Financial reporting for the AI era

A second reader for your financial reports.

We check figures, language versions and consistency with earlier disclosures before publication.

Human-verified findings within 48 hours. You make every decision.

Start with a previously published report. No unpublished material needed.

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How we handle your material
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What you receive

A list of findings. It is working material for you, not an opinion and not an assessment of anyone's work.

For each finding we state what we observed, where it is (page and passage), why it matters, and which earlier release it relates to. What should be resolved before publication comes first.

How the review works →

Illustrative example, not a client finding

01 Margin presentation

Check required
Observation
Two pages use different margin figures for the same period.
Source
Draft version, pages 4 and 9.
Why it matters
Readers may quote either figure. The difference may indicate an outdated table.
Next step
Confirm the intended figure and update the other reference.

Why it matters

Report day is when the market reads every word.

Investors and supervisors read every report closely, and the stakes are visible in both.

3.8%

median share price move, up or down, in the three days around a release

1 in 7

releases moved the share by 10% or more

41%

of European supervisors' examinations of IFRS financial statements in 2025 led to enforcement action

Share of releases by size of three-day share price move

28%
Under 2%
33%
2–5%
24%
5–10%
15%
10% or more

Sources: Release Proofing analysis of 4,878 interim, half-year and financial statement releases by 141 Nasdaq Helsinki companies, August 2019 to August 2026 (abnormal return, day −1 to +1, absolute value). ESMA, 2025 Corporate Reporting Enforcement and Regulatory Activities Report, 7 May 2026 (628 issuers examined).

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The figures are usually right. Problems appear when the same thing is said twice.

In the published reports we have checked, the arithmetic in the tables reconciled almost everywhere. The significant findings came from elsewhere: the same key figure with different values in different places, language versions that say different things, and a definition that changed without being disclosed.

This says nothing about anyone's diligence. A report has hundreds of sentences, dozens of figures, two language versions and a final week of deadline pressure. An hour-long meeting covers a handful of themes. Nobody has time to cross-read everything. That is the work we do.

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Is your next report already in preparation?

Tell us which release is coming and when. We agree on timing and confidentiality before we ask for any material. Or start with a free check of your last published report.

Contact Lasse Mäkelä: lasse@releaseproofing.com