The National Audit Office has being given the go-ahead to audit the building of the controversial new Wembley Stadium. Read More...
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View articleFinance directors should start focusing on accounting developments at a global level as the 2005 deadline for the switch over nears, warns mid-tier fi...
View articleUnder-fire Andersen has received a boost after the board of FTSE-100 client Cadbury Schweppes, 'unanimously' recommended the firm be retained as its a...
View articleGlobal standard setter, the International Accounting Standards Board, claims its decision not to release the names of its corporate backers is not an ...
View articleSir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board yesterday appeared to be using the Enron crisis to push the US to endorse ...
View articleThe chief of a leading investment consultancy has joined the growing chorus of industry leaders calling for compulsory auditor rotation. Read More...
View articleOur revelation today that the ICAEW’s council is set to recommend a hike in membership fees will surprise few members, least of all Howard Leigh...
View articleNational Audit Office role to be expanded to improve scrutiny of Whitehall finances. Read More...
View articleThe UK accounting profession yesterday urged the US Securities & Exchange Commission to resist demands for compulsory auditor rotation and restric...
View articleAt a Senate committee hearing today, Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, called for the adoption of internati...
View articleThe UK accounting profession yesterday urged the US Securities & Exchange Commission to resist demands for compulsory auditor rotation and restric...
View articleUK and global standard-setters were this week facing the first open challenge to their authority with the launch of a standards' rating tool by Pricew...
View articleAuditor rotation is not the panacea to erase doubts over the profession's independence and objectivity in audit contracts, warns the head of audit at ...
View articleDebate around the Accountancy age manifesto for change in the profession continues this week on the subject of auditor rotation. KPMG's Ted Awty says ...
View articleLord Wakeham is one of six directors to quit the Enron board according to an announcement filed by the company last night. Read More...
View articleAndersen has been dropped as auditor by SunTrust, the US banking group, in favour of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More...
View articleHouse of Commons Select Committees are to get new powers, staff and money to scrutinise the accounts and financial affairs of every government departm...
View articleAccountants and standards setters are urging the International Accounting Standards Board to reaffirm its commitment to principles-based standards. Re...
View articleComptroller and auditor general Sir John Bourn has qualified his certificate on the Teachers Pension Scheme because too many local authorities have fa...
View articleICAS president Andrew Christie has lashed out at critics of auditors, urging a move to reestablish the balance of blame. Read More...
View articleAuditors and audit committees might believe they operate independently, and if this is not the perception there will be no confidence in capital marke...
View articleFollowing publication of Accountancy Age's manifesto last week, key figures in the profession will be debating our proposals. Gerry Acher sees merit, ...
View articleIn the long run auditors and accountants, let alone management consultants, have more to fear from Enron than politicians; more regulation is on the c...
View articleAndersen chief Joseph Berardino yesterday used accounting rules and a lack of knowledge to fight many accusations and tough questions thrown at him fo...
View articleFinance directors should be on their guard against massaging company profits as economic pressures mount and profit warnings soar, accountants have be...
View articleLord Wakeham looked set to face an ICAEW investigation after trade unionists complained about the former Tory energy minister's role in the Enron affa...
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