ICAEW gains final approval to run probate and ABSs
Accounting Standards

ICAEW gains final approval to run probate and ABSs

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAEW gains final approval to run probate and ABSs

Lord Chancellor signs off on ICAEW's bid to offer licensing for probate licensing and alternative business structure Read More...

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PwC picks up dual ABS licence for legal and Middle East arms
Accounting Firms

PwC picks up dual ABS licence for legal and Middle East arms

10y Legal Week

PwC picks up dual ABS licence for legal and Middle...

PwC legal arm awarded dual alternative business structure (ABS) licences by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority Read More...

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Don’t look back in anger
Accounting Firms

Don’t look back in anger

10y Idris Nagri

Don’t look back in anger

Accountancy Age asks eight UK managing partners what lessons they’ve learned in the last 12 months and what they expect for the year ahead Read More...

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Last minute deal pushes through EU audit reform
Audit

Last minute deal pushes through EU audit reform

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Last minute deal pushes through EU audit reform

EU rules will impose mandatory audit rotation, restrict non-audit services, cap non-audit fees and enhance supervision Read More...

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FRC to review standard of bank audits
Audit

FRC to review standard of bank audits

10y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC to review standard of bank audits

Improvements to the quality of auditing of banks and building societies have been insufficient, FRC says Read More...

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ICAEW gains probate and ABS powers
Accounting Standards

ICAEW gains probate and ABS powers

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAEW gains probate and ABS powers

ICAEW to regulate probate service provision among members, and to license alternative business structures (ABSs) Read More...

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Opinion: Adding value to clients requires wholesale change
Accounting Firms

Opinion: Adding value to clients requires wholesale change

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Opinion: Adding value to clients requires wholesal...

The Accountancy Age/Twinfield senior practitioner roundtable revealed a whole host of business issues to address before value can be added to client r...

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Deloitte, MG Rover and the Tribunal... the story so far
Accounting Firms

Deloitte, MG Rover and the Tribunal... the story so far

11y Idris Nagri

Deloitte, MG Rover and the Tribunal... the story s...

Rachael Singh looks at how accountancy's tribunal came to calculate the record-breaking fine against Deloitte for its work on collapsed car manufactur...

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Crackdown on LLPs will catch 'reasonable' arrangements
Accounting Firms

Crackdown on LLPs will catch 'reasonable' arrangements

11y Idris Nagri

Crackdown on LLPs will catch 'reasonable' arrangem...

Government policy is hitting the efficiency and attractiveness of partnerships and LLPs as vehicles through which to do business Read More...

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Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year
Audit

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a y...

Taken together, FRC and Competition Commission audit proposals will cost accountants and businesses £100m a year Read More...

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FRC audit rules should have been given time to take root
Audit

FRC audit rules should have been given time to take root

11y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC audit rules should have been given time to tak...

Mandatory five year audit tendering will do little to improve competition for FTSE 350 work Read More...

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Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders
Audit

Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Competition Commission outlines five-year audit te...

Auditors to bid for work every five years under new competition rules; but avoid mandatory rotation Read More...

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ICAEW hits back against Law Society's probate criticism
Accounting Firms

ICAEW hits back against Law Society's probate criticism

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAEW hits back against Law Society's probate crit...

Institute outlines a riposte to Law Society concerns on probate, to the Legal Services Board Read More...

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Analysis: Law Society's beef with the ICAEW's probate plans
Accounting Firms

Analysis: Law Society's beef with the ICAEW's probate plans

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Analysis: Law Society's beef with the ICAEW's prob...

Accountancy Age runs through concerns about the ICAEW's plan to become a probate licensing body, as the institute looks to defend itself Read More...

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FRC rethinks controversial going concern proposals
Business Regulation

FRC rethinks controversial going concern proposals

11y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC rethinks controversial going concern proposals

Accounting regulator to change going concern proposals in response to criticism from the profession Read More...

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Insolvency complaints body launched
Business Recovery

Insolvency complaints body launched

11y Idris Nagri

Insolvency complaints body launched

Government cuts red tape and launches a single complaints gateway across the insolvency profession Read More...

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Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary practice?
Accounting Firms

Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary practice?

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary pr...

New financial services rules in the form of The Retail Distribution Review have made firms think again about their future direction Read More...

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Audit reforms are a great compromise: no one is happy
Audit

Audit reforms are a great compromise: no one is happy

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Audit reforms are a great compromise: no one is ha...

Neither the Big Four nor mid-tier firms are happy with Sajjad Karim’s proposals for 14-year mandatory audit rotation. The essence of a good compromise...

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Audit reforms “nudge” in right direction but leave many unsatisfied
Audit

Audit reforms “nudge” in right direction but leave many unsatisfied

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Audit reforms “nudge” in right direction but leave...

Compromised stance on auditor rotation periods leave profession unsatisfied for different reasons Read More...

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Audit market “flirting with stagnation”, says PCAOB chair
Audit

Audit market “flirting with stagnation”, says PCAOB chair

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Audit market “flirting with stagnation”, says PCAO...

Lack of information and difficulty in discerning the difference between audits risks market stagnation, warns James Doty Read More...

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KPMG could face FRC investigation over HBOS audit
People In Practice

KPMG could face FRC investigation over HBOS audit

11y Idris Nagri

KPMG could face FRC investigation over HBOS audit

FRC announces it will look into whether KPMG will be investigated for a future tribunal over its audit work at HBOS Read More...

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Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking
Accounting Firms

Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclus...

Big Four audit firms criticise basis of watchdog's conclusions as "flawed", "unsound" and based on selective evidence Read More...

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The Practitioner: No post-holiday blues
Corporate Governance

The Practitioner: No post-holiday blues

11y Idris Nagri

The Practitioner: No post-holiday blues

An extended break for The Practitioner sees the mojo return Read More...

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Investor power at core of Competition Commission remedies
Accounting Firms

Investor power at core of Competition Commission remedies

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Investor power at core of Competition Commission r...

Greater visibility of work done by auditors and audit committees will prove their interests are being served Read More...

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Big Four dismiss claims they are failing shareholders
Accounting Firms

Big Four dismiss claims they are failing shareholders

11y Idris Nagri

Big Four dismiss claims they are failing sharehold...

Competition Commission claims that auditors have misaligned incentives between shareholders and management, denied by Big Four Read More...

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Leader: Audit 'baby steps' are pragmatic
Accounting Firms

Leader: Audit 'baby steps' are pragmatic

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: Audit 'baby steps' are pragmatic

Competition Commission takes a realistic, but relatively unexciting, view on opening up the audit market Read More...

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Auditors should reveal more about potential risk, say readers
Audit

Auditors should reveal more about potential risk, say readers

11y Idris Nagri

Auditors should reveal more about potential risk, ...

Audit reports should provide greater detail, Accountancy Age readers say in a poll Read More...

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