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Vincent Papa, PhD, CPA, FSA, CFA

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Biography

Vincent Papa, PhD, CPA, FSA Credential, CFA, was the director of financial reporting policy at CFA Institute. He was responsible for representing the interests of CFA Institute on financial reporting and on wider corporate reporting developments to major accounting standard setting bodies, enhanced reporting initiatives, and key stakeholders. He is a member of ESMA’s consultative working group for the Corporate Reporting Standing Committee, EFRAG user panel, and a former member of the IFRS Advisory Council, Capital Markets Advisory Committee, and Financial Stability Board Enhanced Disclosure Task Force. Prior to joining CFA Institute, he served in investment analysis, management consulting, and auditing roles.

Author's Posts
Investors Require Improvements in Reporting of Alternative Performance Measures

CFA Institute recently conducted a member survey to ascertain the best way forward on the contentious topic of alternative performance measures.

Time to Focus on the Forgotten Middle across Financial vs. Non-Financial Information Spectrum

The nature of company information reported outside the primary financial statements can be thought of as falling along a financial to nonfinancial information continuum.

Audit Reform—What Is the Optimal Way Forward?

Across the globe over the last 20 years, far-reaching auditor-related reforms have sought to restore confidence in the role of audit in ensuring the reliability of reported company financial information.

Corporate Reporting: Enabling a Long-Term Orientation in Investment Analysis

Several publications have exhorted regulatory authorities to craft policy interventions that incentivize a long-term analytical orientation of companies’ disclosures.

The End of Accounting? Not So Sure

If the information within primary financial statements has had a sustained and troubling decline in its relevance, what's the way forward?

Revenue Reporting Changes: Early Adopters Help Raise Awareness of the Impact

Revised revenue recognition requirements become effective at the beginning of 2018, and early adopters are helping to expose the effect of the changes on amount, timing, and presentation of revenue.

In the Homestretch Until Top Line Changes Go into Effect, Investors Need to Be Alert

Revised revenue recognition rules go into effect in 2018, but there is still uncertainty about the effects on companies reporting and investors will have to figure out company-specific implications.

Initiatives Focused on ESG Reporting Are Making Progress, But There Is More to Do

Investors should consider ESG factors in their investment decision-making process, but companies’ disclosures need to be improved so investors can find useful and relevant information.

Heads Up Investors! The Implications of Evolving Audit Services

Increasingly, auditors are expected to have a bigger and more effective role in ensuring the integrity of a wider array of company reported information that is material to investment decision making.

Implications of the Widening Spectrum of Useful Corporate Information

Environment, social, and governance measures and non-GAAP financial measures are important to add to traditional financial statement information when analyzing a company’s value.