Audit & Accounting

The Securities and Exchange Commission convened a roundtable of experts to discuss the controversial topic of fair value measurements in accounting.

As the final event in its year-long, 10-city dialogue tour on financial reporting issues, the Center for Audit Quality will stage its final town hall session July 22 at the National Press Club.

Three professional accounting organizations have jointly released new guidelines for combating fraud.

Outsourced accounting company Corefino has snagged $13.6 million in a first round of funding led by Opus Capital Ventures and Bay Partners.

In preparation for the eventual transition to International Financial Reporting Standards, Big Four firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched a suite of educational products and services to help accounting students learn IFRS fundamentals.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting released a draft of its final report.

Accounting Today is issuing a call for nominations for its annual Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list.

Accounting firm Weaver and Tidwell reported that its net revenues for the 2008 fiscal year ending May 31 reached $51 million, a 28 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.

Accounting firm Reznick Group has partnered with Palladium Pacific on a service to provide help to real estate lenders, investors, builders and developers with their troubled real estate assets.

BDO Seidman has admitted 18 new partners to the firm, effective July 1.