Competition Commission waters down audit reforms
Competition watchdog retreats from contentious plans and imposes ten year audit tendering rules
Audit Reform Special
Report questions auditors’ ethics
Research from Harvard finds auditors in India are bending the rules for the benefit of senior management at the company in which they are auditing
EU moves close to imposing mandatory auditor rotation
Member states agree package of measures that will force companies to switch auditors
Competition Commission must roll back on audit rules
Competition Commission must heed the view of business and adopt FRC approach to audit tendering rules
Standard Chartered could drop KPMG as its auditor
KPMG could see itself ousted as auditor of investment bank after Standard Chartered begins tendering process
Competition watchdog urged to water down audit tendering rules
Competition Commission told to scrap five year audit tendering plans in favour of FRC’s ten year 'comply or explain' approach
Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate
Forcing companies to tender audit work every five years could prove costly, finds Richard Crump
Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year
Taken together, FRC and Competition Commission audit proposals will cost accountants and businesses £100m a year
PCAOB proposes biggest shake-up to US audit reports since 1940s
America's accountancy watchdog wants auditors to reveal more information about the listed companies they audit
FRC rubbishes mandatory five year audit tendering
FRC warns five year tendering could result in a "sham process" that will undermine competition
