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L'information financière publiée par les grands groupes français : Synthèse de l'ouvrage « L'Information financière »

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[fre] Les cabinets auteurs de l'ouvrage L'Information financière présentent les principaux enseignements tirés de l'étude des pratiques comptables des 100 plus grands groupes français. L'analyse rétrospective (1985-1995) permet de mesurer le chemin parcouru : la reconnaissance du rôle prééminent des comptes consolidés, des délais de publication raccourcis, des notes de l'annexe notablement enrichies, des états de synthèse plus nombreux... 25 % des grands groupes publient dorénavant une information de qualité comparable aux meilleures pratiques internationales.. Des progrès restent toutefois à accomplir dans divers domaines : réduction des options ouvertes par les textes actuels, unification des traitements des actifs incorporels, amélioration de la pertinence du compte de résultat, développement de l'information sectorielle.... L'amélioration du cadre réglementaire dans lequel s'inscrit l'information financière est maintenant devenue une priorité des pouvoirs publics et des instances de normalisation et de régulation. Elle devrait se faire dans un esprit de concertation avec les entreprises et la profession comptable car il convient de trouver un juste équilibre entre la nécessaire réglementation (qui dans le passé a souvent été tatillonne dans l'accessoire et floue dans l'essentiel) et l'évolution des besoins réels des marchés. [eng] Summary of the book « Financial Information ». Review of the top 100 French annual reports . In an annual publication entitled L'Information financière, the joint authors (all major accounting firms) draw up a catalogue of the lessons learned from their review of the accounting and reporting practice of the top 100 French groups of companies. A retrospective review of the last ten years is a pointed reminder of the progress made — the rise of consolidated reporting to its current dominance, earlier and earlier publication dates, the ever-improving quality of note disclosure, greater incidence of cash flow and equity movement statements. A quarter of these groups now put out an annual report which bears comparison with best practice internationally.. In a number of areas, there is still work to be done — narrowing the range of alternative treatments allowed under current legislation, standardising accounting for intangible assets, making the income statement a more relevant measure of performance, promoting segmental reporting, among others. . High on the agenda of the standards setters, regulators and legislators is the issue of upgrading the financial reporting framework in France. The process calls for a spirit of consultation, of working hand in hand with the accouting profession and the corporate world, so as to find the essential balance between the need for regulation — in the past so often tentative in general and equivocal in the particular — and the ever-shifting expectations of the markets.

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  • Anonymous or collective, 1997. "L'information financière publiée par les grands groupes français : Synthèse de l'ouvrage « L'Information financière »," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 41(3), pages 95-105.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1997_num_41_3_2335
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1997.2335
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