FRC drops investigation into PwC’s Intu Properties audits
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Kyle Brasseur2023-12-19T15:00:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced it closed its investigation into Big Four firm PwC’s audit work at collapsed real estate investment trust Intu Properties.
In January, the regulator launched its probe into PwC’s audits of Intu’s financial statements for the years ended December 2017 and 2018.
The probe was dropped after the FRC found “the relevant person(s) should no longer be liable for enforcement action,” it said in a press release Tuesday.
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