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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

accounting regulators to inspect China-based audits is raising questions about the role of unregistered auditors in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, where several U.S.-listed audit watchdog. audit watchdog. The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This shift has been so acute that small business cloud accounting firm Xero is even petitioning the Oxford English Dictionary to change the definition of “accountant” to one that includes the word “advise.” “There will be changes.

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Global Finance

JULY 30, 2024

Mid-tier accounting firms have found new paths to finance their growing needs. Last November, US accounting firm Forvis purchased the US unit of French Mazars to create a robust audit and advisory network. Tower Brook Capital invested in advisory and accounting expert EisnerAmper.

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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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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A research firm has discovered that the number of material accounting mistakes made by U.S. Massachusetts-based Audit Analytics looked at disclosures from more than 9,000 U.S.-listed listed companies since 2005, finding firms that had to reissue their financials due to errors. tax law and revenue accounting rules.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Separate reports from The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), published last April, also demonstrated the changing nature of corporate finance: While the Big Four accounting firms’ advisory and consulting revenue jumped by a combined 44 percent since 2012, revenue from straightforward auditing for the firms rose just 3 percent in that time.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Today, external auditors and accountants are facing rising pressure to mitigate risk amid market volatility, with analysts pointing to increased auditing fees last year as accounting standards tighten.

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