Audit & Accounting

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new service covering all aspects of financial management and controllership, including accounting and financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cost and cash management, business combinations, and internal controls and risk management.

One time I had a client who became his company’s CEO. At one meeting I asked him how he spent his days and how he managed the transition to CEO.

Thirty percent of companies reported experiencing some form of fraud in their supply chain, according to a new poll.

Check out the digital edition of the April issue of Accounting Today.

KPMG Southern Africa, a member of the global advisory network, has ended a 15-year stint auditing companies controlled by the Johannesburg-based Gupta family, after the ruling party and the national graft ombudsman announced investigations into its alleged influence over the state.

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The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has issued provisional sustainability accounting standards for the infrastructure sector, including electric utilities, engineering and construction services, gas utilities, home builders, real estate owners, developers and investment trusts, real estate services, waste management and waste utilities.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update to improve the accounting for employee share-based payments.

The typical organization loses 5 percent of its revenue to fraud each year, according to a new report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

One out of three internal audit departments worldwide are now outsourcing at least some of their work to a third party, according to a new study.