Morgan Stanley B.V. h
as prepared its annual report in ESEF. The r
equirements for this are set out in the
Delegated Regul
ation (EU) 2019/815 with regard to r
egu
latory technical standards on the spe
cification of a
single electronic re
porting format (hereinafter: the RTS
on ESEF).
In our opinion, the annual rep
ort prepared in XHTML-format, incl
uding the financial statements of Morga
n
Stanley B.V., complie
s in all material respects with the RTS on ESEF.
Management is responsible
for preparing the annual report including the
financial statements in accordanc
e
Our responsibility is to obtain reasonable assura
nce for our opinion whether the
a
nnual report complie
s with
the RTS on ESEF.
Our procedures, taking i
nto a
ccount Alert 43 of NBA (th
e Netherlands Institute of C
ha
rtered Accountants),
included amongst others:
-
obtaining an understanding
of the entity's financial reporting process, incl
uding the preparation of
the annual financial repor
t in XHTML-format;
-
examining whether the ann
ual financial report in XHTML-format is in accordance wi
th RTS on ESEF.
DESCRIPTION
OF RESPONSIBIL
ITIES REG
ARDING THE F
INANCIAL ST
ATEMENTS
Responsibilities of ma
nagement and the Audit Commitee for the financia
l statem
ents
Management is responsible
for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial s
tatements in
accordance with EU-IFRS an
d Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil
C
ode. Furthermore, management i
s
responsible for
such internal
control as management de
termines is necessary to e
na
ble the preparation of
the financial statements tha
t a
re free from mater
ial misstatement, whether due
to fraud or er
ror.
As part of the preparation of
the financial statements, management is responsi
ble for assessing the
company's ability to continu
e as a going concern. Based
on the financial reporting frameworks menti
oned,
management should p
repare the financial statements u
sing the going concern basis of accounting unless
management either intends to
liquidate the company or to cease op
erations, or has no realistic alternative
but to do so.
Management should di
sclose events and circumstances t
hat may cast significant doubt on the company's
ability to continue as a going concer
n in the financial statements.
The Audit Commiteee
is responsible for over
se
eing the company’s financial reporting pr
ocess
Consideration of fraud in
the audit of financial statements
Owing to the inherent li
mita
tions of an audit, there is an
unavoidable risk that some
material misstatements
of the financial statements may not be
detected. The risk of not detecting a materi
a
l misstatement resulting
from fraud is higher than for
one resulting from error, as fraud may involve coll
usion, forgery, intentional
omissions, misrepr
esentations, or the override of i
nternal control.
We performe
d the following procedures: