The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has named Sarah Ball Teslik, executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors, as its new chief executive.

Securities and Exchange Commission chief accountant Donald T. Nicolaisen has asked KPMG LLP to correct a statement that he says the firm attributed to him in a letter it sent to clients.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for qualified accounting professors to fill four available academic fellowships at its headquarters in Washington.

New York (Sept. 21, 2004) -- A trend among the nation's four largest accounting firms of dropping small audit clients reportedly has the Securities and Exchange Commission's chief accountant concerned.