Irish regulator names first-ever chairman
Corporate Governance

Irish regulator names first-ever chairman

18y AccountancyAge.com

Irish regulator names first-ever chairman

Irish institute makes key appointment in role of chairman of the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB) Read More...

View article
Audit choice lurches closer to reform
Audit

Audit choice lurches closer to reform

18y Penny Sukhraj , Writer

Audit choice lurches closer to reform

The FRC is to create a new group to discuss how to take forward attempts to widen choice in the audit market Read More...

View article
Watchdogs team up on audit regulation
Audit

Watchdogs team up on audit regulation

18y Alex Hawkes , Reporter

Watchdogs team up on audit regulation

FRC joins move to share information between audit watchdogs Read More...

View article
ANALYSIS: Is the Big Four boom over?
Accounting Firms

ANALYSIS: Is the Big Four boom over?

18y Alex Hawkes , Reporter

ANALYSIS: Is the Big Four boom over?

Kieran Poynter's comments this week have opened debate about where the top firms are going. Read More...

View article
KPMG proposes access to ongoing audit files
Audit

KPMG proposes access to ongoing audit files

18y Penny Sukhraj , Writer

KPMG proposes access to ongoing audit files

KPMG's contribution to FRC consultation on choice in the audit market says that incoming auditors should be allowed access to files of their predeces...

View article
ASB chair rejects IFRS labelling as 'rogues' charter'
Accounting Standards

ASB chair rejects IFRS labelling as 'rogues' charter'

18y Penny Sukhraj , Writer

ASB chair rejects IFRS labelling as 'rogues' chart...

Ian Mackintosh rejects 'nostalgic' critics of IFRS Read More...

View article
Safety in numbers
Audit

Safety in numbers

18y Accountancy Age

Safety in numbers

Joint audits could resolve the issue of audit choice Read More...

View article
FDs and firms clash over joint audit
Audit

FDs and firms clash over joint audit

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

FDs and firms clash over joint audit

The Hundred Group’s proposal has been met with fierce opposition, as even mid-tier firms, the potential beneficiaries of joint audits, slam the idea ...

View article
Tackling the audit market
Audit

Tackling the audit market

18y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Tackling the audit market

What to do about the Big Four audit market? The Association of British Insurers has been pretty clear about their view Read More...

View article
FSA urges Big Four to comply with Code
Accounting Firms

FSA urges Big Four to comply with Code

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

FSA urges Big Four to comply with Code

FSA wants the Big Four to subject themselves to the same governance rules as listed companies Read More...

View article
Business mauled by ferocious watchdog
Audit

Business mauled by ferocious watchdog

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

Business mauled by ferocious watchdog

Is the Financial Reporting Review Panel, the FRC’s company reporting watchdog, finally beginning to bare its teeth? Read More...

View article
Mid-tier say report findings prove their credentials
Audit

Mid-tier say report findings prove their credentials

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

Mid-tier say report findings prove their credentia...

The mid-tier will be well-placed to continue its campaign to break into the listed audit market dominated by the giant firms  Read More...

View article
Pressure mounts to name names
Corporate Finance

Pressure mounts to name names

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

Pressure mounts to name names

The FRC owes it to the public to disclose the AIU’s findings on individual firms Read More...

View article
Watchdog condemned for maintaining audit quality 'myth'
Audit

Watchdog condemned for maintaining audit quality 'myth'

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

Watchdog condemned for maintaining audit quality '...

Firms say the way the FRC's Audit Inspection Unit disclosed its yearly report is to blame for 'suggestions' that the mid-tier trailed the Big Four on...

View article
Labour MP demands end to Big Four dominance
Audit

Labour MP demands end to Big Four dominance

18y AccountancyAge.com

Labour MP demands end to Big Four dominance

MP tables an early day motion in the House of Commons condemning the 'monopoly' of the Big Four Read More...

View article
AIU report proves mid-tier quality says Newman
Audit

AIU report proves mid-tier quality says Newman

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

AIU report proves mid-tier quality says Newman

BDO Stoy Hayward boss says AIU report shows that mid-tier audits match Big Four standard Read More...

View article
RSM Robson Rhodes ditches Heer’s ambitious £200m goal
Company News

RSM Robson Rhodes ditches Heer’s ambitious £200m goal

18y Nicholas Neveling , Writer

RSM Robson Rhodes ditches Heer’s ambitious £200m g...

RSM Robson Rhodes has to scrap plans to become a £200m firm by 2007 and may have to ask partners for additional finance in order to continue growing ...

View article
What is the Enron effect?
Company News

What is the Enron effect?

18y Gavin Hinks , Writer

What is the Enron effect?

Last week's verdict marks another milestone in the fallout from the energy giant's collapse Read More...

View article
Will caps fit the bill?
Company News

Will caps fit the bill?

18y Paul Grant , Writer

Will caps fit the bill?

Now that the issue over auditor liability has been resolved – surprise opposition from the House of Commons aside – the profession will turn the glar...

View article
CIMA slams ICAEW recruiting tactics
Accounting Standards

CIMA slams ICAEW recruiting tactics

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

CIMA slams ICAEW recruiting tactics

CIMA chief executive Charles Tilley questions the professionalism of the ICAEW over recruitment issues Read More...

View article
Corporate governance: behavioural issues
Corporate Governance

Corporate governance: behavioural issues

18y Damian Wild , Reporter

Corporate governance: behavioural issues

Insider business club: our experts warn the governance pendulum may have swung too far Read More...

View article
Liability is a weighty issue
Politics

Liability is a weighty issue

18y Accountancy Age

Liability is a weighty issue

Will government concessions provide a strong safety net? Read More...

View article
Big Four 'arrogance' cannot paper over the cracks exposed by Oxera
Company News

Big Four 'arrogance' cannot paper over the cracks exposed by Oxera

18y Accountancy Age

Big Four 'arrogance' cannot paper over the cracks ...

The debate over who should be auditing the FTSE 350 is now well truly open with the battle lines clearly defined Read More...

View article
Financial watchdog launches future plans
Company News

Financial watchdog launches future plans

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Financial watchdog launches future plans

FRC looks to work internationally in 2007 Read More...

View article
More questions than answers
Audit

More questions than answers

18y Paul Grant , Writer

More questions than answers

Will the FRC's imminent views on increasing choice in the audit market really signal a way forward? Read More...

View article
Four's company, five's even better
Accounting Firms

Four's company, five's even better

18y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Four's company, five's even better

What to do with the Big Four and their competition issues? Read More...

View article
Nick told to ‘get off my Land’
People Business

Nick told to ‘get off my Land’

18y rumo , Writer

Nick told to ‘get off my Land’

Having been chairman of Ernst & Young for 12 years, you would have thought that Nick Land, profiled on page 19 of this week’s mag, could get...

View article
An end to innuendo
Audit

An end to innuendo

18y Accountancy Age

An end to innuendo

Gerald Russell praises the Oxera Report for ending false perceptions Read More...

View article
1 54 55 56 57 58 62