PCAOB inspections still find significant audit deficiencies
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) continues to observe serious audit deficiencies in public companies audits as a result…
Month: October 2012
Paradigm shift needed to regain the public’s trust
When Martin Wheatley unveiled his plans for ‘mending’ LIBOR after the Barclays scandal, there were few surprises. As a specific…
Ethics reading lists for finance – from Biology to Chicklit
The summer is over. The evenings are longer. Children are back at school. Full-time students have started university. Many accounting…
Sack the Bard?
What connects Greece, South London Healthcare NHS Trust and Bradford Bulls Rugby League Club? Perhaps it is the lack of…
Don’t let what you know limit what you can imagine
In August, the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) brought together companies, investors, stock exchanges, credit rating agencies, data and analysis…
Leading the way at AAA
In August, the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales (ICAEW) ran a series of panel sessions at the…
Two years on: EC green paper
September marks the second anniversary of the European Commission’s landmark Green Paper – Audit Policy: lessons from the crisis. This…
Internships: Building our Careers
As the autumn is upon us and we have now begun a new academic year, I thought it would be…