The Intangibles Disclosure Framework (IDF) outlines principles for enterprises to disclose and communicate their Intangible Assets (IA), such as brand value, patents or registered designs, in a systematic and comprehensive way.
Overview
As an initiative of the Singapore Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy 2030, the IDF supports the disclosure of consistent information about a company’s IA, enabling stakeholders to make more informed assessments of an enterprise’s business and financial prospects.
The disclosure principles in the IDF are anchored in four pillars: Strategy, Identification, Measurement, and Management (SIMM).
The IDF is a public-private initiative led by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and ACRA. It was developed by an industry working group comprising representatives from the accounting, valuation, legal, and finance sectors.
It was launched at IP Week @ SG 2023 on 4 September 2023 by Second Minister for Finance, Ms Indranee Rajah. Click here to read her speech.
For more information, you may refer to the IDF, and the Summary of Responses from the public consultation.
Application
In line with the implementation recommendations to showcase practical applications of the IDF, IPOS is collaborating with the Singapore Exchange (SGX Group), WIPO Singapore Office (WSO) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on the Foundational Intangibles Disclosure (FIND) pilot programme, which will develop benchmark IDF reports. The first benchmark report by Nanofilm Technologies International Limited was presented at IP Week @ SG 2025 and can be accessed below.
Click here for the Benchmark report by Nanofilm Technologies.
In line with the implementation recommendations to showcase practical applications of the IDF, IPOS has also previously worked with the finalists to prepare example reports based on the IDF. These example reports, provided below, serve as guidance for enterprises that wish to begin with a basic application of the IDF.