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French investigators target anticompetitive practices in largest accounting firms

2026-02-05T00:55:00+00:00By

Major accountancy firms in France are under investigation for anti-competitive practices. The French competition watchdog embarked on a series of “unannounced inspections” and removed documents relating to audit and reporting on Jan. 13.

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SOX was built for humans. AI doesn’t fit that model.

2026-01-22T17:36:00+00:00By Diana Mugambi CW guest columnist

For more than two decades, assurance and compliance frameworks have rested on a simple assumption: Material decisions are made by people. Post‑Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) assurance reset worked because it aligned accountability with human behavior. That assumption shapes how internal controls are designed, how accountability is assigned, and how assurance is ...

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CPE Webcast: Hot Topics in Risk and Compliance: AI, Analytics, and Emerging Audit Technologies

2025-12-16T14:00:00+00:00Provided by

Join experts from KPMG, Cisco, and Workiva as they explore how audit, accounting, and finance professionals can leverage a technology mix of data analytics, gen AI, and other tools to ramp up efficiency and strengthen control effectiveness.