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FRC beefs up audit committee powers

Proposals will offer audit committees greater scope to detail how they have kept management honest

07 Jan 2011

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Audit watchdog tightens non-audit rules

Proposals to increase the oversight of auditors providing non-audit services find strong support from the profession and companies

17 Dec 2010

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New rules to stop auditors from offering in-depth restructuring help

Auditors escape outright ban on non-audit services, but will limit their restructuring assitance under new rules

15 Dec 2010

FRC steers clear of auditor rotation call

Tighter auditor independence rules and a new European audit authority, suggests the Financial Reporting Council, but forced auditor rotation seems a step too far

14 Dec 2010

FRC makes Glen Moreno deputy chairman

The chairman of international media group Pearson, Glen Moreno, has been revealed as the deputy chairman of the UK’s financial watchdog

19 Nov 2010

FRC and SEC hold joint talks on audit regulation

Stephen Haddrill and Mary Schapiro meet to discuss international audit regulation

15 Nov 2010

FRC defends accounting rules in lead-up to crisis

Regulators defend international accounting standards at House of Lords inquiry

10 Nov 2010

Hogg appointed as new business ambassador

David Cameron appoints business ambassadors

09 Nov 2010

Regulators to face audit inquiry

Officals from the FRC and FSA to answer questions on auditors before Lords inquiry

08 Nov 2010

Profession's disciplinary body under pressure

Make or break: with few resources and limited powers the AADB now has to show it really has the clout to count

04 Nov 2010

Video: Disciplinary board creaks under workload

AADB struggling to cope with huge number of cases on its books

03 Nov 2010

UK standards chief steps down after IASB appointment

Accounting Standards Board chairman moves aside to avoid conflicts of interest

21 Oct 2010

Profile: Peter Montagnon, senior investment adviser, FRC

Head steward: Long the voice of institutional investors, Peter Montagnon now has the difficult task of encouraging those he once served to become stewards of the companies they own

21 Oct 2010

Sovereign wealth funds entitled to protection: FRC

Senior regulator said government should not criticise foreign funds which subscribe to code

20 Oct 2010

Audit Commission should be denied to Big Four

Financial Reporting Council says Big Four acquisition of the Audit Commission would damage the audit market

15 Oct 2010

Accounting watchdog's government funding to disappear

FRC welcomes removal of government funding as a reinforcement of its independence

14 Oct 2010

FRC wants greater power over auditors

FRC wants more power to sanction auditors

13 Oct 2010

Standards chairman must be part-politician

"The final decision gives a blend of political and policy making experience" trustee head Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa tells Accountancy Age

12 Oct 2010

Regulator could bar European auditors practicing in US

US audit regulator may stop European auditors registering in America

07 Oct 2010

Big and small

Some auditors are punching above their weight and falling short, so should auditors be licensed?

07 Oct 2010

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

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Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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