Impact of Reporting Frequency on UK Public Companies

Download or read book Impact of Reporting Frequency on UK Public Companies written by Robert C. Pozen and published by CFA Institute Research Foundation. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 2007, UK public companies were required to issue quarterly, rather than semiannual, financial reports. But the UK removed this quarterly reporting requirement in 2014. We studied the effects of these regulatory changes on UK public companies and found that the frequency of financial reports had no material impact on levels of corporate investment. However, mandatory quarterly reporting was associated with an increase in analyst coverage and an improvement in the accuracy of analyst earnings forecasts.