Audit & Accounting

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales plans to develop guidance for auditors on providing assurance on interest rate benchmarks in the wake of the outcry over manipulation of the LIBOR, or London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, which cost the jobs of top executives at the British bank Barclays.

CCH has released a guide and toolset for auditors using the American Institute of CPAs’ newly clarified auditing standards.

An executive summary of our monthly ACI for September

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Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs, a financial, tax and consulting firm serving the Washington, D.C, area, has acquired the litigation support and forensic accounting practices of Greystone Advisory Group LLC.

Approximately one year after joining the company as president and chief operating officer, Laurie Schultz was officially appointed chief executive of audit and risk management software developer ACL, effectively replacing Harald Will.

The Private Company Council that the Financial Accounting Foundation is setting up is intended to serve as the voice of millions of privately held companies during the standard-setting process.

Todd Davis joins the nonfiction media company’s global tax division as executive vice president.

James Buckley will help build the firm’s Government Services Group.