Title: Welcome to the Investor Services and College
1Welcome to the Investor Services and College
University Business Libraries (CUBL) Sections
of SLA Business Finance Joint
ProgramSpeakersRita Ormsby and Louise Klusek,
The William Anita Newman Library,Baruch
College, CUNYand Courtney Cowgill, Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer of
Oceanic Exploration Company Sponsored by
Ebsco Information Services and
InfoCurrentJune 5, 2007 Denver Colorado
2 What is XBRL? XBRL??? XBRL, c'est quoi? Wat
is XBRL? QUÉ ES XBRL? Vad är XBRL? is
a question being asked around the world
3Baruchs Center for Corporate Integrity has
sponsored several sessions on XBRL
4Slides from recent XBRL conference at the
University of Kansas are available
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6XBRL and Financial Reporting
- SLA
- Investment Services Section
- College University Business Libraries (CUBL)
Section - June 5, 2007
7Todays Overview
- What is XBRL?
- The SEC and XBRL
- XBRL in Use
- The Future
8What is XBRL?
- eXtensible Business Reporting Language
- Metadata for financial statements
- Based on approved taxonomies
9Using XBRL Data
- View and manipulate
- Ask what if questions
- Construct graphs
- Compare companies against peers
- View information in any language
- Change currency
- View under different accounting conventions
10XBRL International
- Consortium of over 2000 accounting firms,
corporations, government entities, academic
institutions - Facilitated by American Institute of Public
Accountants - Promotes the development and use of XBRL
11SECs Standard Setting
- 54 Million to improve EDGAR
- Complete taxonomies for all industries by
September 2007 - Build improved analytical tools
- Mandate filing with XBRL
12The SEC Program Today
- Voluntary XBRL Filing Program
- originally 17, now 30 companies
- Executive compensation data tagged
- beginning 2Q, 2007
13SEC Voluntary Filing Program
- 3M CompanyAnadarko Petroleum Automatic Data
ProcessingAltria Group, Inc.Bowne Co.
Inc.Brazilian Petroleum Corp. Bristol-Myers
Squibb Comcast CorporationCommonwealth Edison
Crystal International Travel Group, Inc.The
Dow Chemical CompanyEDGAR Online Inc.Exelon
CorporationExelon Generation Co
- Fastenal Co.Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Credit
CompanyGeneral Electric CompanyGol Intelligent
Airlines, Inc.Infosys Technologies Microsoft
CorporationOld Mutual Capital, Inc.PECO Energy
CompanyPepsiCo, Inc.Pfizer, Inc.R.R. Donnelley
Sons South Financial Group, Inc.United
Technologies - Xerox CorporationXM Satellite Radio Holdings
14SEC Financial Report Viewer
15The FFIEC Program
- FFIEC requires quarterly Call Reports filed in
XBRL (October 2005) - Over 8,200 banks report to Central Data
Depository at www.FFIEC.gov/FIND/ - Validation and accuracy improved
16Investment Company Institute
- XBRL taxonomy for Risk/Return Summary (N-1A)
(released January 2007) - Proposal to join the SECs voluntary filing
program (submitted March 2007)
17XBRL Around the World
- Taxonomy Development
- US GAAP
- IFRS (International Financial Reporting
Standards) - COREP (Common Reporting)
- National GAAP
- Complete in Japan, Germany, Korea Sweden Under
development in Canada, China, Ireland, New
Zealand, Spain, Thailand UK
18Canadian Securities Administrators
- Voluntary filing program to start May 2007
- Uses Canadian GAAP taxonomy
- XBRL Canada Blog at http//www.zorba.ca/xbrlblog.h
tml
19XBRL Pilot Programs
- Japan FSA Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Full financial statements for all listed
companies in 2008 - National Bank of Belgium
- Commerical industrial companies to file
beginning April 2007 - Shanghai Stock Exchange
20Other XBRL Users
- EDGAR Online I-Metrix
- XBRL for Earnings Releases
- Sustainability Reports GRI G3
- Tax Returns UK-HMRC and Dutch Tax Authority
- CEBS Basel II Reporting
21The Future
- Change in marketplace for SEC based fundamental
data - More accurate, broader, more effective and less
expensive research coverage - Gartner, September 28, 2006
22Steps for Librarians
- Keep abreast of SEC moves
- Test free SEC tools
- Talk to your data vendors
23Thank You
- Louise Klusek, Assistant Professor, Newman
Library, Baruch College, City University of New
York - Louise_klusek_at_baruch.cuny.edu