Proposal to hive off SA audit arms outrages firms
BDO and Deloitte have both slammed a proposal from South Africa’s audit regulator to hive off firms’ audit arms
Big Four auditor independence suffers from alumni effect
Research finds cosy relationship between Big Four auditors and former audit partners turned CFOs
Value of Audit: Singapore
Highlights from the third Value of Audit roundtable in Singapore
Singapore Value of Audit in full
The third economia/KPMG Value of Audit roundtable in Singapore
The big debate on audit
George Rozvany and Gilad Livne go back and forth on audit, non-audit services and reform
PwC wins Schroders audit back
PwC has been reinstated at Schroders after KPMG reveals independence rules problem
A question of ethics
The new FRC Ethical Standard may raise more questions than it answers
Audit quality benefits from short audit tenure
Academics find auditors more likely to find misstatements quickly in first three years of appointment
IESBA making progress on code of ethics restructure
The IESBA hopes to have completed its restructure of the code by December 2017
Are audit standards up to scratch?
Is it time for a change in the audit standard setting process?