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PremiumChinese regulators impose six-month ban, $62M fine on PwC’s China unit
Chinese authorities banned PwC’s Chinese unit from performing audits in the country for six months, labeling the subsidiary’s flawed audit work as complicit in the failure of giant property developer Evergrande.
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PremiumWhat future holds for PCAOB post China crackdowns
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s first enforcement settlements with mainland China and Hong Kong firms won’t be the last, as the chair of the regulator says its “just getting started.” U.S. firms must be mindful of the specific ethical issues highlighted.
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News BriefChina-based PwC affiliates fined $7M in historic PCAOB actions
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed $7 million in total penalties against two PwC affiliates under its first settlements with mainland Chinese and Hong Kong firms since the passage of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
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News BriefPCAOB finds ‘unacceptable’ deficiency rates in first China/Hong Kong inspections
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found seven of eight audit engagements it reviewed in China and Hong Kong contained “unacceptable rates” of deficiencies.
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ArticlePCAOB announces ‘complete access’ to audit papers of Chinese firms
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced it received “complete access to inspect and investigate” audit firms in China and Hong Kong, potentially averting the delisting of hundreds of Chinese public companies from U.S. exchanges.
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ArticleDeloitte China fined $20M for ‘basic’ audit standard violations
The Chinese affiliate of Big Four audit firm Deloitte agreed to pay a $20 million penalty and undertake extensive remedial measures as part of a settlement with the SEC for audit failures that included asking clients to conduct their own audit work.
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ArticleSEC warns auditors of risks in taking on Chinese clients
U.S.-based audit firms seeking new public company clients in China should ensure they have full access to previous audits and work papers before taking the job or risk potential enforcement, the acting chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned.
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Article‘A step in the process’: PCAOB, China agree on U.S. audit access
U.S. audit regulators are set to end yearslong inspection barriers to the work of public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong after the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reached agreement with Chinese regulators on a new access framework.
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ArticleChinese companies facing HFCAA delisting seeking alternatives
Chinese businesses identified as noncompliant with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act are trying a variety of strategies to circumvent or comply with the law before they are delisted from U.S. exchanges.
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ArticleBaidu headlines new batch of HFCAA designations
Technology giant Baidu is the latest high-profile Chinese company to be warned by the Securities and Exchange Commission of potential delisting under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
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ArticleSEC adds Weibo to HFCAA watchlist
The Securities and Exchange Commission added Chinese social media giant Weibo Corp. to its list of companies not in compliance with the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
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ArticleSEC notifies five Chinese companies of HFCAA noncompliance
The Securities and Exchange Commission has notified five China-based public companies they could be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges if they do not allow their audits to be inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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ArticleErica Williams sworn in as PCAOB chair
Erica Williams assumes leadership of a newly reconstituted Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that can count implementation of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act among its top priorities.
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ArticleSEC approves rule establishing process for delisting foreign companies
The SEC approved a rule establishing the process for delisting foreign companies from U.S-based exchanges if they do not allow U.S. regulators to examine their finances.
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ArticleSEC seeks more risk disclosures from China-based companies
The SEC will require China-based public companies listed on U.S. exchanges to make more disclosures about the financial risks posed by potential interference in their operations by the Chinese government.
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ArticleSEC seeking comment on new foreign audit oversight rules
The SEC is seeking comment on new submission and disclosure rules related to foreign public companies that are not allowing U.S.-based auditors to review their financial statements.
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ArticleSEC, China react as Trump approves foreign audit oversight bill
President Donald Trump signed into law a measure that will kick publicly traded Chinese companies off U.S.-based exchanges if they refuse to allow U.S. regulators to examine their finances.
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ArticleLuckin Coffee to pay $180M for accounting fraud
China-based Luckin Coffee has agreed to a $180 million penalty as part of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve charges related to the coffee chain’s inflated-sales scandal.
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ArticleCongress passes bill forcing Chinese companies to comply with U.S. audit rules
In a bipartisan and unanimous vote, the House passed a bill Wednesday that could kick publicly traded Chinese-based companies off U.S. exchanges.
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ArticleU.S. takes aim at China with stock delisting bill
The “Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act,” passed unanimously by the Senate and now headed to the House, looks to rein in accounting improprieties of Chinese-based companies listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange.