CFO News

AUGUST 16, 2024

Accountancy firm PwC has been fined by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for failing to report suspicions of fraud during an audit of the LCF fund, in the watchdog's first ever fine against an auditor.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

A number of large accounting groups have turned down requests to audit Greensill Capital as the SoftBank -backed firm mulls a stock market listing, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The United Kingdom-based organization has become one of the most highly valued private finance firms in the nation as of its 2011 establishment.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Two audit firm solutions of Wolters Kluwer have been pre-approved by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), a statutory board of the Singapore government, said Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TAA) Asia Pacific (APAC) recently.

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CFO Dive

APRIL 12, 2023

Back in September, the Big Four accounting firm announced plans to split its auditing and consulting arms into two entities. Now, ‘Project Everest’ has been halted.

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CFO Dive

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The PCAOB cracked down against KPMG for several alleged violations in the latest sign of tougher oversight of the accounting firms that audit publicly listed companies.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Auditing and accounting talent shortage continue to make employers toss and turn, according to a global survey of more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors. When it comes to talent retention, more than 85% of accountants and 90% of auditors said it is either somewhat or extremely difficult.

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JULY 6, 2020

The Big Four accounting firms will have to put their United Kingdom auditing and consulting practices in separate business units by 2024, but may keep them within the same parent companies, under regulations announced today by the Financial Reporting Council. The FRC notified the firms of its intent to compel changes in March.

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The exchanges had sought a clarification from the company after Business Standard reported that the embattled Adani group had appointed accountancy firm Grant Thornton for an independent audit of some of its companies in a bid to come clean of the damning allegations levelled by the US short-seller Hindenburg Research and to assure investors and regulators. (..)

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CFO Dive

JUNE 22, 2022

The new requirements come as many companies have expanded their operations globally, leading to an increase in audits executed by multiple accounting firms.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG , PwC , EY and Deloitte — have escaped a forced breakup from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), The Guardia n reported on Tuesday (Dec. ” “Most people will never read an auditor’s opinion on a company’s accounts,” he said. ”

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Munich prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Ernst & Young ( EY ) audit of Wirecard AG, compounding the firm’s troubles associated with $2.3 EY’s Wirecard fiasco triggered a 90 percent freefall in its share price in June, while critics have come down on the accounting firm for not noticing billions were missing.

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JULY 11, 2019

s so-called Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte — have reportedly failed to reach audit quality standards set by the Financial Reporting Council , Reuters reported this week. Only 75 percent of the audits of the U.K.’s s largest 350 public firms met that 90 percent performance threshold.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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JULY 5, 2020

The German payment processing company’s operating performance in Europe and the Americas was far worse than previously known, according to a report from KPMG, the Netherlands-based global accounting firm, obtained by the newspaper. Wirecard’s filing insolvency two weeks ago has exposed a pair of deposits totaling $2.1

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JUNE 26, 2020

Ernst & Young ( EY ), the global accounting firm hired to verify Wirecard’s financials, failed to request crucial information from a Singapore bank where the German payment processor claimed it had up to 1 billion euros ($1.1 The big question for me is what on earth did EY do when they signed off the accounts?”

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CFO News

JULY 16, 2023

The size of the contract will require the Big Four accounting firm to call in staff from other countries to work on the audit, two people told the FT. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which has been Credit Suisse's auditor since 2020, will audit the acquired bank's accounts for 2023, according to the newspaper.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Kishore Biyani, founder of the Future Group, has challenged the forensic audit process and report submitted by accounting firm BDO India LLP and its lender, Bank of India, at the Bombay High Court. This development comes after Bank of India asked Future Retail and its promoters to respond to a forensic audit report.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 2, 2024

On transitioning from public accounting to industry: “I wanted to feel connected to a business, as opposed to maybe going from every company to company that we were auditing. I wanted to have a team that I could help to develop and grow and to really be in a place where I felt like I was making a difference.”

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Focus CFO

APRIL 7, 2023

Jim has over 30 years of progressive financial and operations leadership beginning with five years of diverse audit experience with Big 4 public accounting firm Arthur Andersen, LLP, including a major fraud investigation. He reated and managed the first internal audit department at a community hospital located in Wheeling, WV.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

An EY whistleblower has alleged the global accounting firm was warned as far back as 2016 that senior managers at Wirecard may have committed fraud and one had tried to bribe an auditor, the Financial Times (FT) reported. An audit by KPMG , a global auditing firm, criticized Wirecard’s lack of transparency.

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MARCH 1, 2020

s audit regulator, announced plans this week to break up the dominance of the largest four accounting firms, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC , according to the Financial Times. The regulator issued letters to those firms, known as the Big Four, Thursday. She said the goal was for audits to be “clear and transparent.”.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 2, 2024

The first thing you need to do to modernize your operations is assess your current processes and policies with an operations audit. During your audit, take a look at your current systems, workflows, and procedures to identify areas that are working well–and those that need improvement.

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JUNE 24, 2020

A KPMG audit was conducted for Wirecard last fall. The Netherlands accounting firm said it was unable to conclude whether revenues booked from three partner processing companies ever existed for 2016, 2017 or 2018, CNBC reported.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2024

Prepare for Audits Inaccurate financial data is one of the top mistakes found in nonprofit audits , but a well-organized bookkeeping system can help you be ready for an audit. Learn More About Nonprofit Accounting Technology Diving into the world of nonprofit accounting software can feel like information overload.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

.’s so-called Big Four accounting giants — PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY — have reportedly set aside more than $212 million in preparation for potential fines ahead as auditing scrutiny grows. million in fines to the auditing industry, three times the value of fines it had issued in the year prior.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Australia’s four biggest banks, along with large accounting firms, have joined forces to defend the use of independent audit firms as consultants. That news led to a Senate vote for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services to investigate conflicts of interest in auditing firms.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

EY’s global chairman and CEO has expressed regret over the accounting firm’s failure to uncover fraud sooner at Wirecard AG , the bankrupt German payment company. Marc Liebscher, a lawyer with the Berlin firm representing Wirecard investors, called EY’s auditing “a disaster” and said the firm should stand trial.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s important to do your due diligence when looking for an accounting partner. Nonprofit accounting has several major differences from for-profit accounting. An accounting firm that specializes in nonprofit accounting knows the legal and tax limitations of a nonprofit organization.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Corporate auditing and accounting firm KPMG remains in the crosshairs of regulators in various parts of the globe. government’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. government’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. .” government’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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APRIL 3, 2019

may be changing course in its efforts to break up the Big Four accountancy firms after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided against such action late last year. audits for large businesses. audits for large businesses. Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (April 1) said a U.K.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 18, 2022

When it comes to ESG assurance, 82% of engagements were limited in scope in 2020, essentially the same as in 2019 (83%), according to a joint study by IFAC, American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) that reviewed data from 1,400 global companies from the G20 nations plus Hong Kong and Singapore. .

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JULY 19, 2020

Wirecard AG’s accounting firm said an independent report failed to account for half of the German payment company’s revenue and all its operating profit, the Financial Times (FT) reported. .

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JUNE 29, 2020

As the fallout from Wirecard ’s troubles unfold, Germany’s deputy finance minister has called for radical solutions to fix how accounting firms are regulated, the Financial Times reported. Last week, the company filed for insolvency, owing creditors almost $4 billion. Only then can we contain the fallout from this affair.”.

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APRIL 15, 2019

In fact, last month new standards were added that included the ability to ban accounting firms from doing business in the country if they don’t do their jobs properly.

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MARCH 19, 2018

regulators are encouraging an inquiry into whether the market’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY — should be broken up and forced to spin off their auditing arms, reports said. So, it seems to me that we ought to have another look at [the audit market].”. A previous inquiry by the then-U.K. “But

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Assurance service providers include audit professionals from accounting firms who help companies identify their reporting parameters, according to the organisation. Audit and assurance professionals require upskilling in carbon accounting and assurance to ensure the quality of information to stakeholders, ISCA said.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 1, 2024

Nonprofit Accounting Expertise and Experience Nonprofit accounting isn’t the same as for-profit business accounting. Your organization needs a nonprofit accountant who understands the differences and has experience in nonprofit accounting.

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