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DECEMBER 2021

Reforms to insolvency regulation in Britain proposed (22 Dec 2021)
Metro Bank fined £5.4 million by the Bank of England over accounting errors (22 Dec 2021)
PRA fines Metro Bank £5,376,000 for failing in its regulatory reporting governance and controls (22 Dec 2021)
Insolvency reform overdue but regulator proposals potentially damaging (22 Dec 2021)
UK Government proposes strengthening insolvency regulation (21 Dec 2021)
UK Government Consultation Paper: The future of insolvency regulation (21 Dec 2021)
UK Public Bodies Reform (21 Dec 2021)
Independent watchdog to oversee UK insolvency sector (21 Dec 2021)
Corporate Capture: Jan du Plessis named as Business Secretary's candidate for FRC Chair (21 Dec 2021)
PRA fines Standard Chartered Bank Â£46,550,000 for failing to be open and cooperative with the PRA and for failings in its regulatory reporting governance and controls (20 Dec 2021)
Standard Chartered fined £46.5m by Bank of England over reporting failures (20 Dec 2021)
PwC lands auditing gig at Ryanair (20 Dec 2021)
KPMG blocks referrals to former insolvency unit over Silentnight scandal (19 Dec 2021)
KPMG stops bidding for government work after it was threatened with a ban following a string of scandals (18 Dec 2021)
HSBC fined Â£64m for failures in anti-laundering processes (17 Dec 2021)
FRC publishes latest list (December 2021) of companies whose Reports and Accounts have been reviewed (17 Dec 2021)
Still work to be done on diversity in accountancy (16 Dec 2021)
PwC appoints 42 new partners and lifts its partnership past 800 (15 Dec 2021)
The world inches closer to alignment on global ESG standards (15 Dec 2021)
When Companies Fire Their Auditors, Timing Is Clue to Future Trouble (14 Dec 2021)
Challenger accounting firm to list on London AIM with Â£21m market cap (13 Dec 2021)
Big Four auditors will be forced to share FTSE business (10 Dec 2021)
What auditors need to know about ESG issues (6 Dec 2021)
PwC German offices searched in tax fraud investigation (5 Dec 2021)
FRC announces areas of supervisory focus for 2022/23 (3 Dec 2021)
FRC Closure of investigation into the financial statements of Conviviality plc (3 Dec 2021)
Supplier Finance Arrangements Proposed amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 (27 Nov 2021)
KPMG hit with Â£15m lawsuit over Quindell audit failings (26 Nov 2021)
HSBC faces struggle to attract bids from Big Four auditors (25 Nov 2021)
Official Receiver advances Â£1bn claim against KPMG auditor of collapsed construction firm Carillion (20 Nov 2021)
Auditors are guilty of poor judgment, Financial Reporting Council claims (19 Nov 2021)
FRC: Third of all audits unsatisfactory amid fears sector reforms will be watered down (18 Nov 2021)
FRC warns of 'unacceptable' quality among smaller audit firms (18 Nov 2021)
FRC: Developments in Audit 2021 (18 Nov 2021)
Scaled back UK audit reforms attract investor anger (17 Nov 2021)
Prospect of watered down UK audit reforms draws criticism (17 Nov 2021)
Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2021 revealed (17 Nov 2021)
UK accounting watchdog tells Big Four to run businesses better (16 Nov 2021)

Ground-breaking FRC report sets out what it expects from audit firms to deliver high quality audit (16 Nov 2021)
Big Four accountants warned by regulator to improve audits (16 Nov 2021)
Managed shared audit insufficient, ICAEW argues (16 Nov 2021)
Colour of Accountancy: Top accountancy firms more likely to hire white applicants (13 Nov 2021)

Labour demands Deloitte be sacked from Test and Trace public inquiry strategy contract (12 Nov 2021)
KPMG Sued for $600M Over Role in Insolvency of Dubai Private Equity Firm Abraaj (12 Nov 2021)
Grant Thornton: Disclosure of audit files would undermine the purpose of disclosure pilot (12 Nov 2021)
KPMG Sued for $600 Million Over Alleged Sloppy Auditing in Dubai Abraaj Scandal (11 Nov 2021)
Overhauled US Auditing Watchdog Expected to Boost Industry Scrutiny and Focus on Investors (11 Nov 2021)
Grant Thornton reported to ICAEW over Liverpool audits (10 Nov 2021)
Don't make Elon Musk's expensive stock options tax mistake (10 Nov 2021)
Insolvency Service Annual Report 2020 - 2021 (10 Nov 2021)
UK audit reforms and governance to be watered down after business backlash (9 Nov 2021)
Audit challengers in watchdog bad books as they take on Big Four (8 Nov 2021)
In Light of Evergrande it is s Time to Talk About the Big Four (8 Nov 2021)
It's time to reform the Big Four accounting firms (7 Nov 2021)
US agency approves rule aimed to investigate Chinese auditing firms (7 Nov 2021)
EY's UK partners handed record pay as deals boom (6 Nov 2021)
Big Four auditors face long-overdue regulatory overhaul (5 Nov 2021)

Liberty Steel: MPs call for investigation into 'red flags' (4 Nov 2021)
SEC Questions Auditor Independence as FirmsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ Advisory Work Booms (3 Nov 2021)
Forensic Accounting, Auditing and Tax Corruption (2 Nov 2021)
Investors tell Big-4 auditors they risk AGM rebellion over climate accounting (2 Nov 2021)
FRC Sanctions against Grant Thornton and a partner (1 Nov 2021)
FRC REPORT IN THE MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL - and - (1) GRANT THORNTON UK LLP (2) SIMON LOWE (1 Nov 2021)
New Zealand plan to halve greenhouse gases criticised as an accounting trick (1 Nov 2021)
Bank of England considers capital rules for banks to cover climate risks (30 Oct 2021)

FRC publishes latest major local audit quality inspection results (29 Oct 2021)
Big COVID Management Consultancy Winnera (Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers) Fined Â£101 Million Since 2010 (28 Oct 2021)
Are Auditors Auditing For The Financial Implications Of Climate Change? (28 Oct 2021)
HMRC Response to accounting changes for insurance contracts (27 Oct 2021)
HMRC Policy paper - Clamping down on promoters of tax avoidance (27 Oct 2021)
Danish pensions lobby hails EU's IFRS 17 opt-out after fierce battle (26 Oct 2021)
EY and Wirecard: anatomy of a flawed audit (26 Oct 2021)
Citi Becomes First Wall Street Bank to Agree to Racial Audit (22 Oct 2021)
BDO investigated over audit of collapsed construction company NMCN (22 Oct 2021)
FRC Investigation regarding the audit of NMCN plc by BDO LLP (21 Oct 2021)

Total Tax Contribution study for UK legal and accounting activities (18 Oct 2021)
Barristers warn of state bill for no hope insolvency cases (17 Oct 2021)
Business insolvencies rise as government aid wanes (16 Oct 2021)
Audit blunders mar Kwarteng's bid to break up the Big Four (16 Oct 2021)
Commentary - Monthly Insolvency Statistics September 2021 (15 Oct 2021)
Hong Kong watchdog to investigate PwC audit of Evergrande accounts (15 Oct 2021)
Policing the wild west of UK insolvencies (14 Oct 2021)
Post-Brexit accounting body to face first major test over insurance sector (14 Oct 2021)
Publication of the report of the Disciplinary Tribunal following sanctions against KPMG LLP and a former partner in relation to Silentnight (13 Oct 2021)
FRC Report on SILENTNIGHT - IN THE MATTER OF: THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL And (1) DAVID COSTLEY-WOOD (2) KPMG LLP (13 Oct 2021)
Only one in ten council audits completed by deadline (12 Oct 2021)
Gender Gap: Only eight of UK's top 100 companies headed by women (7 Oct 2021)
Top EU official calls for crackdown on shell firms used to avoid tax (7 Oct 2021)
Money laundering: NatWest Plc pleads guilty in criminal proceedings (7 Oct 2021)
Too big to jail: why the crackdowns on dodgy finance have been so ineffective (6 Oct 2021)
Are UK insolvency practitioners Wild West cowboys? (5 Oct 2021)
Tesco to settle final shareholder claims over 2014 accounting scandal (4 Oct 2021)
OPBAS Report - Anti-Money Laundering Supervision by the Legal and Accountancy Professional Body Supervisors: Progress and themes from our 2020/21 supervisory assessments (30 Sep 2021)
FRC Sanctions against Grant Thornton UK LLP and David Newstead for Patisserie Valerie audit failures (27 Sep 2021)
Patisserie Valerie Audit Failures: IN THE MATTER OF: THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL -and- (1) GRANT THORNTON UK LLP (2) MR DAVID NEWSTEAD (27 Sep 2021)
Grant Thornton fined £2.3m for Patisserie Valerie audits (27 Sep 2021)
MPs react angrily as frontrunner to buy Morrisons admits it will use shell company in Caymans to run grocer (26 Sep 2021)
Bribery and corruption: Tory donor's oil firm Petrofac admits employees paid bribes to get contracts (25 Sep 2021)
Commentray on the Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill (24 Sep 2021)
Bribery and Corruption: SEC Charges World's Largest Advertising Group WPP with FCPA Violations (24 Sep 2021)
FRC - list of companies whose reports and accounts have been reviewed by its Corporate Reporting Review function (24 Sep 2021)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Before the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 93117 / September 24, 2021 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT Release No. 4257 / September 24, 2021 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 3-20595 - In the Matter of WPP PLC (24 Sep 2021)
China Evergrande Auditor Gave Clean Bill of Health Despite Debt (24 Sep 2021)
Eerie silence as Evergrande misses payment deadline (24 Sep 2021)
Evergrande: Investors in the dark over $83m bond payment (24 Sep 2021)
OPBAS Report - Anti-Money Laundering Supervision by the Legal and Accountancy Professional Body Supervisors: Progress and themes from our 2020/21 supervisory assessments (22 Sep 2021)
FRC Thematic Review: Viability and Going Concern (22 Sep 2021)
Big Four mishaps in U.K. underscore need to challenge auditors (22 Sep 2021)
Big Four: These are the auditors earning billions from Nigerian banks (20 Sep 2021)
How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government (19 Sep 2021)
HMRC investigates 153 'enablers' of tax evasion (17 Sep 2021)
US watchdog fines KPMG Australia over Ã¢â‚¬ËœwidespreadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ cheating on online training tests (15 Sep 2021)
PCAOB Order Instituting Disciplinary Proceedings, Making Findings and Imposing Sanctions In the Matter of KPMG (15 Sep 2021)
Resolving Insolvency: Restoring confidence in the system (14 Sep 2021)
Accounting giant PwC highlights class pay gap between its employees (11 Sep 2021)
Accountant wins £13,000 after being sacked for leaving work to pick up ill child (9 Sep 2021)
EY to spend $2bn on improving audit quality after scandals (9 Sep 2021)
Gibraltar based 888 agrees to buy William Hill European business (9 Sep 2021)
EY hit with $1bn claim for one of the largest bankruptcies in Swiss history (7 Sep 2021)
KPMG's global boss wades into dispute with UK accounting regulator (6 Sep 2021)
Kraft Heinz to pay $62m to settle SEC false accounting charges (3 Sep 2021)
SEC Charges The Kraft Heinz Company and Two Former Executives for Engaging in Years-Long Accounting Scheme (3 Sep 2021)
KPMG UK's audit chair to join board of ex-client BHP (2 Sep 2021)
FRC announces Formal Complaint against KPMG and others regarding allegedly false and/or misleading information provided to the FRC in Carillion and Regenersis audit quality inspections (1 Sep 2021)
SEC Charges Global Crypto Lending Platform and Top Executives in $2 Billion Fraud (1 Sep 2021)
Don't blame auditors for everything (27 Aug 2021)
In France, it was normal to use two auditors (27 Aug 2021)
FRC announces proposals to strengthen significantly the UK Audit Firm Governance Code (26 Aug 2021)

End the cosy links of companies and auditors (26 Aug 2021)
Scandal-hit auditors face tougher rules as watchdog unveils proposals to improve accountability and board independence (26 Aug 2021)

FRC Sanctions against Ernst & Young LLP and Mark Harvey (25 Aug 2021)
FRC IN THE MATTER OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL RELATING TO THE STATUTORY AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF STAGECOACH GROUP PLC FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 29 APRIL 2017 (1) ERNST & YOUNG LLP AND (2) MR MARK HARVEY (25 Aug 2021)
Big Four accountancy firms refuse to back sharing audits with smaller rivals (16 Aug 2021)
PwC boosts partner pay by a quarter (12 Aug 2021)
PwC's UK partners take home record pay as deals surge boosts profits (12 Aug 2021)
U.S. judge says some Trump records should be turned over to House panel (11 Aug 2021)
A post-Covid crash is looming and Britain's auditors are asleep at the wheel (10 Aug 2021)
Film tax scheme cases cloud the big picture at HSBC (9 Aug 2021)
Half a million UK partners in law firms and accountancies face tax hike in 2022 (9 Aug 2021)
SFO launches investigation into Gavin Woodhouse over suspected fraud (9 Aug 2021)
FRC: UK starts hunt for new chair and directors of accounting watchdog (8 Aug 2021)

Sanctions against KPMG and former partner in relation to Silentnight (5 Aug 2021)
KPMG fined £13m over sale of Silentnight to private equity firm (5 Aug 2021)
Its now or never for government to stand up to the big auditors (5 Aug 2021)
Auditors Coming Under Increased Scrutiny From London Courts (5 Aug 2021)
Avatar Film Funding Firm Backed by David Beckham, Sacha Baron Cohen Wins $975 Million Tax Avoidance Case Against HMRC (5 Aug 2021)
The collapse of Enron and the dark side of business (4 Aug 2021)
Sealed Air cleared, Ernst & Young fined in improper auditing scheme (4 Aug 2021)
Your Auditor Is Not Your Friend (3 Aug 2021)
PwC: JD Classics administrator sues top auditor for missing alleged fraud in accounts (3 Aug 2021)
SEC Charges Ernst & Young, Three Audit Partners, and Former Public Company CAO with Audit Independence Misconduct (2 Aug 2021)
Ernst & Young, auditors to pay over $10 mln to settle SEC charges (2 Aug 2021)

JULY 2021

Ex-KPMG partners barred by SEC over cheating scandal roles (30 Jul 2021)
KPMG Order - SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 92513 / July 28, 2021 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT Release No. 4234 / July 28, 2021, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 3-18346, In the Matter of Thomas Whittle, CPA (30 Jul 2021)
TUC calls for ban on use of umbrella companies to employ agency workers (29 Jul 2021)
KPMG could rebuild restructuring arm after sale (29 Jul 2021)
Sharp drop in senior accounting officer tax penalties (28 Jul 2021)
Money-laundering ring pushed $4billion through HSBC (28 Jul 2021)
HSBC faces questions over disclosure of alleged money laundering to monitors (28 Jul 2021)
The truth behind corporate climate pledges (27 Jul 2021)
IFRS 17: EU Insurance Accounting Less Insightful Without Cohort Split (27 Jul 2021)
Audit of auditors leaves room for improvement (27 Jul 2021)
PwC sued for failing to spot alleged fraud at racing car dealer (27 Jul 2021)
PwC sued by racing car dealer for failing to spot alleged fraud (27 Jul 2021)
Enmeshed with the state: Deloitte acquires military cybersecurity firm Sentek (26 Jul 2021)
Loan performance could worsen under new lease accounting standards (26 Jul 2021)

Hedge Funds: FirstGroup's biggest shareholder calls for resignation of CEO (26 Jul 2021)
More Deregulation: IFRS Consultation - Exposure Draft Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures (26 Jul 2021)
PwC Rightly Fired Former Auditor, US Judge Rules (26 Jul 2021)
UK accountants lose eligibility for Irish audits (25 Jul 2021)
Nearly a third of big company audits substandard, warns Financial Reporting Council (24 Jul 2021)
KPMG banking audits are not good enough, warns watchdog (24 Jul 2021)
FRC Annual Audit Quality Inspection Results 2020/21 (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - BDO LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - Deloitte LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - Ernst & Young LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - Grant Thornton UK LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - KPMG LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - Mazars LLP (23 Jul 2021)
Audit Quality Inspection and Supervision - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (23 Jul 2021)
FRC: Accounting watchdog chair sounds alarm over board appointments (23 Jul 2021)
Ernst & Young accused of concealing NMC Health audit fraud (22 Jul 2021)
KPMG settles legal claims after failing to spot fraud at Chinese group (21 Jul 2021)

The future of auditing: why plans to sharpen up the industry could actually make it worse (21 Jul 2021)

New proposals to clamp down on promoters of tax avoidance (20 Jul 2021)
Tax in the accounts of Tesco plc (19 Jul 2021)
Do the accounts of major companies add up when it comes to tax? (19 Jul 2021)
One in five Whitehall non-executive directors have links to political parties (18 Jul 2021)
Damning FRC report into company audits will reveal significant failings after scandals wiped out shareholders and left taxpayers footing the bill (18 Jul 2021)
PwC to ramp up partner pay packages to record highs after Covid profit rush (17 Jul 2021)
Small shops face £1.7bn debt mountain, says report (16 Jul 2021)
Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession (14 Jul 2021)
FRC: Challenger firms increase their share of the FTSE 250 audit market (14 Jul 2021)
Care home director banned for failing to explain £518,000 spends (14 Jul 2021)
ICAEW and ACCA slam BEIS plans for new professional body for corporate auditors (13 Jul 2021)
Malaysia, 1MDB seeking more than $5.6 bln in damages from KPMG partners (12 Jul 2021)
Reading Council accounts delayed again as costs mount (12 Jul 2021)
FRC crisis deepens as ministers reject two board members being retained (11 Jul 2021)

NGOs want audit reform (8 Jul 2021)
What the U.K. Can Learn from the U.S. Experience with Audit Reform: Don't Do What We Did (8 Jul 2021)
Audit reform proposals under fire (8 Jul 2021 )
Stormy conditions ahead for local audit, expert predicts (8 Jul 2021
Government must rein in its instinct for instant audit reforms (8 Jul 2021)
ICAEW Response to the UK Government Consultation Paper: RESTORING TRUST IN AUDIT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (8 Jul 2021)
A year on from Wirecard collapse, Germany still losing the fight against accounting scams, tax evasion and crypto crimes (7 Jul 2021)
Companies and accountants attack UK response to financial scandals (7 Jul 2021)
Britain's bosses: Delay 'step into the unknown' audit reform (7 Jul 2021)
Ernst & Young and the scam that cost Mozambique $2.2bn (5 Jul 2021)

JUNE 2021

Greensill: watchdog opens investigation into auditors including PwC (28 Jun 2021)
New Non-Executive Directors appointed to the FRC Board (28 Jun 2021)
Carillion collapse: liquidator expected to make £250m claim against KPMG (23 Jun 2021)
KPMG insolvency misconduct further emphasises a need for independent regulator, MPs say (23 Jun 2021)
KPMG says Silentnight pensioners were not harmed by its misconduct (22 Jun 2021)
NHS Digital picks KPMG as Â£4m cyber innovation partner (22 Jun 2021)
Malaysia's Serba Dinamik to Take Legal Action against KPMG (22 Jun 2021)
KPMG faces record fine over conflict of interests on Silentnight sale (21 Jun 2021)
Accounting watchdog pushes for KPMG to be fined Ã‚Â£15m over Silentnight sale (21 Jun 2021)
Audit reforms risk backfiring, accountants warn (21 Jun 2021)
Grant Thornton loses fight in UK top court over 32 million sterling swaps bill (18 Jun 2021)
UK Supreme Court Judgement: Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20 (18 Jun 2021)
Audit regulator could boost headcount 70% as boss fears FRC will be spread too thin (17 Jun 2021)
FRC: Plans to rein in Big Four accountants may need rework, watchdog says (16 Jun 2021)
PwC to Create 100,000 New Jobs to Help Clients Grappling with ESG Reporting (16 Jun 2021)
Head of FRC says managed shared audit might not be possible (16 Jun 2021)
Briefing Notes: Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (15 Jun 2021)
Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet Is an Accounting Headache for Tesla, Others (14 Jun 2021)
Big Four lobbying may dilute Government's audit reform, says ex-accounting watchdog (14 Jun 2021)
Why the World Needs More Black Accountants (14 Jun 2021)
A defanged US auditing watchdog is an investor disaster (13 Jun 2021)

Deloitte Sued Over Alleged Role in Singapore Trader Collapse (10 Jun 2021)
Accounting Probe finds Toshiba colluded with government (10 Jun 2021)
Foreign investors own 66% of UK-listed shares (7 Jun 2021)
LOOPHOLE IN G7 CORPORATION TAX DEAL COULD LET AMAZON OFF, REPORT CLAIMS (7 Jun 2021)

Global G7 deal may let Amazon off hook on tax (6 Jun 2021)
France tells G7 to hike minimum tax rate (6 Jun 2021)
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff review "we are the pawns" (5 Jun 2021)
Microsoft's Irish subsidiary paid zero corporation tax on £220bn profit (4 Jun 2021)
The Big Four - A Study of Opacity (4 Jun 2021)
ARGA/FRC: Auditors concerned over market-wide capacity issue (4 Jun 2021)
Deloitte Hands Over 1MDB Settlement to Malaysia (3 Jun 2021)
Tick-box fears over FRC's revised auditing standard on fraud (3 Jun 2021)
EY reaches deal with state over sexist training video for female employees (2 Jun 2021)
EY Europe revamp has partners worried over Wirecard damage (2 Jun 2021)
The case for accounting academic research (1 Jun 2021)

MAY 2021

Joint Audits: Grant Thornton Is Not a Bottom of the Barrel Firm, Says Grant Thornton (30 May 2021)
House of Commons Library Report on Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill 2021-22 (29 May 2021)
Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill (29 May 2021)
Freedom of Information request on Ernst and Young costs for consulting services (FOI-21-287) (28 may 2021)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ON AUDITING (UK) 240 (REVISED MAY 2021) The auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud in an audit of financial statements (27 May 2021)
House of Lords - Professional Qualifications Bill: Second Reading (26 May 2021)
UK plan to shake up audit market faces major setback (26 May 2021)
Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] (25 May 2021)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS BILL [HL] EXPLANATORY NOTES (25 May 2021)
Professional Qualifications Bill Impact Assessment (25 May 2021)
Professional Qualifications Bill - House of Lords Library Briefing (25 May 2021)
Conflict inquiry into Grant Thornton and Wonga reopens (25 May 2021)
AAT and ICAEW tussle over calls for compulsory membership (24 May 2021)
Grant Thornton was forensic auditor on Greensill-GAM probe (23 May 2021)

EY audit failings on Wirecard laid bare in dynamite report (21 May 2021)
Local council audits: Government publishes update to audit review response (21 May 2021)
A bankrolled action against Carillion auditors puts profit before justice (21 May 2021)
Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority to have powers over council audits (21 May 2021)
Why its time to open the books on auditor changes (20 May 2021)

Local authority financial reporting and external audit: Spring update (19 May 2021)
Redmond Review: Independent Review into the Oversight of Local Audit and the Transparency of Local Authority Financial Reporting (19 May 2021)
MPs braced for battle with global accounting firm over naming wealthy Canadians behind offshore tax shelters (19 May 2021)
Grant Thornton fights back on Patisserie Valerie (16 May 2021)
Sanctions against UHY Hacker Young LLP and Julie Zhuge Wilson (13 May 2021)
FRC Report: IN THE MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL -and- (1) UHY HACKER YOUNG LLP (13 May 2021)
Creating a new Corporate Auditor profession (13 May 2021)
Ban private firms from auditing Scotland public spending, urges report (13 May 2021)
New powers to tackle unfit directors of dissolved companies (13 May 2021)

Concierge group Quintessentially (audited by PwC) admits to accounting errors and unlawful dividends (12 May 2021)
FRC fine highlights fears over push to break Big Four audit grip (12 My 2021)
KPMG sued for Â£6m by property company Mount Anvil (12 May 2021)

FRC Sanctions against Haysmacintyre and a partner (11 May 2021)
FRC Report: IN THE MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL -and- (1) HAYSMACINTYRE LLP (2) DAVID COX (11 May 2021)
Partnership Law: Used, Misused or Abused? - increasing use of UK partnerships for criminal purposes (11 May 2021)

Accounting standards come under fire from UK lawmakers (10 May 2021)
Banks Releasing Loan Reserves Face Tricky Accounting Estimates as Economy Improves (10 May 2021)
Two Shadow Lenders, Two Accounting Bombshells, One Bond Collapse (10 May 2021)
KPMG in UK sued for £6m by property company Mount Anvil (9 May 2021)
Insolvent Abuse: Greensill winding-down bills could top Â£30m in a year, report shows (7 May 2021)
FCA's watchdog criticises regulator in Keydata saga (6 May 2021)
Industry torn over audit sector criticism from IPPR (6 May 2021)
Final report by the Complaints Commissioner Complaint number FCA00844 - Keydata (5 May 2021)
Three-quarters of new FRC panel members being ex-Big Four causes interest concerns (5 May 2021)
IFRS17: Explaining the Bowles bombshell (5 May 2021)
How Can Auditors And Audit Committees Encourage Managers To Disclose Risks To Investors? (4 May 2021)
Full list of private companies handed Â£30 billion of public money to assist in UK government's Covid response (4 May 2021)
FRC makes Endorsement Board Advisory Panel appointments (4 May 2021)
Who Audits The Auditors? (3 May 2021)
The tiny audit firm that signs off Sanjeev Gupta's empire (2 May 2021)
Big Four auditors squeezed between US and China (1 May 2021)

APRIL 2021

Accountants seek leniency from UK watchdog for high-risk audits (30 Apr 2021)

Latest Updates on UK Government COVID-19 Contracts and Spending (30 Apr 2021)
The tiny audit firm that signs off Sanjeev Gupta's empire (28 Apr 2021)
EY quits as auditor of P2P lender Kuflink over governance concerns (28 Apr 2021)
Big Four and challengers ask for leeway on difficult audits to avoid public criticism (27 Apr 2021)
Ex-Serco bosses cleared after fraud case collapses (27 Apr 2021)
Pirc slams accountants plea for leniency on risky audits: What is going on that they don't want discovered? (27 Apr 2021)
Ex-Deloitte Auditor Faces Disciplinary Action for Improper Audit of S. Africa's Steinhoff (23 Apr 2021)
KPMG's first female chief Mary O'Connor in talks about leaving big four accountant (22 Apr 2021)

THE TRUTH TELLERS - WHY WE NEED PROFOUND AUDIT SECTOR REFORM NOW (21 Apr 2021)
Big Four auditors accused of 'failing society' (21 Apr 2021)
Expand role of auditors to close expectation gap, think tank says (21 Apr 2021)
Essar's UK oil business hired auditor with just three accountants (20 Apr 2021)
Blacklist audit firms for fraud failures, urges Pirc (19 Ap 2021)
EY's Wirecard audits suffered serious shortcomings, German probe finds (17 Apr 2021)
What did Greensill Capital actually do? (15 Apr 2021)
Judge to decide if PwC US lawfully sacked whistleblower (14 Apr 2021)
U.S. securities regulator issues accounting guidance for SPACs (13 Apr 2021)
Regulator zeroes in on KPMG over M&C Saatchi audit (13 Apr 2021)
Big Four audit reforms do not add up (13 Apr 2021)
Senior KPMG executive faces scrutiny over M&C Saatchi audits (12 Apr 2021)
SPAC Boom Faces New SEC Threat With Accounting Crackdown (12 Apr 2021)
Brexit: EU-Based PIEs with UK Parents No Longer Exempted from Having Their Own Audit Committees (12 Apr 2021)
Big Four audit shake-up will lack 'any meaningful impact', says rival (11 Apr 2021)

FRC sketches out initial views on audit sanctions for auditors and directors (8 Apr 2021)
Corporate Governance and Sherholder Ownership: Who owns listed firms? (6 Apr 2021)
Ensuring Integrity: Auditors Biases (5 Apr 2021)
Is a SOX whistleblower required to prove shareholder fraud? (5 Apr 2021)
Fat Cats: Savings rates hit record lows but Yorkshire Building Society boss Mike Regnier nets £226,000 bonus as 7 in 10 mutual chiefs cash in during covid (4 Apr 2021)
Wealthy MP with slave trade links failed to publish accounts for four of his firms (4 Apr 2021)
Atos shares tumble after accounting errors disclosed (2 Apr 2021)
Partner who led KPMG audit of Carillion leaves Big Four firm (1 Apr 2021)

MARCH 2021

The echoes of Enron in Greensill saga (30 Mar 2021)
Whitehall's £80m Greensill deal for supply chain finance (30 Mar 2021)
ESMA PUBLISHES RESPONSE TO IASB POST IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW OF IFRS 10, 11 AND 12 (30 Mar 2021)
The Times view on the collapse of Greensill Capital: Red Flags (30 Mar 2021)
EY drops appeal against $10.8m whistleblower payment (29 Mar 2021)
Ernst & Young (EY) drops appeal against $11m Dubai whistleblower case (29 Mar 2021)
Political institutions must be freed from the clutches of private money (28 Mar 2021)
Mid-Level Accounting and Finance Managers Perceptions of Their Familiarity with Sox Whistleblower Protection Laws, Vincent Owhoso and Peter M. Theuri, pages 90-114 (27 Mar 2021)
Trust in UK corporate sector is low, admits chief of audit watchdog (26 Mar 2021)
Deloitte CEO: Significant audit reforms crucial for investor confidence in UK (26 Mar 2021)
Insolvency: Jessops calls in administrators for second time in just over year (26 Mar 2021)
FRC announces new approach to publishing corporate reporting reviews (26 Mar 2021)
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today, for the first time, published summaries of its corporate reporting reviews (26 Mar 2021)
Deloitte got Â£323m Covid contracts. It is also drafting answers to parliamentary questions to defend the failed test and trace system (25 Mar 2021)

Wirecard: MEPs call for new audit rules, protection for whistle-blowers and EU supervision (24 Mar 2021)
BPP sold to private equity giant (24 Mar 2021)
How the corporate governance and audits landscape is changing for directors and auditors (24 Mar 2021)
Auditors need to go back to business basics (23 Mar 2021)
HMRC Consultation Paper: Clamping down on promoters of tax avoidance Consultation (23 Mar 2021)
EY faces questions over alleged idea to abort KPMG Wirecard audit (22 Mar 2021)
Greensill Demise May Spur Reverse Factoring Accounting Change (22 Mar 2021)
Private Equity: The High Street Cash Crisis: Dispatches (22 Mar 2021)

Auditing and Corporate Governance: Government reforms will achieve little (21 Mar 2021)
What is most disturbing about the Greensill affair is how it slipped through the regulatory net (21 Mar 2021)
Audit giant Grant Thornton accused of conflict over role in Sanjeev Gupta's takeovers (21 Mar 2021)
Grant Thornton caught up in conflict of interest accusations over Greensill Capital appointment (21 Mar 2021)
UK audit reforms fail to address the real problem behind scandals (20 Mar 2021)
UK audit reform proposals: Full of sound and fury but likely to amount to nothing (19 Mar 2021)
Wirecard Criminals Had Us Duped, EY Auditor Tells Lawmakers (19 Mar 2021)

BEIS Consultation: Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance (18 Mar 2021)
Separate professional body for auditors proposed (18 Mar 2021)
Kwarteng warned audit rules threaten UK recovery (18 Mar 2021)
Long road to audit reform is littered with questions (18 Mar 2021)
Sarbanes-Oxley-style audit reform 'to cost business more than £430m a year' (18 Mar 2021)
Kwasi Kwarteng must hold line on corporate and audit reforms (18 Mar 2021)
KPMG inches towards settlement with audit regulator over Carillion collapse (18 Mar 2021)

BDO wins biggest international audit client replacing Big Four firm KPMG (15 Mar 2021)
Covid: 40% default rate predicted on CBIL and bounce back loans (15 Mar 2021)
The social role of the auditing profession (15 Mar 2021)
Bank of England governor defends self over London Capital and Finance scandal (15 Mar 2021)
Bank governor under fire for role in RBS scandal (15 Mar 2021)
What's behind the collapse of Greensill Capital, and why does it matter? (13 Mar 2021)
Watchdog investigating Deloitte audit of Lookers after £19m vanishes from books (12 Mar 2021)
Next generation of auditors concerned for lack of purpose (10 Mar 2021)
Watchdogs failed to bark despite all the warning signs that Greensill was a disaster waiting to happen (8 Mar 2021)
Greensill Capital's woes will reverberate widely ( 6 Mar 2021)
Credit Suisse winds down $10bn in funds as Greensill bank prepares for insolvency (5 Mar 2021
KPMG agrees £400m sale of restructuring unit to HIG Capital (4 Mar 2021)
Deloitte to pay Malaysia $80 million to settle claims linked to 1MDB (3 Mar 2021)
Explaining Supply Chain Finance and Greensill Woes (3 Mar 2021)
ESMA PROPOSES IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE AFTER WIRECARD CASE (3 Mar 2021)
KPMG arm to be renamed Interpath in £400m restructuring deal (2 Mar 2021)
Private Equity: TPR agrees £25m settlement with owners of Silentnight (2 Mar 2021)
Silentnight Group DB Scheme - Regulatory intervention report (2 Mar 2021)
The audit expectation gap: a controversial debate? (1 Mar 2021)
Timeline of the collapse of London Capital & Finance (1 Mar 2021)
The Role of Accounting and Auditing in Addressing Climate Change (1 Mar 2021)

FEBRUARY 2021

Revolt of the bosses stalls accounting crackdown (28 Feb 2021)
EU states back plan to expose big companies' tax avoidance - Majority of member states back proposal to bring in country-by-country tax reporting (26 Feb 2021)
Operational separation of audit practices (24 Feb 2021)
FRC and Audit Separation: Objectives, outcomes and regulation (24 Feb 2021)
SEC Charges Two Former KPMG Auditors for Improper Professional Conduct During Audit of Not-for-Profit College (23 Feb 2021)
DARKNESS AT SUNRISE: UK CARE HOMES SHIFTING PROFITS OFFSHORE? (23 Feb 2021)
PwC US to head to trial over whether it rightly fired a whistleblower (23 Feb 2021)
Taxpayers will only recoup fraction of £44.2m owed by Sir Philip Green's fallen Arcadia retail empire (22 Feb 2020)
FCA is not fit for purpose - so-called watchdog has a culture of delay, avoidance and slavish adherence to its arid rule book (21 Feb 2021)
Comparing the prosecution of tax crime with benefits crime (19 Feb 2021)
Equality before the law? HMRC use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud (19 Feb 2021)
Arcadia collapse leaves it with £510m pension deficit (19 Feb 2021)
10% fee increase for third country auditors (16 Feb 2021)
Big audit firms make amends but is it enough? (16 Feb 2021)
Reforming the multi-billion dollar accounting and finance education industry (16 Feb 2021)
Accounting Matters: Auditing the auditors (15 Feb 2021)
Court papers detail Grant Thornton's alleged errors in Patisserie Valerie audits (15 Feb 2021)
Delay looms for tougher UK audit watchdog (13 Feb 2021)
German Accounting watchdog told Wirecard it did want to investigate fraud (12 Feb 2021)

China orders Deloitte to investigate whistleblower allegations (11 Feb 2021)
Grant Thornton resigns as auditor to firms owned by Pornhub operator (11 Feb 2021)
Audit expectations gap row reopens old wounds (11 Feb 2021)
Revolving Doors: Former FCA chief Woolard to take key EY partnership role (11 Feb 2021)

KPMG chair steps aside after telling staff to 'stop moaning' about pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Pre-pack Administration: Prezzo to shut 22 restaurants after insolvency deal (10 Feb 2021)
Audit crackdown could force hundreds of firms to switch auditor (10 Feb 2021)
Judge Dame Gloster disputes Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey's evidence to MPs over collapse of London Capital & Finance (9 Feb 2021)
HIG joins private equity pack circling KPMG's restructuring arm (8 Feb 2021)
UK directors face new liability demands under major audit reform (8 Feb 2021)
New Prezzo owner weighs pre-pack amid stand-off with landlords (8 Feb 2021)
New audit watchdog delayed until 2023 (8 Feb 2021)
BoE boss Andrew Bailey denies responsibility for London Capital & Finance collapse (8 Feb 2021)
Smaller companies pay the price for decades of boardroom excess (8 Feb 2021)

Audit reforms must not hurt free enterprise - To avoid another Carillion, we need audit firms that will put an end to potential conflicts of interest (7 Feb 2021)
Deloitte China whistleblower circulates damning presentation on social media that alleges audit failures of RYB Education (5 Feb 2020)
Deloitte in hot water in China after an employee makes a PPT exposing alleged accounting violations (5 Feb 2021)

Treasury should consider next steps over London Capital & Finance collapse, MPs told (2 Feb 2021)
UK directors to face fines in major overhaul of audit rules (5 Feb 2021)
KPMG pays UK partners average of £572,000 each (3 Feb 2021)
ACCA director: Cost of insolvency regulation unsustainable (2 Feb 2021)
Germany to Expand Financial Watchdog's Powers After Wirecard (2 Feb 2021)
Accountancy faces up to unconscious bias - racial inequality (2 Feb 2021)
Equality, diversity and inclusion in accounting (2 Feb 2021)
Challenger audit firms prep for forced audit separation (1 Feb 2021)
Mazars global head: Audit reforms having little impact (1 Feb 2021)
Professional accountancy training and passive discrimination against ethnic minorities: a review of recent evidence (1 Feb 2021)
Accountants warned over fraud expectations (31 Jan 2021)
KPMG appointed as liquidator to Norwegian airline's UK arm (31 Jan 2021)
Lender Rawdon Asset Finance Limited who added millions to accounting records banned (29 Jan 2021)
The Financial Service Bill doesn't provide the tough regulation we need (29 Jan 2021)
Financialising the African Green Wall (29 Jan 2021)
Corportae Governance: Could do better: the need for tougher board reviews Glowing assessments adorned last annual reports of Wirecard and Carillion before they imploded (29 Jan 2021)
The Brydon Report and the critical significance of its conceptualisation of audit (29 Jan 2021)
The Silent Threat: The Impact of Fraud on UK National Security (27 Jan 2021)
How have audit industry rankings changed in 15 years? (27 Jan 2021)
Black staff at PwC paid 41pc less than white colleagues (27 Jan 2021)
US billionaires 'have received $1.1tn windfall in Covid pandemic (26 Jan 2021)
Fraud epidemic 'is now national security threat' (26 Jan 2021)
Quick Guide to the Patisserie Valerie Accounting Scandal (26 Jan 2021)
Two Austrians arrested for organising escape of Wirecard's Jan Marsalek (25 Jan 2021)
BT on trial for £530m Italian fraud scandal: Communications giant accused of inflating revenues and concealing losses (25 Jan 2021)
Audit Reform Act: Almost a reality and almost appropriate (25 Jan 2021)
KPMG administrators to casual dining operator Dining Street Limited (25 Jan 2021)
Auditors (Haines Watts) censure minibond property firm HSG's accounts (23 Jan 2021)
Third lockdow"far more challenging this time around" for auditors (21 Jan 2021)
Black staff at PwC paid 41pc less than white colleagues (21 Jan 2021)
Autonomy auditors (Deloitte) criticised in FRC investigation (19 Jan 2021)
UK gambling firms accused of exaggerating scale of black market betting - PwC prepared the report (18 Jan 2021
KPMG:£2m NHS contract for vaccine support goes to private accountancy firm (17 Jan 2021)
HSE hands EY £4.8m for aid in virus response (17 Jan 2021)
Goodwill hunting: rule-setters eye accounting shake-up (14 Jan 2021)
Carillion directors disqualification proceedings (14 Jan 2021)
Ernst and Young reports 32.4% mean gender and 36.7% ethnicity pay gaps (13 Jan 2021)
Singapore bourse tightens auditing rules after string of scandals (12 Jan 2021)
International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Paper: FRAUD AND GOING CONCERN IN AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (12 Jan 2021)
PwC to examine possible fraud in govt coronavirus loan programme (12 Jan 2021)
Deloitte partner, 2 ex-auditors go to court over MIA probe into 1MDB audit (11 Jan 2021)
Retail bloodbath looms as auditors discuss deadlines with watchdogs (10 Jan 2021)
Grant Thornton sued for £200m over Patisserie Valerie audits (8 Jan 2021)
Grant Thornton sued whopping £200m for Patisserie Valerie accounting failures (8 Jan 2021)
Deloitte "gave in to pressure" by Autonomy (7 Jan 2021)
Deloitte allowed Autonomy to 'present misleading financial position' (7 Jan 2021)
Pack of private equity bidders circle Â£400m KPMG restructuring arm (7 Jan 2021)
FRC publishes the report of the Disciplinary Tribunal following the sanctions against Deloitte and former partners for audits of Autonomy (6 Jan 2021)
FRC report of the Disciplinary Tribunal following the sanctions against Deloitte and former partners for audits of Autonomy (6 Jan 2021)
Deloitte and former partners slammed in release of investigation into Autonomy audit (6 Jan 2021)
Pack of private equity bidders circle £400m KPMG restructuring arm (6 Jan 2021)
General Electric's accounting tactics bared in SEC settlement (2 Jan 2021)
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014: ICAS surrenders RSB Status for Local Audit from 1 January 2021 (1 Jan 2021)

DECEMBER 2020

Facebook to close Irish holding companies at centre of tax dispute (27 Dec 2020)
FCA spends 8,700 man hours chasing Goldman Sachs International 1MBD fine (27 Dec 2020)
50-year study of tax cuts on wealthy shows they always fail to "trickle down" (27 Dec 2020)
TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE OTHER PART (26 Dec 2020)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND CONCERNING SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR EXCHANGING AND PROTECTING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION (26 Dec 2020)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY FOR COOPERATION ON THE SAFE AND PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (26 Dec 2020)
UK/EU Trade Agreement - Declarations (26 Dec 2020)
UK-EU TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT Summary (24 Dec 2020)
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: protecting European interests, ensuring fair competition, and continued cooperation in areas of mutual interest (24 Dec 2020)
DRAFT WORKING TEXT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (24 Dec 2020)
Boohoo selling clothes made by Pakistani workers 'who earned 29p an hour' (22 Dec 2020)
How Do Auditors Respond To Whistleblowing Allegations Towards Their Clients? (21 Dec 2020)
Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Did not Trickle Down, Study Says (18 Dec 2020)
The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich (18 Dec 2020)
The Measure of Financial Regulators Independence (18 Dec 2020)
FRC Report - Technological Resources: Using Technology To Enhance Audit Quality (17 Dec 2020)
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down (17 Dec 2021)
Crony Capitalism- Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britain's Pandemic Spending (17 Dec 2020)
Report of the Independent Investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority's Regulation of London Capital & Finance plc by The Rt. Hon. Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE (17 Dec 2020)
INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO THE FSA AND FCA'S HANDLING OF THE CONNAUGHT INCOME FUND SERIES 1 AND CONNECTED COMPANIES REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEWER (17 Dec 2020)
FCA responds to independent reviews into its regulation of London Capital & Finance and Connaught (17 Dec 2020)
Report of the Independent Investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority's Regulation of London Capital & Finance plc "The FCA Response" (17 Dec 2020)
Report of the Independent Review into the FSA and FCA's handling of the Connaught Income Fund Series 1 and connected companies - The FCA response (17 Dec 2020)
Boohoo boss promises 'to make everything better' (17 Dec 2020)
WPP hit by accounting fiasco: Red faces at the advertising giant as it gets its numbers wrong... by £300m (16 Dec 2020)
Luckin Coffee (audited by Ernst & Young) Agrees to Pay $180 Million Penalty to Settle Accounting Fraud Charges (16 Dec 2020)
Accountancy firm Mazars repays Â£1.1m furlough cash following BDO U-turn (15 Dec 2020)
Accounting giant BDO makes U-turn on furlough payback (14 Dec 2020)
SEC Awards More Than $300,000 to Whistleblower with Audit Responsibilities (14 Dec 2020)
BDO in driving seat as Lookers auditor (12 Dec 2020)
BDO holds on to furlough money despite partner pay-out (11 Dec 2020)
SEC Charges Sequential Brands Group Inc. with Deceiving Investors by Failing to Timely Impair Goodwill (11 Dec 2020)
FRC: Developments in Audit 2020 (9 Dec 2020)
General Electric Agrees to Pay $200 Million Penalty for Disclosure Violations (9 Dec 2020)
FRC highlights importance of a challenge culture in audit firms (8 Dec 2020)
FRC: Challenge of Management (8 Dec 2020)
Why the best critical audit matter disclosures use entity-specific info (8 Dec 2020)
Ernst & Young Probed by German Prosecutors Over Wirecard (4 Dec 2020)
Tesco hands back Â£585million in tax relief (2 Dec 2020)
Italian mafia probe shows banks exposure to massive alleged laundering scheme (2 Dec 2020)
Green family to pay Â£50m into Arcadia pension scheme within 10 days (2 Dec 2020)
How private equity fat-cats who rub shoulders with A-list celebrities and royalty triggered Debenhams' downfall by selling its stores and leasing them back before taking £1.2BILLION in dividends (2 Dec 2020)
Auditing fraud risk during a pandemic (2 Dec 2020)
More PwC Tax Propoganda: Stability in uncertain times The Total Tax Contribution (TTC) of the 100 Group for 2019/20 (2 Dec 2020)
Use of marketed tax avoidance schemes in the UK (1 Dec 2020)
HMRC acts on tax avoidance advertising (1 Dec 2020)
Watchdog suspects EY knew it issued factually inaccurate" Wirecard audit (1 Dec 2020)
Kerala bars PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) from tech projects for 2 years (1 Dec 2020)
Kerala Govt. bans engaging PwC for two years (1 Dec 2020)
Australia: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services - Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Interim Report (1 Dec 2020)

November 2020

German watchdog reports EY to prosecutors over Wirecard audit (27 Nov 2020)
Sunak's spending review is austerity-light (26 Nov 2020)

German watchdog reports EY to prosecutors over Wirecard audit (26 Nov 2020)
Car dealer Lookers finally reveals Â£46m loss in 2019 (26 Nov 2020)
Boohoo appoints former judge Sir Brian Leveson to probe company's ethics (26 Nov 2020)
What Is the Minimum Capital Adequacy Ratio Under Basel III? (24 Nov 2020)
Banks: Tier 1 Capital vs. Tier 2 Capital: What's the Difference? (24 Nov 2020)
History of the Basel Committee (24 Nov 2020)
FRC: Audit firms enhance going concern assessments (24 Nov 2020)
UK accounting and audit framework from 1 January 2021 (23 Nov 2020)
Banks Have Started Recording Goodwill Impairments, Is More to Come? (23 Nov 2020)
Fully loaded Common Equity Tier 1 ratio (CET1) of the largest banks in the United Kingdom (UK) as of the 4th quarter 2019 (23 Nov 2020)
Banking sector regulatory capital: 2020 Q2 (23 Nov 2020)
Audit firm Grant Thornton slapped with lawsuit over its role in failure of Patisserie Valerie (21 Nov 2020)

KPMG faces tribunal for misleading pension regulators in deal involving Silentnight and HIG (20 Nov 2020)
KPMG helped buyout fund dump £100m Silentnight pensions liabilities (20 Nov 2020)
$427bn a year lost to tax abuse by firms and rich individuals (20 Nov 2020)
$427bn lost to tax havens every year: landmark study reveals countries losses and worst offenders (20 Nov 2020)
Cleaning up the audit sector: why the government should consider banning Ernst & Young from public contracts (18 Nov 2020)
SEC Pursues Plan Requiring Chinese Firms to Use Auditors Overseen by U.S. (18 Nov 2020)
Billionaire Chris Rokos Sues Two Firms (Deloitte and a US law firm) for $72 Million Over Tax Advice (17 Nov 2020)
Shell gets UK tax refund, but pays over $1billion in nearby Norway (17 Nov 2020)
Shell country-by- country reporting: 2018 tax data (17 Nov 2020)
FRC: Developments in Audit 2020 (16 Nov 2020)
German auditors fight tighter regulation after Wirecard scandal (15 Nov 2020)
SEC Charges Former Wells Fargo (audited by KPMG) Executives for Misleading Investors About Key Performance Metric (13 Nov 2020)
Wells Fargo former boss charged with misleading investors (13 Nov 2020)
FCA to censure Carillion for 'recklessly misleading' investors (13 Nov 2020)

Deloitte's COVID bonanza: this is how much the British public have paid so far (12 Nov 2020)
FRC: Covid-19 strengthens need for audit improvement (12 Nov 2020)
Reforms: Auditors brace for imminent proposals (12 Nov 2020)
FRC: Time to raise the bar on climate change reporting (10 Nov 2020)
FRC Sanctions against Deloitte and a partner (6 Nov 2020)
THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL -and- (1) DELOITTE LLP (6 Nov 2020)
EY facing $4bn lawsuit over NMC Health audit work (6 Nov 2020)
BHS buyer Dominic Chappell given six years for tax evasion (5 Nov 2020)
Dominic Chappell (ex BHS) - Southwark Crown Court Sentencing Remarks of Mr Justice Bryan (5 Nov 2020)
Germany's regulators were deficient in Wirecard scandal, says Esma (4 Nov 2020)
Â£45m deal for NHS masks collapses amid fraud claims (3 Nov 2020)
Pitiful regualtion of money laundering by UK professional bodies (2 Nov 2020)
UK government refuses to publish an unredacted version of the report by Lord Justice Bingham Inquiry into the Supervision of The Bank of Credit and Commerce International, published on 22 October 1992 (2 Nov 2020)

Most public sector audits by Grant Thornton fall below standard (31 Oct 2020)
No Carillion director has been disqualified (30 Oct 2020)
To ask Her Majesty's Government which accountancy firms who currently hold contracts awarded by Government departments have been (1) formally criticised, or (2) fined, by any accounting regulatory body. (29 Oct 2020)
Duration of Insolvencies in the UK (27 Oct 2020)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is (1) the number, and (2) the value, of COVID-19-related contracts awarded to (a) KPMG, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst & Young, (e) G4S, and (f) Serco. (27 Oct 2020)
Further to the judgment in Travel Document Service & Anor v Revenue & Customs (Corporation tax, tax avoidance scheme) UKUT 45 (TCC) by the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) on 7 February 2017, whether they have (1) investigated, (2) fined, or (3) prosecuted, Deloitte for any role it had in unlawful tax avoidance schemes (27 Oct 2020)

BHS collapse: 'I was in charge of millions, then I had nothing' (26 Oct 2020)
Use of AI to cut accounts scandals (22 Oct 2020)
How Wirecard misled investors over KPMG's special audit (22 Oct 2020)
Goldman Sachs Charged in Foreign Bribery Case and Agrees to Pay Over $2.9 Billion (22 Oct 2020)

Pre-packs reform plan is flawed (21 Oct 2020)
Audit reforms put on hold as failures pile up: Big Four beancounters in the firing line after series of botched reports (20 Oct 2020)
Auditors can cut free but Boohoo needs a credible successor to PwC (20 Oct 2020)
FRC Consultation on revised auditing standard for the auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud (20 Oct 2020)
Big Four's audit income jumps as firms raise prices (19 Oct 2020)
KPMG was engaged as auditor to group used in suspicious Wirecard deals (19 Oct 2020)
Interview with Mazars UK head of audit (19 Oct 2020)

Four out of five top auditors snub Boohoo after fast fashion scandal (19 Oct 2020)
KPMG delays results in face of a significant uncertainty (16 Oct 2020)
PwC stepping down as auditor of Boohoo amid governance concerns (16 Oct 2020)
FRC: Big Four's fees for non-audit work for audited entities continue to decline (16 Oct 2020)
FRC Report: Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession (16 Oct 2020)
String of Firms That Imploded Have Something in Common: Ernst & Young Audited Them (16 Oct 2020)

Consultants' fees 'up to £6,250 a day' for work on Covid test system (15 Oct 2020)
Keith Skeoch appointed Interim FRC Chair (15 Oct 2020)
BDO breaks Big Four's audit stranglehold (14 Oct 2020)
FRC Tips to help companies make Section 172 statements more useful (14 Oct 2020)
KPMG was auditor to Wirecard's mystery Mauritian counterparty (13 Oct 2020)
Leicester textile firms 'involved in money laundering' (13 Oct 2020)
KPMG bank auditor avoids US prison for 'regulatory corruption' (11 Oct 2020)
SEC Comment Letters Reveal Lease Accounting Challenges (10 Oct 2020)
Can private equity's numbers be trusted? (10 Oct 2020)
Pre-pack sales in administration report (9 Oct 2020)
Tailored Review Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) (9 Oct 2020)
Insolvent Abuse: Mind boggling Woodford wind-up fees show system needs overhauling (9 Oct 2020)
BDO may have to bail out sister firm in Spain after 126.8m penalty (8 Oct 2020)
More than 1,000 consultants from Deloitte on Test and Trace programme (8 Oct 2020)
Grant Thornton to settle with AssetCo for £28m (8 Oct 2020)

FRC publishes future of corporate reporting discussion paper (8 Oct 2020)
Pre-pack sales to face mandatory independent scrutiny (8 Oct 2020)
GE (audited by KPMG) receives notice from U.S. regulator of possible civil action (6 Oct 2020)
Conflict of interest rules cause headaches for Big Four auditors (4 Oct 2020)
EY faces mounting backlash after Wirecard whistleblower revelation (1 Oct 2020)
Deloitte selling contact tracing services to local UK health officials (1 Oct 2020)
EY employee warned of Wirecard fraud four years before German firm's collapse (1 Oct 2020)

September 2020

Airbnb pays Â£1.8m extra UK tax after investigation (30 Sep 2020)
M&C Saatchi shares to be suspended after account deadline missed (30 Sep 2020)
SEC Charges Manitex International and Three Former Senior Executives With Accounting Fraud (29 Sep 2020)
ICAEW Inspectors find a quarter of audits are substandard (29 Sep 2020)
ICAEW Audit Monitoring Report 2020 (29 Sep 2020)
Whistleblower warned EY of Wirecard fraud four years before collapse (29 Sep 2020)
Accounting standards are always an earner for Big 4 (29 Sep 2002)
Burger King serves up restaurant closures in pre-pack deal (29 Sep 2020)

India: Auditors seek fine-tuning audit report guidelines (25 Sep 2020)

Assetco: The negligent privatisation audit that has cost Grant Thornton over £20m in damages (22 Sep 2020)
German Regulator Looks to Open Probe Into Grenke's Accounting (audited by KPMG) (21 Sep 2002)
Muffin Break's 60 UK stores bake up recovery after pre-pack administration (21 Sep 2020)
UK watchdog FRC finds apparent breaches by KPMG's Carillion audit (21 Sep 2020)
KPMG: How a Big Four auditing firm went rogue in its greed for profit (18 Sep 2020)
UK government official was set to join KPMG while in talks to lead project that paid firm £1.5m (18 Sep 2020)
Reforms to Companies House to clamp down on fraud and give businesses greater confidence in transactions (18 Sep 2020)
CEO says Grenke is no Wirecard as it orders special KPMG audit (18 Sep 2020)
Deloitte partners face £19m insolvency lawsuit (16 Sep 2020)
Deloitte fined record £15m for failings in Autonomy audits (16 Sep2020)
Insolvency: Travelex creditors take Â£368m hit after pre-pack administration (16 Sep 2020)
Caffe Nero hires KPMG 'to review options' including rent cuts and store closures (15 Sep 2020
KPMG abandons pension cuts after employees threaten legal action (15 Sep 2020)
Revolving Doors: Chair of UK Accounting Standards Endorsement Board appointed - former PwC partner (14 Sep 2020)
Carillion scandal as Scots staff lose pension cash while bosses of bust firm cash in (12 Sep 2020)

Deloitte first to confirm audit split (10 Sep 2010)
What HMRC's preferential creditor status means for lenders (10 Sep 2020)
EY posts record revenues despite audit scrutiny (10 Sep 2020)
Independent review into the oversight of local audit and the transparency of local authority financial reporting (9 Sep 2020)
Independent review by Sir Tony Redmond into the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities (9 Sep 2020)
Regulators investigate elite London law firm Mishcon de Reya (9 Sep 2020)
Regulators investigate elite London law firm Mishcon de Reya (9 Sep 2020)

Auditors must stop pretending its not their job to catch fraud (8 Sep 2020)
When Are Audit Firms Sued For Financial Reporting Failures? (8 Sep 2020)
G4S executives charged with multiple counts of fraud (8 Sep 2020)
We are in the golden age of fraud (8 Sep 2020)
Thirteen sued for £178m over alleged fraud at London Capital & Finance (audited by EY, PwC and Oliver Clive & Co) (4 Sep 2020)
Wirecard and me: Dan McCrum on exposing a criminal enterprise (3 Sep 2020)
Grant Thornton loses appeal over £22.6m damages (1 Sep 2020)
Private equity fees have become a rentier's bonanza (1 Sep 2020)
Watchstone Group plc Claim against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (31 Aug 2020)

Blow for Grant Thornton as court rejects £22m appeal (28 Aug 2020)

UK Court of Appeal reduces damages awarded against Grant Thornton for failure to report fraud - Assetco Plc v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 1151 (28 August 2020)
Annual Review of Insolvency Practitioner Regulation 2019 (26 Aug 2020)
Audit firm Ernst & Young (EY) Incompetent, Negligent or Criminal? (26 Aug 2020)
SEC Charges Super Micro and Former CFO in Connection with Widespread Accounting Violations (25 Aug 2020)
Mini-bond collapse administration fees, charged by Smith & Williamson, face questions (24 Aug 2020)
High Court judge paves way for administrators to sue four directors connected to London Capital & Finance savings scandal (24 Aug 2020)
Creditors of collapsed minibond firm LCF rebel over administrator's fees (24 Aug 2020)
FRC: Recent Enforcement sanctions imposed against Audit firms and Audit partners (24 Aug 2020)

FTSE 100 audit fees hit £911m (24 Aug 2020)
Former bosses of Finablr and NMC Health (audited by Ernst & Young) face fraud accusations (23 Aug 2020)
Deloitte gets another huge COVID contract plan to test millions each day (21 Aug 2020)
PwC accused of not telling regulator about secret meeting with bankers (21 Aug 2020)
UK Government spends £56m on consultants to help with coronavirus - contracts for Deloitte, PwC, Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey (20 Aug 2020)
Lookers (audited by Deloitte) warns of first-half loss and expands accounting probe (20 Aug 2020)
KPMG to make Â£16m from Intu administration (20 Aug 2020)
EU Final Report: Study on directors duties and sustainable corporate governance (18 Aug 2020)
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020: A review (18 Aug 2002)
FCA Statement on accounting for lease modifications (amendment to IFRS 16) (18 Aug 2020)
The only V-shaped recovery after coronavirus will be in the stock markets (18 Aug 2020)
Key Implications of the UK's Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (18 Aug 2020)
UK looks to extend bailout loans to private equity-owned groups (17 Aug 2020)
SEC Charges Hertz Former CEO With Aiding and Abetting Company Financial Reporting and Disclosure Violations (audited by PwC) (13 Aug 2020)
Deloot how Deloitte gets away with it (12 Aug 2020)
FCA letter remindig auditors of their going concern obligations (10 Aug 2020)
ACCA withdraws from legal services regulation (10 Aug 2020)
Money laundering case involving lawyers, accountants: Group Seven Ltd & Anor v Notable Services LLP & Anor (Rev 2) [2019] EWCA Civ 614 (10 Aug 2020)
Capture of the State: KPMG and ICAEW advising UK govt on company law, accounting & insolvency (6 Aug 2020)
Capture of the State: PwC advising UK governement on non-financial reporting (3 Aug 2020)
BAME 2020: one in 250 partners is black at top eight accountancy firms (3 Aug 2020)
The Pensions Regulator: Bernard Matthews - Regulatory intervention report (31 Jul 2020)

KPMG serves up pre-pack to French dining chain (28 Jul 2020)
Government must accelerate long-awaited audit reforms (23 Jul 2020)
HMRC Report: Measuring tax gaps 2020 edition (22 Jul 2020)
Wirecard trail leads to chain of fake merchants and porn sites - and British shell companies (21 Jul 2020)
EY told Wirecard that KPMG audit 'risked misinterpretation' (20 Jul 2020)
Grant Thornton faces legal action over Patisserie Valerie audit (20 Jul 2020)
Ineffective tax avoidance: targeting the enablers (20 Jul 2020)
FRC REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020 (20 Jul 2020)
Trail of missing Wirecard executive leads to Belarus (18 Jul 2020)
Third of UK audits fail accounting watchdog quality tests (14 Jul 2020)
ERNST & YOUNG (EY) UK AUDIT QUALITY INSPECTION JULY 2020 (14 Jul 2020)
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC) UK AUDIT QUALITY INSPECTION JULY 2020 (14 Jul 2020)
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP AUDIT QUALITY INSPECTION JULY 2020 (14 Jul 2020)
KPMG UK AUDIT QUALITY INSPECTION JULY 2020 (14 Jul 2020)
DELOITTE UK AUDIT QUALITY INSPECTION JULY 2020 (14 Jul 2020)
BDO audit split likely to see other accounting firms following suit (14 Jul 2020)
Man arrested in Solihull over suspected Â£500k furlough fraud (10 Jul 2020)
FRC announces sanctions against Grant Thornton UK LLP (8 Jul 2020)
FRC sanctions against Grant Thornton, Kevin Engel and Natasha Toy (8 Jul 2020)
FRC Disciplinary Report: Grant Thonrton and Conviviality Retail plc (8 Jul 2020)
Pre-pack administration deal secured for Bensons for Beds (8 Jul 2020)
Inspection reports expose audit firms to litigation (7 Jul 2020)
EY Germany will survive, but legal troubles loom (7 Jul 2020)
FRC principles for operational separation of audit practices (6 Jul 2020)
FRC Audit Reform - Objectives, outcomes and regulation (6 Jul 2020)
UK's big accountancy firms told to split off audit arms by 2024 (6 Jul 2020)
'Utterly inadequate': Experts slam watchdog's Big Four audit split (6 Jul 2020)
KPMG audit shines light on Wirecard losses (6 Jul 2020)
Audit Q&A: You cannot serve two masters (3 Jul 2020)
Audit Standards On Hot Seat In Wake Of Wirecard Scandal (3 Jul 2020)
After Wirecard: is it time to audit the auditors? (3 Jul 2020)
'We know that change is coming for auditors and have to embrace it (3 Jul 2020)
Auditors have a duty to be alert to fraud (2 Jul 2020)
From Enron to Wirecard: Big 4 Accounting Firms Still Face Systemic Problems (2 Jul 2020)
Only 4% of fraud is caught by outside auditors (2 Jul 2020)
Head of audit review, Donald Brydon, calls for urgent reform after Wirecard scandal (2 Jul 2020)
What If BlackRock Appointed The Auditor? (2 Jul 2020)
Lookers shares suspended as results delayed by accounting probe (1 Jul 2020)
Auditors and the collapse of Kingston Cotton Mills (1 Jul 2020)
Auditors keep falling into the same trap (30 Jun 2020)
Lookers (was audited by Delitte)fraud probe reveals Â£19m hole in accounts (29 Jun 2020)
Germany agrees to terminate contract with accounting watchdog (29 Jun 2002)
Germany to overhaul accounting regulation after Wirecard scandal (29 Jun 2020)
Wirecard puts spotlight on auditor EY (29 Jun 2020)
Pension Policy Institute Report: Tax relief on Defined Contribution pension contributions (29 Jun 2020)
Pensions tax relief 'inflames gender and generational inequality' (29 Jun 2020)
Germany to shake up accounting industry following Wirecard collapse (28 Jun 2020)
FCA publicly censures Redcentric PLC for market abuse (PwC involved) (26 Jun 2020)
Wirecard collapses amid accounting scandal (26 Jun 2020)
Disciplinary hearing against Deloitte for Autonomy audit to resume (26 Jun 2020)
German payments firm Wirecard files for insolvency (27 Jun 2020)
FRC launches investigations into three audit firms over the audits of London Capital & Finance plc (24 Jun 2020)
Deloitte handles Â£56m Go Outdoors pre-pack administration (24 Jun 2020)
Accounting watchdog investigates London Capital & Finance auditor (24 Jun 2020)
JD Sports buys back Go Outdoors in Â£56.5m pre-pack deal (24 Jun 2020)
HSBC faces Â£1.3bn action over film scheme Eclipse (22 Jun 2020)
Wirecard fights for survival as it admits scale of fraud (22 Jun 2020)
Carlo Ancelotti: Everton manager accused of tax fraud (22 Jun 2020)
GE names Deloitte as new auditor, replacing KPMG (22 Jun 2020)
GE to change auditor to Deloitte from KPMG, starting 2021 (22 Jun 2020)
Checks, Spreadsheets Expose Firms To Growing Fraud Risk (22 Jun 2020)
KPMG to review TfL's finances after Â£1.6bn government bailout (18 Jun 2020)
Just 11 of Big Four accounting firms' 3000 partners are black (18 Jun 2020)
EY reportsÂ£1.9bn 'missing' at Germany's Wirecard (18 Jun 2020)
Complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel against PwC (16 Jun 2020)
UK House of Lords Debate: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (16 Jun 2020)

UK High Court judgement on pre-action disclosure - Carillion Plc (in liquidation) v KPMG LLP and KPMG Audit Plc [2020] EWHC 1416 (Comm) (16 Jun 2020)
FRC Sanctions against KPMG - in relation to the statutory audits of the financial statements of Foresight 4 VCT plc (12 Jun 2020)
IN THE MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNSEL OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL -and- (1) KPMG AUDIT PLC (2) KPMG LLP - Audit of Foresight 4 VCT plc (12 Jun 2020)
Police investigate collapsed bond firm MJS, launched with LibDem peer's backing (11 Jun 2020)
Accounting firm numbers decline as bookkeepers boom (11 Jun 2020)
BDO becomes second-largest auditor of listed UK companies (10 Jun 2020)
BDO climbs to the top of UK audit market (10 Jun 2020)
Accountancy sector shows shift away from small firms (10 Jun 2020)
Nearly 400,000 British companies evade anti-money laundering checks (9 Jun 2020)
UK House of Lords Debate on Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (9 Jun 2020)

BT auditor highlights new accounting weaknesses (9 Jun 2020)
FRC: Watchdog closes five-year probe into Tesco's Â£250m accounting investigation (9 Jun 2020)
Intu places KPMG on standby as administration threatens (9 Jun 2020)
Boomerang lands BDO with court claim (9 Jun 2020)
Steinhoff Pays for PwC to Help South African Police Graft Probe (9 Jun 2020)
Private Equity and Pre-pack administration: Everest double glazing rescue deal saves 1000 UK jobs (9 Jun 2020)
Typical shareholding period for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange is less than 20 seconds (8 Jun 2020)
Ernst & Young sued over Wirecard as accounting woes add up (8 Jun 2020)
PwC Accused of Taking Credit for South Africa Utility's Work (8 Jun 2020)
Lookers auditor (Deloitte) resigns as car dealership delays results again (8 Jun 2020)
Deloitte drops Lookers audit (8 Jun 2020)
BDO Closer to Topping UK Audit Market as Big Four Lose Clients (8 Jun 2020)
EY fights fires on three audit cases that threaten its global reputation (7 Jun 2020)
Car dealer Lookers to ditch auditor as fraud probe nears end (7 Jun 2020)
Samsung heir appears in court, awaits decision in accounting fraud case (7 Jun 2020)
Accountant Grant Thornton lined up to score FAI audit job (6 Jun 2020)
Judge Slams Ernst & Young for Court Comments on Ex-Partner (5 Jun 2020)
Termite Capitalism: how private equity is undermining the economy (4 Jun 2020)
Carillion Loses Bid to Get KPMG Documents Ahead of UK lawsuit (3 Jun 2020)
EY to oversee insolvency of Specialist Leisure Group (3 Jun 2020)
KPMG Resigns as Ted Baker Auditor After Accounting Errors (2 Jun 2020)
EY quits audit role at ventilator maker paid Â£79m by government (2 Jun 2020)
BDO takes over from KPMG at Ted Baker after Ã‚Â£25 million errors (2 Jun 2020)
Big Four accounting firms feel the pinch (31 May 2020)
Denmark Drops EY Probe Tied to Danske Money Laundering Probe (29 May 2020)
UK alters insolvency law landscape (29 May 2020)
A UK Case (relating to Ernst & Young) Shows How International Accounting Firms Enable Financial Misconduct (28 May 2020)
ICAEW INSOLVENCY MONITORING REPORT 2020 (28 May 2020)
Boohoo, audited by PwC, forced to defend itself from activist shareholder (27 May 2020)
Shadow Fall leaves Boohoo investors with reasons to be tearful (27 May 2020)
Wirecard audit procedures yet to be completed (27 May 2020)
Opinion: Could wealth hidden in tax havens help us repay the (27 May 2020)
FRC launches investigations into KPMG and PwC over the audits of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc (26 May 2020)
Britain's accounting watchdog investigates Eddie Stobart audits (26 May 2020)
KPMG, PwC's Eddie Stobart audits under FRC investigation (26 May 2020)
Pandemic, Accounting Change Trigger Bad Debt Boosts at Telecoms (26 May 2020)
Prosecutors Summon Samsung Heir Over Merger, Accounting Probes (26 May 2020)
China warns audit plans will drive companies from US listing (25 May 2020)
Pre Pack Pool says it faces collapse (25 May 2020)
FRC chair leaves after eight months (21 May 2020)
Matalan founder suing PwC for 'ineffective tax avoidance advice' (20 May 2020)
Tax break for home office equipment (20 May 2020)
Chair of UK accounting watchdog FRC leaves in setback to audit reform (20 May 2020)
SEC Charges Three Former KPMG Audit Partners for Exam Sharing Misconduct (19 May 2020)
Former KPMG auditors agree to suspensions over test cheating (19 May 2020)
PwC fails to dismiss Â£25m negligence claim over Guernsey "ponzi scheme" - sued by Deloitte (19 May 2020)
Private Equity and Pre-pack Administration: Cath Kidston creditors owed Â£90m (19 May 2020)
EY overhauls UK leadership and splits audit governance (18 May 2020)
EY creates dedicated head of UK audit to focus on standards (18 May 2020)
ICAI issues norms for auditors to assess going concern (18 May 2020)
FRC strengthens corporate governance and stewardship team (18 May 2020)
Firms given £1bn of UK state contracts without tender in Covid-19 crisis - Ernst & Young, PwC and Deloitte get government contracts (15 May 2020)
KPMG's Carillion negligence lawsuit reveals 'rotten system' (15 May 2020)
Trump says Chinese companies could be forced to follow US accounting standards (14 May 2020)
Accounting scandal brews at Luckin Coffee (13 May 2020)
KPMG is target of Â£250m legal fight over Carillion collapse (13 May 2020)
SEC alleges accounting fraud at Florida direct lender TCA (12 May 2020)
KPMG appointed as administrator to Dawsons Music (12 May 2020)
KPMG faces £250m negligence lawsuit over Carillion (12 May 2020)
The consequences of LP defaults due to capital calls (12 May 2020)
Flybe Limited (in Administration) Administrators statement of proposals (11 May 2020)
Thereis some very interesting stuff in the Flybe administrators report (11 May 2020)
Flybe Administrators Value Airline At Â£139 Million (11 May 2020)
Sean Brodie of PwC quits FAI audit role over 'lack of progress' (9 May 2020)
KPMG called in by troubled instruments firm Dawsons (8 May 2020)
Covid-19: ACCA offers remote exam-taking (7 May 2020)
Federal regulator sues auditor Ernst & Young for negligence over First NBC collapse. (7 May 2020)
Audit firms failing on quality monitoring (7 May 2020)
Deloitte in talks to slash pension contributions (5 May 2020)
Ocado investor Royal London to oppose executive pay report (5 May 2020)
Ocado faces shareholder revolt over Â£88m bonus payout (5 May 2020)
Apple Sells $8.5 Billion in Bonds to Fuel Share Buybacks (5 May 2020)
PwC cancels summer internship (5 May 2020)
Apple Shores Up $8.5 Billion in Debt For Dividend Payout (5 May 2020)
Buffett says stock buybacks aren't 'immoral,' but some are 'stupid' (5 May 2020)
Accountant BDO looks at virus testing staff every 2 weeks (5 May 2020)
Deloitte scraps summer internship scheme (4 May 2020)
Banks baffle investors as art meets science in accounting rule (4 May 2020)
Bank of England says banks can exclude 'Bounce Back' loans from leverge rules (4 May 2020)
How to manage an insolvency process (4 May 2020)
How the paper trail went cold in KPMG's special audit of Wirecard (4 May 2020)
UK watchdog investigates EY audit of NMC Health (4 May 2020)
Carriageworks goes into voluntary administration (4 May 2020)
FTSE 350 pensions return to deficit (4 May 2020)
Poundstretcher store closures likely as KPMG is drafted in (4 May 2020)
IAASB publishes guidance on going concern auditor considerations (30 Apr 2020)
Wirecard says KPMG could not obtain all data for audit (29 Apr 2020)
Wirecard: what KPMG's report found (29 Apr 2020)
Baymarkets and PwC form post-trade alliance (29 Apr 2020)
Avoiding insolvency in midst of crisis (28 Apr 2020)
Coronavirus response: Banking Package to facilitate bank lending- Supporting households and businesses in the EU (28 Apr 2020)
Small businesses boosted by bounce back loans - New 100% UK government backed loan scheme for small business (28 Apr 2020)
KPMG unable to verify Wirecard's third-party profits (28 Apr 2020)
BoE warns bank loan reserves risk choking business funding (27 Apr 2020)
Bank accounting an early casualty of Covid-19 (27 Apr 2020)
The accounting profession and the coronavirus: The crisis in numbers (27 Apr 2020)
Judge in whistle-blowing case lambasts audit giant EY (27 Apr 2020)
Luckin offices raided by Chinese regulators as scandal widens (27 Apr 2020)
Coronavirus threatens mid-tier auditors' bid to break Big Four domination (27 Apr 2020)
France is barring firms registered in offshore tax havens from its government coronavirus bailout (23 Apr 2020)
Optimizing remote internal quality audits (23 Apr 2020)
Blackmore Bond topples into administration owing Â£45m (23 Apr 2020)
The Tories must not reward tax-dodgers with 'no strings attached bailouts' (22 Apr 2020)
The death of traditional accounting (22 Apr 2020)
Troubled oil trader Hin Leong poised to hand control to PwC (22 Apr 2020)
China called out in US audit warning over emerging market investing (22 Apr 2020)
KPMG chair sends first email to staff after Covid-19 diagnosis (22 Apr 2020)
Covid-19: what you need to know about auditing in a pandemic (22 Apr 2020)
Grant Thornton slashes pay and hours of 300 UK staff (21 Apr 2020)
FASB's relief proposal includes lease accounting delay (21 Apr 2020)
IL&FS case: Bombay HC dismisses MCA plea to ban Deloitte and KPMG for five years (21 Apr 2020)
PwC wins appeal forÂ£30m security in Quinn Insurance court case (21 Apr 2020)
KPMG UK chairman warns of coronavirus 'economic disaster' (21 Apr 2020)
RSM elects new chief executive as Grant Thornton cuts wages (21 Apr 2020)
US arms of the Big Four seek private debt as corona pushes (20 Apr 2020)
Grant Thornton cuts staff pay to weather expected fall in profits (20 Apr 2020)
Pay and hours cut at Grant Thornton (20 Apr 2020)
Third PwC administrator appointed to Laura Ashley (20 Apr 2020)
Coronavirus: Ministers call in PwC for Loganair funding talks (20 Apr 2020)
The state pension is in the firing line (17 Apr 2020)
EY Must Pay $10.8 Million to Auditor Who Blew Whistle on wrongdoing at Dubai gold refiner (17 Apr 2020)
EY ordered to pay whistleblower $11m in Dubai gold audit case (17 Apr 2020)
UK High Court Judgement - MR AMJAD RIHAN Claimant - and - (1) ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL LIMITED (2) ERNST & YOUNG EUROPE LLP (3) ERNST & YOUNG (EMEIA) SERVICES LIMITED (4) EYGS LLP (17 Apr 2020)
BDO furloughs 700 and cuts partner pay by 25% (17 Apr 2020)
The economic crisis will expose a decade worth of swindling and aggressive accounting (17 Apr 2020)
Banking experts call for credit loss accounting rule to be axed or altered (17 Apr 2020)
Luckin Coffee's Accounting Scandal Thwarts Backer's $2.5 Billion Fund (17 Apr 2020)
UK accounting industry faces worst crisis in decade (16 Apr 2020)
BDO furloughs 700 employees, firms cut pay (16 Apr 2020)
Deloitte freezes salaries, defers partner payouts (16 Apr 2020)
What New Technologies are Used in Accounting and Finance? (15 Apr 2020)
EY UK to cut partner profit 20 per cent in coronavirus response (15 Apr 2020)
Deloitte involved - Oxford Instruments UK 2013 Ltd v Revenue & Customs (CORPORATION TAX - loan relationship rules) [2019] UKFTT 254 (TC) (13 April 2019) (13 Apr 2019)
Laura Ashley hires third administrator as coronavirus (12 Apr 2020)
How the Tories' coronavirus relief package is ripe for abuse (10 Apr 2020)
Virus Forces UK to Pause Plans to Split Big Four Accountants (9 Apr 2020)
UK accounting watchdog postpones break-up of Big Four (9 Apr 2020)
Tesco defends Â£635m dividend payout after coronavirus tax break (8 Apr 2020)
Two accounting scandals in China in one week burn investors (8 Apr 2020)
Even In This Bizarro World, KPMG UK Still Gets Fined For Bad Auditing (8 Apr 2020)
Just 2,000 UK firms given coronavirus business loans (8 Apr 2020)
Reports suggest Big Four, BDO and Grant Thornton discuss furlough staff (8 Apr 2020)
Grant Thornton partner earnings hit Â£513k as audit profits collapse (7 Apr 2020)
Accountancy firms weigh up reputational risk of furloughing staff (7 Apr 2020)
PwC UK freezes pay as partners told they will shoulder the crisis (7 Apr 2020)
Remote auditing comes to forefront during pandemic (7 Apr 2020)
We must not return to the folly of right-wing economics (6 Apr 2020)
RSM shareholders stage coup over accounts blunder (6 Apr 2020)
Banks May Not Need Loan-Accounting Help (6 Apr 2020)
Appeals court rules for PwC in dispute over arbitration (6 Apr 2020)
Debenhams to appoint administrators for second time in a year (6 Apr 2020)
PwC UK delays promotions, pay rises and bonuses (6 Apr 2020)
EY scores worst in big four audit by watchdog IAASA (4 Apr 2020)
Ernst & Young Says It First Found Accounting Issues at Luckin (3 Apr 2020)
Going concern tips for auditors during the pandemic (3 Apr 2020)
What does it mean to declare insolvency? (3 Apr 2020)
FRC Sanctions against KPMG and a partner (2 Apr 2020)
FRC fines KPMG Â£700000 for poor audit (2 Apr 2020)
Carillion: Two years on (30 Mar 2020)
Finablr auditor Ernst & Young steps down (29 Mar 2020)
UK to change insolvency rules to protect businesses (28 Mar 2020)
Rent-to-own firm Brighthouse calls administrators (27 Mar 2020)
Three tenets of accounting firm sustainability (27 Mar 2020)
Statement of Policy: Delaying annual company accounts during the coronavirus crisis (26 Mar 2020)
Who the UK government's coronavirus economic measures leave behind (25 Mar 2020)
Covid-19: FRC considers delay to audit quality inspections (25 Mar 2020)
UK eyes insolvency law reforms (25 Mar 2020)
FRC launches consultation to adopt ISAE 3000 (25 Mar 2020)
FRC publishes 2020/21 'strategy for reform' (23 Mar 2020)
National Ausit Office Investigation into government's response to the collapse of Thomas Cook (19 Mar 2020)
National Audit Office Report Summary : Investigation into government's response to the collapse of Thomas Cook (19 Mar 2020)
banned from government apprenticeships after Ofsted report (18 Mar 2020)
Ofsted brand 1000 civil service apprenticeship programme at KPMG as "inadequate" . (18 Mar 2020)
Ofsted Report on Inspection of KPMG Limited Liability Partnership (18 Mar 2020)
Forty years of neoliberalism have shaped our individualistic response to coronavirus (17 Mar 2020)
New accounting rules pose threat to banks amid coronavirus epidemic (17 Mar 2020)
NMC finds 'suspected fraudulent behaviour' (17 Mar 2020)
Travelex owner at risk as £81m of undisclosed cheques emerge (17 Mar 2020)
Laura Ashley to file for administration as coronavirus takes toll (17 Mar 2020)
Proposed Settlement Of Age Discrimination Case Hardly For PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (17 Mar 2020)
FRC flags Â£94m error in Galliford Try accounts (16 Mar 2020)
NMC tycoon Shetty stays silent over 'fraud' scandal (15 Mar 2020)
Wirecard delays results as KPMG special audit extended (13 Mar 2020)
GE Proposes Keeping KPMG as External Auditor (12 Mar 2020)
Findings of the FRC in respect of the report and accounts of Galliford Try plc - audited by PwC (12 Mar 2020)
Budget: It's good we're finally spending more but it's not enough (12 Mar 2020)
NMC Health finds evidence of suspected fraud in its finances (12 Mar 2020)
Hidden $2.7 Billion Tips NMC Health Into All-Out Scandal (11 Mar 2002)
Flybe employees stand to lose so much more than their jobs (10 Mar 2020)
NMC Health reveals it has almost $3bn debt unknown to board (10 Mar 2020)
Lookers delays annual results due to fraud investigation (10 Mar 2020)
Adviser to pay out after triggering 'unnecessary' tax charge (10 Mar 2020)
The War of Auditor Independence (10 Mar 2020)
Humphrey: Audit needs a dynamic repair (10 Mar 2020)
PCAOB Has Added Burdens While Adding Little Value (10 Mar 2020)
Budget 2020: The government must turn Britain's divided economy around (6 Mar 2020)
FRC Watchdog expects Britain's audit shake-up to start this year (6 Mar 2020)
The Myth of Auditor Independence (6 Mar 2020)
How accounting firms grapple with client retention (6 Mar 2020)
Auditing scandals are on the rise: What needs to change? (6 Mar 2020)
NCLAT rejects pleas of IL&FS auditors Deloitte and KPMG (6 Mar 2020)
Flybe crashes into administration (5 Mar 2020)
The Olds vs. PwC: $11.625 Million Settlement Reached In Age Discrimination Case (5 Mar 2020)
Flybe pensions at risk for 1350 workers and ex-staff (5 Mar 2020)
Flybe staff: 'We're not sure what we're going to do now' (5 Mar 2020)
Flybe: airline collapses two months after government announces rescue (5 Mar 2020)
Flybe collapse: Virgin Atlantic refused to put more cash into the beleaguered airline (5 Mar 2020)
Flybe owners left licking their wounds after airline's collapse (5 Mar 2020)
Coronavirus made Flybe's case for a bailout look even weaker (5 Mar 2020)
FRC outlines plans for radical Big Four separation (3 Mar 2020)
US nets second guilty plea in Panama Papers case (3 Mar 2020)
NMC Health asks for debt standstill amid accounting scandal (3 Mar 2020)
Trainee numbers drop at Top 75 accountancy firms (3 Mar 2020)
The new FRC Ethical Standard (3 Mar 2020)
Big Four audit firms will be split up (3 Mar 2020)
Sensible steps that will restore faith in auditors (3 Mar 2020)
KPMG spins off pensions unit to avoid audit conflict risk (3 Mar 2020)
PwC appointed to probe Goldman Sachs reporting (3 Mar 2020)
EU court backs Google in Hungary tax challenge (3 Mar 2020)
Hungary Flounders at EU Court in Google Tax Spat (3 Mar 2020)
Amazon's fight against $277 million EU tax order kicks off (3 Mar 2020)
Why we should resist the rush to a cashless society (28 Feb 2020)
Watchdog opens NMC Health (audited by Ernst &Young) inquiry amid accounting scandal (28 Feb 2020)
Eddie Stobart books Â£11m loss after accounting errors (28 Feb 2020)
FRC: Regulator outlines plans to break up Big Four accounting firms (28 Feb 2020)
Regulator tells big four auditors to accelerate break-up plan (28 Feb 2020)
KPMG partner at centre of bullying row leaves firm (28 Feb 202
PwC adds ex-SEC commissioner as outside director and forms assurance quality advisory committee (28 Feb 2020)
UK Bank watchdog asks PwC to probe Goldman reporting (26 Feb 2020)
Accountant loses appeal over Â£1.2m goodwill claim (26 Feb 2020)
Eddie Stobart (audited by KPMG and PwC) books Â£11m loss after accounting errors (26 Feb 2020)
Closer look at Mattel accounting error (26 Feb 2020)
SEC Investigating Mattel's Accounting (26 Feb 2020)
Mattel (audited by PwC) Reveals SEC Subpoena Over Whistleblower Investigation (26 Feb 2020)
UK Government committed to setting up ARGA audit regulator (25 Feb 2020)
Legal Professional Privilege cannot be defeated by the FRC interpretation of its disclosure regime (25 Feb 2020)
KPMG investigates Carillion auditor over other outsourcer (25 Feb 2020)
Accountants urged to help firms worldwide combat climate crisis (25 Feb 2020)
Revolving doors: KPMG hires new head of dealmaking from Big Four rival (25 Feb 2020)
Gina Miller demands review of Andrew Bailey as Bank of England Governor (25 Feb 2020)
Big Four Auditors block clients from reclaiming money from Swiss banks because they don't wan't to lose contracts (20 Feb 2020)
FRC to scrutinise climate change reporting (20 Feb 2020)
Without an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the US Auditors? (20 Feb 2020)
Pressure on accountants intensifies as money laundering crackdown heats up (20 Feb 2020
ATO and global tax fraud investigators target offshore accountants and lawyers (20 Feb 2020)
Watchdog groups are warning that up to 50% of the Nordic audits performed by big four accounting firms are totally flawed (20 Feb 2020)
Warning over Â£1bn hit from tax raid on final salary pensions (20 Feb 2020)
World Bank aid 'leakage' may flow to tax havens: study (20 Feb 2020)
From mansions to pensions: how will the UK budget affect taxes? (20 Feb 2020)
Grand corruption and the authoritarian turn (20 Feb 2020)
Grand corruption and government change: an analysis of partisan favoritism in public procurement in UK and Hungary (20 Feb 2020)
FRC loses legal challenge over Sports Direct documents (18 Feb 2020)
Sports Direct and FRC set for Supreme Court clash over privileges (20 Feb 2020)
Balance sheet liabilities jumped after lease accounting change (18 Feb 2020)
FRC: Watchdog threatens audit firms with extra reforms (18 Feb 2020)
Facebook faces tax court trial over Ireland offshore deal (18 Feb 2020)
EXCLUSIVE Interview with Sir Jon Thompson, CEO, Financial Reporting Council (18 Feb 2020)
Ted Baker drops four executives following accounting error (18 Feb 2020)
Shake-up of SORP charity accounting committee finalised (18 Feb 2020)
ESMA UPDATES ITS Q&As RELATING TO THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (18 Feb 2020)
Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May collects Â£96,000 for a speech from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (17 Feb 2020)
PCAOB: Weakening the oversight of US auditing is a very bad idea (17 Feb 2020)
These Tory 'free port' plans are just another handout to corporations and tax dodgers (14 Feb 2020)
Why the numbers don't add up for post-Libor hedge accounting (14 Feb 2020)
In fresh scandal for Toshiba, subsidiary found to have booked £43.5 billion in fictitious sales (14 Feb 2020)
Interview with Sir Donald Brydon- it happen again - Part 2 (15 Feb 2020)
Accounting firms are putting themselves and their clients at risk (14 Feb 2020)
FRC and BEIS publish joint statement on financial reporting during Brexit transition (14 Feb 2020)
US may merge PCAOB audit regulator with SEC (14 Feb 2020)
Global tax rewrite could boost governments' revenues by $100bn, OECD says (14 Feb 2020)
OECD presents analysis showing significant impact of proposed international tax reforms (14 Feb 2020)
The World Bank loses another chief economist - after higher officials block publication of internal research showing a correlation between foreign aid to developing economies (including WB aid) and jumps in their deposits in foreign financial havens (14 Feb 2020)
Facebook boss 'happy to pay more tax in Europe' (14 Feb 2020)
Extinction Rebellion to target Barclays, PwC and News Corp in new wave of protests (12 Feb 2020)
IFAC highlights factors behind high-quality audits (12 Feb 2020)
Trump Administration Would Shift Audit Watchdog Role to SEC (12 Feb 2020)
US poised to celebrate its first Panama Papers tax conviction (12 Feb 2020)
IFRS updates on Goodwill and Impairment project (12 Feb 2020)
Hailey's Comet: how Deloitte helped funds win a distressed bet (12 Feb 2020)
Nissan seeks $90m damages from former boss Carlos Ghosn (12 Feb 2020)
Private equity and Britain's care home crisis (12 Feb 2020)
Accounting watchdog urged to investigate KPMG over Â£58m Ted Baker acocunting scandal (10 Feb 2020)
Fat Cats: Outgoing Deloitte boss took home Â£3.3m last year (10 Feb 2020)
OECD set to review country-by-country reporting rules (10 Feb 2010)
KPMG struggles to find tenant for Mayfair members' club (10 Feb 2020)
Simon Dingemans the audit watchdog chair who wants to take on the audit industry with a big bang (10 Feb 2020)
Audit Independence: companies were almost twice as likely to choose a Big Four firm if a top executive had previously worked for that firm (7 Feb 2020)
Redbridge councillors 'alarmed' by Â£2 million accounting error (7 Feb 2020)
Top 25 UK accounting firms in 2010: where are they now? (7 Feb 2020)
India Govt mulls banning non-audit services by statutory auditors, breaking oligopoly of big four firms (7 Feb 2020)
Lawsuit: Mattel Shareholders Are Holding PwC's Feet to the Fire (7 Feb 2020)
EY restructuring partners quit for independent rival (7 Feb 2020)
Reuters, KPMG Team For Aussie Business Taxes (7 Feb 2020)
Ernst & Young Won a Multimillion-Dollar Audit Spot. Investigators Want to Know Why (6 Feb 2020)
Plans for ARGA audit regulator due by end March (6 Feb 2010)
Auditor resignations up 21% in 2019, research reveals (6 Feb 2020)
'Criminal' auditors in ASIC's sights (6 Feb 2020)
Free Arga to focus on improving audit integrity (6 Feb 2020)
Westpac, regulators to feel the heat at audit inquiry (6 Feb 2020)
Despite electoral defeat, Labour's proposals on corporate governance should not be ignored (6 Feb 2020)
The insolvency regulator is in bed with the industry (5 Feb 2020)
Corporate scandals prompt shake-up at UK accounting regulator (5 Feb 2020)
FRC plans for greater regulatory oversight (5 Feb 2020)
FRC Draft Plan and Budget 2020/21 (5 Feb 2020)
EY hit with fends treatment of whistleblower after he accused dubai client (5 Feb 2020)
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch submits himself for arrest (5 Feb 2020)
MP says Netflix is taking Britain for a ride on tax: Call for digital tax (5 Feb 2020)
Axminster Carpets: Carpet maker seeks rescue deal (5 Feb 2020)
How Coronavirus Could Disrupt the Auditing of Companies (5 Feb 2020)
Fee income hits record £16.8bn at Top 75 accounting firms (3 Feb 2020)
Audit resignations jump as sector faces regulatory pressure (3 Feb 2010)
Interview with Sir Donald Brydon "Last chance Saloon for Audit (3 Feb 2020)
KPMG chair Bill Michael: 'Companies should be allowed to fail' (3 Feb 2020)
Convicted former WorldCom CEO Ebbers dead at 78 (3 Feb 2020)
Mini-Bonds: Doubts over the future of aristocrat's £94m Wellesley Finance (3 Feb 2020)
Netflix accused of 'superhighway robbery' over tax bill (3 Feb 2020)
Deloitte fined Ã‚Â£1m over handling of Comet administration (30 Jan 2020)
ICAEW comment on today's Comet consent order on Deloitte (30 Jan 2020)
ICAEW Disciplinary Orders and Regulatory Decisions - Deloitte and Comet (30 Jan 2020)
Deloitte handed record insolvency fine over Comet failures (30 Jan 2020)
GAM fined by Swiss exchange after accounting error (30 Jan 2020)
Court ruling keeps directors on the hook after prepack insolvency (30 Jan 2020)
UK High Court confirms that directors continue to owe fiduciary duties post insolvency (30 Jan 2020)
The Guardian view on Labour's worker ownership plans: power to the people (30 Jan 2020)
Taken for a ride: how Norton Motorcycles collapsed amid acrimony and scandal (30 Jan 2020)
Norton Motorcycles: 122 years of speed for famous brand (30 Jan 2020)
Excessive dividends are strangling the UK economy (29 Jan 2020)
Beales' auditor may face ICAEW probe (29 Jan 2020)
Danske's EY auditors face disciplinary action for failures (29 Jan 2020)
Why You Don't Need to Be an Accountant to Be a CFO (29 Jan 2020)
Lease-Accounting Rules May Have Hurt Companies Valuation (29 Jan 2020)
EY whistleblower takes stand in gold bullionmoney laundering case (29 Jan 2020)
Sports Direct fights order to hand documents to audit watchdog (29 Jan 2020)
Decision looms over Big Four consultancy and audit 'conflict' (29 Jan 2020)
'Medieval' Big Four accounting firms struggle to account for their Luanda Leaks Involvement (29 Jan 2020)
Judging the consultants: how accounting firms weigh individuals' worth (29 Jan 2020)
FRC Consultation on revised auditing standard for identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement (29 Jan 2020)
FCA has not brought a single prosecution under new anti moey laundeirng laws (29 Jan 2020)
Beales auditor faces scrutiny after collapse of department store (28 Jan 2020)
Woodford investors to get back as little as half their savings (28 Jan 2020)
Woodford investors to get as little as 50p in the pound back (28 Jan 2020)
Auditors Ernst & Young (EY) accused of pushing out whistleblower (28 Jan 2020)
UK Fraud victims 'failed' as criminals 'operate with impunity' (27 Jan 2020)
BDO Canada fined for lapses in Crystal Wealth audits (27 Jan 2020)
BDO Canada pays $3.5M for failing to comply with auditing standards (27 Jan 2020)
FRC: UK Audit regulator proposes challenger firms get larger share of (27 Jan 2020)
Audit watchdog in secret talks to bolster 'challengers' (27 Jan 2020)
Charity Commission and ACCA sign referral agreement (27 Jan 2020)
Accountants need to embrace digital AML solutions (27 Jan 2020)
Why didn't auditors spot Ted Baker's overstated inventory? (24 Jan 2020)
Why audit firm leaders need to practice what they preach (24 Jan 2020)
UK May Ban Big Four Auditors From Advising Their Clients (24 Jan 2020)
Hawkin's Bazaar collapses into administration (24 Jan 2020)
UK's big private companies brace for audit scrutiny (23 Jan 2020)
Isabel dos Santos: Africa's richest woman accused of fraud (23 Jan 2020)
Italy's Richest Family Gets $714 Million From Nutella Maker (23 Jan 2020)
OECD could persuade UK to drop digital tax (23 Jan 2020)
The British media are failing in their duty to hold big finance to account (22 Jan 2020)
Ted Baker balance sheet error worse than feared as woes deepen (22 Jan 2020)
PwC executive leaves firm after Dos Santos revelations (22 Jan 2020)
Not as easy as 1,2,3: Seven accounting errors that rocked FTSE firms (22 Jan 2020)
FRS 102: Intra-group investment property changes explained (22 Jan 2020)
Heads could roll at PwC over Isabel dos Santos links (21 Jan 2020)
'Unusual accounting' may have cost Derby County further Ã‚Â£30 million (21 Jan 2020)
US SEC Suspends Former KPMG Partner (21 Jan 2020)
Deloitte pursues KPMG over audit of Goals Soccer Centres (21 Jan 2021)
KPMG administrators appointed to Beales (21 Jan 2020)
Pre pack administration: 'My firm lost in the House of Fraser sale' (21 Jan 2020)
France agrees to delay new tax on tech giants (21 Jan 2020)
UK Government waters down loan charge rules (21 Jan 2020)
Africa's richest woman 'ripped off Angola' - Most of the companies involved in the dodgy deals were overseen by accountants working for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (20 Jan 2020)
KPMG targeted over audit of Goals Soccer Centres (20 Jan 2020)
FRC: Investors want more insight into relationship between board (20 Jan 2020)
KPMG mulls sale of more UK advisory units (20 Jan 2020)
Kew Media auditor Grant Thornton LLP withdraws reports (17 Jan 2020)
Wirecard shareholders seek own review into accounting scandal (17 Jan 2020)
Flybe confirms it will get a UK tax and duty holiday (17 Jan 2020)
Hill International, Accounting Chief Accused of Accounting Fraud (17 Jan 2020)
Charity pair in doghouse over accounting failures (17 Jan 2020)
The real role of the auditor (17 Jan 2020)
Tax transparency essential to tackle $600bn avoidance bill (17 Jan 2020)
IMF: shrink the financial sector to reduce inequality (17 Jan 2020)
IMF Note: Finance and Inequality (17 Jan 2020)
FRC revises audit standards to meet latest ISA (UK) 540 (16 Jan 2020)
Don't let corporate governance turn into a box-ticking exercise (16 Jan 2020)
Insurance giant AIG hires Mazars for UK audit (16 Jan 2020)
M&C Saatchi merges with sister agency Lida after accounting crisis (16 Jan 2020)
FRC revises audit standards to meet latest ISA (UK) 540 (16 Jan 2020)
More Cosmetic gestures: FRC Conforming Amendments to Standards Arising From ISA (UK) 540 (Revised) (16 Jan 2020)
The Carillion collapse was followed by promises of reforms, but more avoidable scandals are inevitable (15 Jan 2020)
How Accountants Took Washington Revolving Door to a Criminal Extreme (15 Jan 2020)
Carillion collapse: two years on, 'government has learned nothing (15 Jan 2020)
Netflix accused of funnelling UK profits through Netherlands (15 Jan 2020)
Netflix accused of funnelling Ã‚Â£330million profits 'into tax havens' (15 Jan 2020)
Singapore Auditors Wanted: Regulator Seeks Changes to Rules, wants listed companies to appoint locally registered auditors (15 Jan 2020)
Brydon and the audit gap: Expectations, definitions and fraud (15 Jan 2020)
BHS: Dominic Chappell ordered to pay £9.5m into pension schemes (14 Jan 2020)
KPMG UK's most senior woman quits the firm after two decades (13 Jan 2020)
Andrew Tyrie meets Big Four bosses as audit reform slows (12 Jan 2020)
Bungling auditor RSM dashes chances of the big time (11 Jan 2020)
Carillion audit probe unlikely before summer due to complexity (10 Jan 2020)
Shareholders call on Barclays to end fossil fuel investment (10 Jan 2010)
Pension Protection Fund rescues Carillion railway workers (10 Jan 2020)
Pension Protection Fund (PPF) reaches 1000 scheme milestone (10 Jan 2020)
A 'normal' audit then the old-timers moved in (10 Jan 2020)
Independence trap: Helping clients with rev rec implementations (9 Jan 2020)
New Internal Audit code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes (9 Jan 2020)
Time for the Big Four to rethink auditing's purpose (9 Jan 2020)
Accountant jailed over care home fraud (9 Jan 2020)
Introducing the new risk assessment ISA for 2022 audits (9 Jan 2020)
FRC publishes reports on UK corporate governance (9 Jan 2020)
FRC: Improved governance and reporting required to promote sustainability and confidence in business (9 Jan 2020)
FRC: ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE UK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE (9 Jan 2020)
Shake up accountancy by letting smaller players in (9 Jan 2020)
Executive pay is out of control. (8 Jan 2020)
Vultures circle as RSM admits internal accounting blunder (8 Jan 2020)
RSM axes top executives after accounting error (8 Jan 2020)
Shadow banking is growing, remains opaque and carries uncertain risks for the economy (8 Jan 2020)
Woodford bags Â£9m dividend in year before collapse (8 Jan 2020)
Audit quality: Why do FRC fines keep increasing? (7 Jan 2020)
Sacked Deloitte partner ordered to pay £125,000 (7 Jan 2020)
VAT ruling on Times digital edition could save News UK millions (7 Jan 2020)
Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis (7 Jan 2020)
Revolving Doors: Former Downing Street Chief joins PwC as Strategic Advisor (7 Jan 2020)
Six out of 10 FTSE 100 audit committees are chaired by former Big Four audit firm alumni (6 Jan 2020)
Ex Big Four accounting firm staff chair majority of audit committees (6 Jan 2020)
Bosses out after auditor RSM bungles own accounts (6 Jan 2020)
Time for the Big Four to rethink auditing's purpose (6 Jan 2020)
Bill Michael fights to restore KPMG's image and profits (5 Jan 2020)

True and Fair, but for whom? (3 Jan 2020)
KPMG, PwC, EY To Put $9B Toward AI, Data Tech (3 Jan 2020)
SEC proposes updating auditor independence rules (3 Jan 2020)
SEC Planning to Loosen Auditor Independence Rules (3 Jan 2020)
US Regulators eye accounting, audit changes for 2020 (2 Jan 2020)
Big Four accounting firms Invest Billions in Tech, Reshaping Their Identities (2 Jan 2020)
What is ARGA? Brydon makes recommendations for stronger audit regulation (2 Jan 2020)
Aussie Auditors' Role In Reverse Factoring Disclosure Requirements Questioned (2 Jan 2020)