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FSA's Cole to join PwC

FSA enforcement director to take general counsel role at PwC

20 Mar 2012

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HBOS hid debt portfolio stress from its auditors

HBOS ignored warnings from its auditor KPMG over the state of bad debts within the corporate division of subsidiary Bank of Scotland

12 Mar 2012

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James Perman & Co forced to pay FSA costs

Scottish accountancy firm forced to pay costs after losing battle against the FSA

20 Feb 2012

New financial services body to discipline auditors

ICAEW believes Financial Services Bill will give the regulator more disciplinary powers over auditors

27 Jan 2012

Colin - FSA in the dog house?

Colin's take on the City Watchdog

21 Dec 2011

PwC to be investigated over Barclays audit

AADB reviews firm's compliance with FSA client asset rules

19 Dec 2011

November is the cruelest month (for audit)

PwC racks up four embarrassing audit exposures with E&Y and KPMG hot on their heels

11 Nov 2011

KPMG takes world-first 'special administration'

KPMG's Richard Fleming, Richard Heis and Mike Pink appointed special administrators to MF Global UK

01 Nov 2011

KPMG recruited by FSA to investigate UBS

Financial Service Authority and Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority pick KPMG to investigate alleged unauthorised trading

26 Sep 2011

VAT rules on financial advice need clarifying

A Treasury select committee report highlights uncertainty around FSA reforms

18 Jul 2011

FSA blasts BDO for takeover sponsorship failings

Firm chastised for its part in proposed takeover after trying to avoid reverse transaction

01 Jun 2011

Financial Reporting Review Panel chief to shake up RBS report

Panel chairman to quicken publication of FSA's RBS collapse inquiry

06 May 2011

KPMG recuits former FSA board member

Financial Services Authority former managing director of supervision Jon Pain joins KPMG as partner

08 Mar 2011

JJB Sports fined £455,000 for failing to disclose acquisition costs

FSA fines the sports retailer for failing to tell the market about the true cost of two acquisitions

26 Jan 2011

FRC and FSA to share audit information

The Financial Services Authority and the Financial Reporting Council to exchange information in an attempt to improve the oversight of bank audits

17 Jan 2011

PwC's RBS report cost £7.7m

PwC charges £7.7m after it was called in by the FSA to look into the events leading up to RBS' bailout

10 Jan 2011

Accountants banned by FSA over boiler room scam

Paolo Maranzana and Laurence Finger, of Sedley Richard Laurence Voulters, banned and fined by the FSA over boiler room client

15 Dec 2010

RBS chiefs foolish not criminal, FSA finds

Investigations, aided by PwC, finds bad decisions did not amount to fraud

02 Dec 2010

FSA director to join Deloitte

David Strachan will leave the FSA to join Big Four firm

08 Nov 2010

Who should watch the auditors?

The FSA’s discussion paper on the role of auditors in financial services is a positive step, but risks a one size fits all approach, argues Michelle Carroll.

30 Sep 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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