By Kyle Brasseur2020-10-30T16:04:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council has singled out audit firms Grant Thornton and Mazars as needing to significantly improve audit quality in the wake of recent inspection findings.
2021-10-06T16:23:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council has begun an investigation into Mazars concerning its audit of financially ailing retail company French Connection Group, which has just been sold.
2020-10-23T16:54:00Z By Neil Hodge
The proposed changes reflect regulatory fears that U.K. companies will be tempted to hide the scale of their financial losses as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to dent balance sheets.
2020-07-14T16:22:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Financial Reporting Council published the results of its latest round of audit inspections, concluding one-third of the reviewed audits conducted by the seven largest U.K. firms required a notable level of improvement.
2025-10-07T20:32:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, can improve audit quality in significant ways. As the regulatory overseer of public-company audits, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a critical role to play by ensuring that its audit standards evolve as the audit profession evolves.
2025-07-21T14:13:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Continuing a Trump administration practice of firing independent regulators, the head of the Public Accounting Oversight Board has been sent packing.
2025-06-03T21:33:00Z By CW Staff
Nearly 200 attendees gathered at the Hotel Zaza in Austin, Texas for Compliance Week’s 2025 June 3-4. This year’s conference brought together compliance professionals from across the globe to discuss how rapidly shifting politics, policies and supply chain realities are affecting their jobs, and share best practices to respond.
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