Purpose – Exploiting the mandatory provision of integrated reporting in South Africa, this paper investigates whether this regulatory switch from the conventional annual report is associated with differences in the level of textual risk disclosure (TRD). This paper also examines the economic...

In 2013, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in the UK mandated independent auditors to provide an expanded audit report to disclose the risks of material misstatement and application of materiality. This paper examines the information content and economic consequences of the expanded...