Spanicciati: quarterly reporting fosters blinkered thinking

The US is questioning the value of quarterly reporting and reliance on a three-month cycle. Mario Spanicciati, chief strategy officer at BlackLine, calls for action to end short-termism

A recent tweet from President Trump announced that he had asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to consider calling it quits on quarterly reporting. A bold move? Perhaps, but hardly unprecedented. In fact, scepticism has dogged the practice of quarterly reporting.

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