U.S. Accounting Board to Investors: Feedback Wanted

The U.S. accounting standard setter released a report detailing outreach to a key stakeholder group, investors—calling investment community engagement a top priority.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board published the 12-page document Tuesday, the first of its kind from the board, detailing interactions with hundreds of investors over the last year.

“We don’t get a lot of comment letters from investors. So we recognize we need to go above and beyond and draw them into our process. But I do believe the ultimate test is the quality of the standards that we produce and the quality of financial reporting,” Rich Jones, ...