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SEC subpoenas Deloitte Shanghai after client fraud

US regulator the SEC has called Deloitte Shanghai to court after it refused to give up audit documents pertaining to client fraud

09 Sep 2011

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ICAEW: 'Big Bang' IFRS adoption best for US

ICAEW insists simultaneous transition is best for major US companies adopting IFRS

28 Jul 2011

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ICAEW helps US focus on global standards

The ICAEW is focusing on IFRS, chairing a debate of the future of the standards in the US and hosting a webinar for UK local authorities

26 Jul 2011

US regulator courts China with joint inspections

US regulators are courting China with calls for joint audit inspections, PCAOB chairman James Doty has revealed

26 Jul 2011

IASB optimism buoys annual report

The IASB's annual report shows optimism and hopes for better days once the rush to US convergence is over

13 Jul 2011

Attention turns to News Corp tax affairs

News Corp's effective tax rate below US corporate tax rate

13 Jul 2011

SEC de-clawed by China state secrets law

Investor protection and the SEC fell flat in the face of Chinese state secret laws, making it hard to crack down on US-listed companies with questionable accounting

11 Jul 2011

IFRS championed by SEC commissioner

Support shown in address to Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals

01 Jul 2011

US SEC roundtable to examine international reporting standards

Investors, small public companies and regulators to discuss IFRS

01 Jul 2011

US regulator may strengthen broker-dealer audit

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering stronger audit requirements for broker-dealers

15 Jun 2011

SEC staff paper gives clues to convergence

An SEC staff paper on convergence was well received by IFRS lovers who say it is a positive signpost

14 Jun 2011

SEC: Reverse mergers risk dodgy accounting

Spate of scandals involving reverse mergers by China-based companies has prompts SEC to issue warning

10 Jun 2011

US regulator prepared to end Barclays' Protium deal

The US regulator found Barclays' Protium deal "inappropriate", after the bank admitted a more pressing motivation behind its strategy

06 Jun 2011

US consults on international accounting standards

US regulators, investors and smaller public companies will come together in July to discuss possible adoption of IFRS

21 Apr 2011

US probes accountants' role in preventing financial crisis

A US inquiry into the role of the accounting profession in preventing another financial crisis opened yesterday, and the body heard from state regulator the SEC

07 Apr 2011

IFRS doesn't fit with XBRL technology, says US watchdog

SEC deputy chief accountant Mike Starr is concerned IFRS is too limited for new technology to standardise finance reports

30 Mar 2011

US regulator investigates audit shortcomings

PCAOB chairman Doty: body to examine audit failings in run-up to financial crisis

17 Mar 2011

Three new members join US audit regulator

PCAOB boosts membership, including new chairman

10 Jan 2011

SEC charges Deloitte US partner and wife with insider trading

Deloitte's Arnold McClellan and wife charged with insider trading. His wife's sister and brother-in-law in the UK charged by the FSA after they receeived tip-offs from the McClellans

01 Dec 2010

US tests standard setter's independence

Securities and Exchange Commission publishes work plan for assessing its decision to accept IFRS and the IASB

29 Oct 2010

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Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

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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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Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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