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Audit Reform Special

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Haddrill lambastes 'weak' French audit

FRC chief Stephen Haddrill accuses French auditors of soft touch on Greek debt

10 Oct 2011

Andy Halford

UK's most senior FDs oppose EU audit plans

Hundred Group of Finance Directors "deeply concerned" about EU plans to radically alter the audit market

07 Oct 2011

Big Four breakup

Audit split could be stalemate for Big Four

Splitting audit and non-audit service provision could hog-tie both sides

07 Oct 2011

Colin - the dog that didn't bark

Audit market shenannigans receive the Colin treatment

07 Oct 2011

US transparency rules might force auditor into spotlight

US audit engagement partners might be forced to put their name to reports under new proposals from the PCAOB

07 Oct 2011

BIS: SME audit exemption could save £600m

BIS has called for more SME audit exemptions, claiming this would save £600m a year

06 Oct 2011

Colin's take on audit reform...

Audit reform? Be careful how you predict the future...

05 Oct 2011

IT risk is 'audit blind spot'

Audit is weak when it comes to assessing and managing IT risks, a new report indicates

05 Oct 2011

Video: Could the Big Four be broken up?

Accountancy Age discusses the implications of European proposals to fundamentally restructure the audit market

04 Oct 2011

Lawson applauds Barnier's audit reform

Lord Lawson welcomes Barnier's audit reform plans, favouring the proposal to split audit and non-audit service provision

04 Oct 2011

Local public audit plans attacked

Stakeholders criticise local public audit proposals at a Conservative Conference fringe event hosted by ACCA

04 Oct 2011

Doctor doctrine the way forward for KPMG boss

John Griffith-Jones appears obsessed with doctor analogies, muses TS

03 Oct 2011

Brussels ‘deaf to UK voices’ on regulatory reform

UK regulators 'have no credibility' in Brussels and will struggle to influence debate, an insider warns

03 Oct 2011

Six firms no difference in banking crisis, says KPMG chief

No evidence that six firms auditing banks would have prevented crisis, says John Griffith-Jones

03 Oct 2011

EU's audit and accounting proposals: The full list

An outline of the key proposals raised by the EU around revising and restructuring the reporting regime, and the audit market

30 Sep 2011

Heavyweights chew over accountancy challenges

Sir David Tweedie, Angela Knight and Iain McLaren debate major challenges facing accountancy profession, reports Rose Orlik from the ICAS conference

30 Sep 2011

Accountancy reform ‘both a threat and an opportunity’

Accountants must view reform as both a threat and an opportunity, according to strategic leadership expert Costas Markides

30 Sep 2011

New Model Audit: It’s a scary world out there

Will Barnier’s European audit reform proposals survive in a global market?

30 Sep 2011

RSM Tenon: Audit reform is inevitable

RSM Tenon chief Andy Raynor welcomes audit reform proposals with open arms

30 Sep 2011

Mazars invests in Audit Commission spin-off

Mazars is the mystery backer behind Audit Commission spin-off mutual DA Partnership

29 Sep 2011

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

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Should practice ownership structures break with tradition?

Incentivising accountancy practice staff will mean a new way of thinking. Robert Postlethwaite considers the options

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.