes a non-derivative host contract-with the effect that some of the cash flows of the combined instrument vary in a way similar to a stand-alone derivative. An embedded derivative causes some or all of the cash flows that otherwise would be required … Read more

The business model and value creation – Why management commentary often explains outcomes but not economics

The business model as the missing economic narrative Topics show The business model as the missing economic narrative Why business model sections disappoint boards Business model ≠ organisational structure The economic logic boards actually need Value creation is not the same as revenue generation Why business models rarely change—until they do Business model as the … Read more

IFRS PS 1 KPIs, MPMs and credibility: how management commentary connects IFRS 18 and strategy

Why performance measures are a credibility issue, not a reporting choice Topics show Why performance measures are a credibility issue, not a reporting choice Performance measures as behavioural instruments The historical gap IFRS 18 closes Credibility lives between numbers and narrative KPIs as a test of strategic seriousness Why boards should care deeply KPIs, MPMs … Read more

Resources, risks and relationships: the most misunderstood section of management commentary

Why resources, risks and relationships are not “background information” Topics show Why resources, risks and relationships are not “background information” The structural mistake: separating strategy from capability Why boards often underestimate this section Resources: not what you own, but what you rely on Relationships: the invisible infrastructure of performance Risks: consequences, not abstractions Why this … Read more

Performance, position and cash flows – Why management commentary explains numbers but not change

Explaining change is harder than reporting results Topics show Explaining change is harder than reporting results The structural weakness of “period reporting” Explaining change is a governance discipline Performance: more than variances Financial position: the silent accumulation of change Cash flows: where explanations most often fail Why users care about change, not just results What … Read more

IFRS Practice Statement 1 Management Commentary

The conceptual and governance backbone of management commentary, explaining why it exists, how it connects strategy, risk, KPIs, ESG and IFRS numbers, and what boards and preparers systematically get wrong.  IFRS Practice Management Commentary. 1 – Why Management Commentary matters (again) Topics show 1 – Why Management Commentary matters (again) 2 – What IFRS Practice … Read more

IFRS Practice Statement 1: Management Commentary & GovernanceIFRS Practice Statement 1 Management Commentary

The conceptual and governance backbone of management commentary, explaining why it exists, how it connects strategy, risk, KPIs, ESG and IFRS numbers, and what boards and preparers systematically get wrong.  IFRS Practice Statement 1 Management Commentary. 1 – Why Management Commentary matters (again) Topics show 1 – Why Management Commentary matters (again) 2 – What … Read more