International accounting

The inspections add to the challenges facing the Shenzhen-based company at the center of China's real estate crisis.

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 U.K. telecom giant was hit by massive fraud at its Italian unit.

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.

Sustainability advocates and accountants say the ISSB’s proposals fall short of what’s needed to protect the environment.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board plans to bolster the International Sustainability Standards Board’s proposed standards with its own.

The Big Four U.K. firm, one former partner and four former employees faced sanctions over auditing problems at two clients.

The Institute of Internal Auditors unveiled new research during its annual international conference in Chicago this week pointing to changes in the internal audit profession worldwide.

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.

The push by the city-state’s firms to offer larger paychecks reflects the broader competition for skilled talent in the financial hub.

The Financial Reporting Council said that four of the eight audits reviewed at Mazars and five of 12 audits at BDO required more than limited improvements.

The ESG standard-setter is merging into the recently formed International Sustainability Standards Board.

Audits of sportswear retailer failed to highlight possible related party, inventory and website sales risks.

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. 

KKR is seeking a valuation of more than $2.7 billion in a potential sale of the accounting software maker to Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

CliftonLarsonAllen, a Top 10 Firm, is forming CLA Global Limited in collaboration with Evelyn Partners, a U.K.-based wealth management group.

The group is urging CFOs and other finance leaders to improve the quality of sustainability information and processes by championing an “integrated mindset.”

The chemical and automotive fluid manufacturer will realign its business units in the wake of a bookkeeping investigation triggered by whistleblowers.

Cash flow management is an indispensable aspect of any business looking to achieve success and profitability; however, many small business owners have very little cash on hand.

There’s a standoff brewing between European lawmakers and the Big Four as they try to lay claim to an ESG market that may generate fees of as much as $8 billion a year.