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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

CMA to launch new transparency enhancing portal for market players

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The Capital Market Authority (CMA) is preparing to launch its XBRL disclosure portal by organising a series of introductory workshops for regulated entities about the significance of the XBRL portal to enhance transparency through better disclosure methodologies by issuers of securities, insurance companies and brokers.


The initiative in line with the Oman Vision 2040 to provide quality services through digital transformation.


XBRL is globally recognised system for disclosure of financial and non-financial statements of the listed companies and funds to enhance transparency and efficiency in stock markets which reflects positively on the confidence of market participants.


The portal provide fast and safe disclosure technology as it provide unified concepts for financial information and disclosure elements allowing fast, accurate, timely and effective exchange of information in comparable manner and provide the ability to conduct the required comparison, studies and analysis in an efficient electronic way and reduce audit period.


XRBL transfers financial statements and data using IFRS Taxonomies and coding readable by both reader and computers for easy access to the information therein and to compare the contents.


CMA, in collaboration with IRIS Business Services Limited, will organise nine introductory workshops from February 8 – 14, 2021 for capital market institutions, pubic joint stock companies, insurance companies and brokers, investment funds and the companies operating in the field of securities in addition to accredited audit firms.


The Authority signed an agreement to roll out the XBRL portal last year.


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