Audit

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finalized slightly fewer enforcement actions against accountants in 2017, slipping from 79 in 2016 to 75 last year, according to a new report.

The Institute of Internal Auditors and the Internal Audit Foundation are seeking teams for a case study competition at the 2018 Internal Auditing Education Partnership Exchange in Orlando this September.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV suspended former Chief Financial Officer Ben La Grange and ex-director Stehan Grobler in the first action taken against current employees of the company following an accounting scandal.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Monday on its inspections last year of auditors of brokers and dealers, indicating a continuing high number of audit deficiencies overall, albeit with fewer independence violations than in previous years.

For KPMG, another week, another rebuke from U.K. accounting regulators.

The developer of cloud-based auditing software has finished a second round led by Battery Ventures.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has decided to focus on its main certification of Certified Internal Auditor while phasing out three of its less popular specialty certifications.

The AICPA's Chuck Landes looks both back and ahead to track where this core service has been -- and where it's going.

The Big Four firm netted almost three times as many new engagements as any other auditor.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a draft version of its five-year strategic plan and is asking for public comment.

One crucial requirement is an indisputable audit trail that satisfies the evidence requirements of even the most scrutinizing auditor.

The Center for Audit Quality has published a guide to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new audit reporting model and the critical audit matters that auditors will be required to start including in their audit reports next year.

Three firm leaders shared their challenges and the new trends they are facing.

The accountancy profession, and the role of audit, have responded to an increasing pace of change in our society, economy and capital markets.

The Government Accountability Office has updated its auditing standards guide.

The International Federation of Accountants has released an updated reference.

Chris Geier has been watching what is going on at Deloitte and wondering who the next leader will be.

PricewaterhouseCoopers was blamed for negligence in the audit of Colonial BancGroup.

The withheld information would have “materially impacted” the assessments had it been made available to the auditor, KPMG said in a letter to the fund.

Xerox Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer John Visentin blasted his Fujifilm Holdings Corp. counterpart’s efforts to revive merger talks and warned he doesn’t plan to renew the companies’ Asia joint venture in 2021.