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2014-05-20T12:45:00Z By Tammy Whitehouse
A growing number of audit committees are finding themselves in charge of overseeing internal investigations, and some may be ill-prepared to take on the duty.A recent report from EY and law firm Squire Sanders says more than 70 percent of all public companies undertake some kind of internal investigation. “With ...
2025-10-15T19:16:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Auditors are supposed to keep businesses honest, but how much regulation is the optimum for the auditors – and how onerous and punitive should the enforcement regime be? A new consultation by the U.K. regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, opened on Oct. 1 and has put the vexed question of ...
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.
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