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The Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a fiscal report for public comment with three main goals for the next four years.

At this rate, 2022 penalties will eclipse annual penalties levied in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The board aims to modernize standards, enhance inspections, strengthen enforcement and improve organizational effectiveness.

Gary Gensler has been encouraging the PCAOB to update more of the standards to take into account the way firms are working today.

Five of China's largest state-owned companies announced plans to delist from U.S. exchanges as the two countries struggle to come to an agreement allowing American regulators to inspect audits of Chinese businesses.

The SEC's proposed climate change framework is prescriptive, detailed and extensive.

Two of 11 individuals charged with running an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme have settled with the commission.

Erica Williams is throwing cold water on a workaround that’s been floated as a way to avoid delisting of Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges.

JP Morgan, UBS and TradeStation Securities all settled with the commission over accusations their identity theft protection controls were inadequate.

The board's chair, Erica Williams, said the PCAOB is working on updated auditing standards and stricter enforcement and inspections.

Regulators from the two countries have been locked in negotiations over granting U.S. auditor watchdogs complete and open access to the audit work papers of about 200 Chinese companies.

The PCAOB is being urged to update older standards more quickly.

The whistleblower program ignores its own rules, shields much of its work from the public, and has been a financial boon for law firms that hired former agency officials

The commission filed insider trading charges against a former Coinbase employee -- but some argue that the assets involved aren't under its jurisdiction.

To truly reap the benefits of ESG, it’s critical for companies to enact secure data standards, making metrics consistent, accurate and trackable.

The clock is ticking to avoid a 2024 deadline for kicking businesses off the NYSE and Nasdaq unless U.S. regulators get full access to inspect their audit work papers.

U.S. and Chinese officials have been negotiating for more than two years to ensure staff from the PCAOB can access the audit papers of Chinese companies traded in the U.S. 

Progress hinges in part over the scope of redactions in audit work papers of Chinese companies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies have been keeping watch as the capital markets go through a period of volatility amid rising inflation and interest rates, looking for telltale signs of financial fraud.

With 2022 getting off to a slightly slower start, J&S Associate netted five new engagements.