Basel Committee consults on bank audit guidance
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has launched a consultation on amended guidance of external audits of banks, to enhance…
Month: March 2013
Standard setting boards strengthen audit and ethics codes
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) have released strengthened…
The virtues and vices of IFRS
The ongoing debate around the virtues and vices of IFRS has been turned up a notch or two recently. In…
Hong Kong’s FRC appoints CEO
The Hong Kong Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has appointed Mark Dickens as its chief executive officer.Dickens will succeed PM Kam,…
PCAOB to consider reorganisation of auditing standards
The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is considering a proposal to reorganise its auditing standards.The proposed reorganisation is…
Research reveals finance managers’ strong trust in the cloud
Europe's finance managers use the cloud to store sensitive information, according to a research by storage and information management services…
Psychopaths and Criminals
You'd have thought with discussion covering topics such as these, I may have been attending an evening talk hosted by…
Stakeholders debate CC’s findings and audit quality
Audit committee chairs, investors, UK Financial Reporting Council representatives and practitioners expressed concern over some of the UK Competition Commission's…