Looking back into history, the South Asian region has been a key hub of ideas, commerce, art and culture, etc. The Indus Valley civilisation was among the three earliest civilisations on earth and was the most extensive. In the so called middle ages, trade and commerce flourished in a variety of commodities such as spices, precious metals and other minerals, handicrafts and food items.
Summary of an article entitled Risk Disclosure by Financial Institutions published in the Bank of Japan Quarterly Bulletin of February 1997 BANK OF JAPAN, COMMUNICATION, 28/2/97. Introduction Public disclosure by financial institutions has long provided information about business performance through the publication of financial statements.