BDO issues going concern warning over Coventry City
Audit

BDO issues going concern warning over Coventry City

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

BDO issues going concern warning over Coventry Cit...

Auditors from BDO issue a going concern warning against Coventry City Football Club Read More...

View article
Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in banks
Audit

Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in banks

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in bank...

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision publish rules that will force banks to listen to their internal auditors Read More...

View article
New auditors for FTSE companies
Accounting Firms

New auditors for FTSE companies

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

New auditors for FTSE companies

Kazakhmys and H R Owen make new auditor appointments, with KPMG and BDO winning new clients Read More...

View article
Get the latest analysis and reports delivered to your inbox daily
Big Four book rise in audit fees for 2011
Audit

Big Four book rise in audit fees for 2011

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Big Four book rise in audit fees for 2011

Big Four increase audit fees by 0.9%, compared to a 2.2% decline by their smaller counterparts in 2011 Read More...

View article
FRC receives green light to reform its structure
Audit

FRC receives green light to reform its structure

13y Rachael Singh

FRC receives green light to reform its structure

House of Lords and House of Commons approve reform of FRC which will see its seven departments reduced to two Read More...

View article
IAASB proposed mandatory auditor commentary
Accounting Standards

IAASB proposed mandatory auditor commentary

13y Richard Crump , Writer

IAASB proposed mandatory auditor commentary

Global assurance board consults on proposals to improve how and what auditors report on in financial statements Read More...

View article
E&Y cleared in Lehman Brothers investigation
Audit

E&Y cleared in Lehman Brothers investigation

13y Rachael Singh

E&Y cleared in Lehman Brothers investigation

Financial Reporting Council announces no action taken against Ernst & Young as auditors of Lehman Brothers International Europe Read More...

View article
Kentz ditches BDO as auditors in favour of PwC
Accounting Firms

Kentz ditches BDO as auditors in favour of PwC

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Kentz ditches BDO as auditors in favour of PwC

Decision to split with BDO brings 17-year audit relationship to an end Read More...

View article
Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO dropped
Audit

Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO dropped

13y Rachael Singh

Court case against ex-Healthcare Locums CFO droppe...

Case against Healthcare Locums' ex-CFO, former vice chairwoman and ex-chairman over accounting irregularities is dismissed in the US Read More...

View article
NAO identifies gaps in government approach to internal audit
Audit

NAO identifies gaps in government approach to internal audit

13y Richard Crump , Writer

NAO identifies gaps in government approach to inte...

Report finds service does not always focus on the right issues and is often not of sufficient quality to be useful in decision-making Read More...

View article
AIU warns Deloitte against compromising audit quality
Audit

AIU warns Deloitte against compromising audit quality

13y Richard Crump , Writer

AIU warns Deloitte against compromising audit qual...

Quality of future audits may be affected by fee pressures and initiatives to improve efficiencies, AIU warns Read More...

View article
Colin: Nevermind the quality
Audit

Colin: Nevermind the quality

13y Taking Stock

Colin: Nevermind the quality

Big firms make big changes Read More

View article
KPMG told to improve audit of impairments
Audit

KPMG told to improve audit of impairments

13y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG told to improve audit of impairments

Failings include insufficient consideration of growth rates, source data and methodologies used by management in considering the potential for impairm...

View article
FRC: Big Four risk swapping quality for quantity in audits
Audit

FRC: Big Four risk swapping quality for quantity in audits

13y Rachael Singh

FRC: Big Four risk swapping quality for quantity i...

FRC raises concerns that the drive to increase competition could be jeopardising audit quality Read More...

View article
Sharman hands auditors enhanced going concern role
Audit

Sharman hands auditors enhanced going concern role

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Sharman hands auditors enhanced going concern role

Sharman Inquiry hands auditors an enhanced role by providing a specific statement on the directors' going concern assessment process and its outcome R...

View article
FRC fires warning shot over audit quality
Audit

FRC fires warning shot over audit quality

13y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC fires warning shot over audit quality

Cost-cutting is damaging sufficiency of audit work, industry watchdog finds Read More...

View article
Arguments against auditor rotation appear desperate
Audit

Arguments against auditor rotation appear desperate

13y Eric Tracey

Arguments against auditor rotation appear desperat...

The argument that changing auditor risks a decline in audit quality cannot be taken seriously, writes Eric Tracey Read More...

View article
APB consults on changes to internal audit standards
Audit

APB consults on changes to internal audit standards

13y Richard Crump , Writer

APB consults on changes to internal audit standard...

The proposed changes will bring UK and Ireland standards into line with corresponding standards issued by IAASB Read More...

View article
Deloitte overtakes PwC as FTSE 250 auditor
Audit

Deloitte overtakes PwC as FTSE 250 auditor

13y Rachael Singh

Deloitte overtakes PwC as FTSE 250 auditor

Morningstar rankings show Deloitte has 69 FTSE 250 clients, overtaking PwC’s 67 Read More...

View article
Tweedie: Auditors must change “golf course” perception
Audit

Tweedie: Auditors must change “golf course” perception

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Tweedie: Auditors must change “golf course” percep...

Auditors need to get rid of the perception that winning business "is like playing golf" with their clients Read More...

View article
EU waiting on outcome of Competition Commission probe
Audit

EU waiting on outcome of Competition Commission probe

13y Richard Crump , Writer

EU waiting on outcome of Competition Commission pr...

If Commission comes out in favour of the Big Four's oligopoly, it could prove damaging for the EU proposals Read More...

View article
ICAEW: Regulation won’t instil trust in auditors
Audit

ICAEW: Regulation won’t instil trust in auditors

13y Rachael Singh

ICAEW: Regulation won’t instil trust in auditors

The profession, not the regulators, must drive to inject trust into the profession says ICAEW chairman of audit and assurance Read More...

View article
Don’t be so defensive, FRC chief tells audit profession
Audit

Don’t be so defensive, FRC chief tells audit profession

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Don’t be so defensive, FRC chief tells audit profe...

Speaking at an ASIG conference Stephen Haddrill said the profession's defensive stance is "not necessary or appropriate" Read More...

View article
Deloitte appointed auditors at Pinewood Shepperton
Accounting Firms

Deloitte appointed auditors at Pinewood Shepperton

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Deloitte appointed auditors at Pinewood Shepperton

E&Y steps down from Pinewood Shepperton audit as the studio's new owners take control Read More...

View article
Moving up the audit food chain
Audit

Moving up the audit food chain

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Moving up the audit food chain

Mid-tier firms hope AIU report will offer tastier audit clients. But are their eyes bigger than their bellies? Read More...

View article
Beeb's finance function faces more cost-cutting
Audit

Beeb's finance function faces more cost-cutting

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Beeb's finance function faces more cost-cutting

BBC's finance function aims for another five-year efficiency plan Read More...

View article
CCW needs improvements says AIU report
Accounting Firms

CCW needs improvements says AIU report

13y Rachael Singh

CCW needs improvements says AIU report

Latest audit inspection report into firms' audits highlights improvements needed in at least three of the five audits reviewed at CCW Read More...

View article
1 40 41 42 43 44 190