SEC Accounting Enforcement Continues Apace
In its annual summary of SEC enforcement activity, Cornerstone Research found a sharp increase during the past year in SEC actions...
Digital Assets: Next Steps on the Audit Committee’s Journey
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has released Continuing Your Digital Assets Journey: A Tool for Audit Committees (May 2023). This...
What is Audit Quality? The CAQ Updates its Disclosure Framework
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has published a disclosure framework (Framework) to assist accounting firms in determining, assessing,...
KPMG Finds that Audit Committees Are Feeling the Effects of Increased Complexity
KPMG has released the results of a global survey of audit committee members. Seventy-four percent of the U.S. respondents identified...
ISSB Issues its Inaugural Disclosure Standards
On June 26, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued its first two sustainability standards – IFRS S1 (General...
SEC Approves Claw Back Listing Standards
On June 9, the SEC approved New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards requiring listed companies to have a policy...
2023 PCAOB Inspections Will Prioritize Fraud, Financial Services, and Crypto
The PCAOB’s inspection staff has released Spotlight: Staff Priorities for 2023 Inspections (Spotlight), its annual preview of the current...
PCAOB Proposes Expanded Auditor Responsibility for Financial Statement Fairness and Legal Compliance
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued two sets of proposed revisions to the public company auditing standards. These...
Accounting Class Actions are Increasing Slowly While SEC Accounting Cases are Skyrocketing
Cornerstone Research has issued two reports on litigation involving accounting and auditing violations. In its annual report on...
Commissioner Uyeda Discusses the SEC’s Focus on Accounting
In a recent speech, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda discussed the SEC’s focus on accounting violations. See Remarks at ICAEW Event –...
PCAOB Adds Audit Quality Indicators to its Short-Term Agenda
On May 16, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that its staff had posted to the Board’s website a revised...
Pointers on the Audit Committee’s Role in Ethics and Compliance Oversight
As part of its “On the audit committee’s agenda” series, the Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness has released Who’s in charge: The...
Avoiding Awkward Silences: FRC Has Conversation Starters for Investor-Audit Committee Dialogue
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced the launch of a web page “aimed at promoting better engagement between investors...
If You Want Assurance Over Your ESG Disclosures, Hire a CPA
As corporate environment, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures have increased, more companies are seeking third-party assurance over...
SEC Chief Accountant Discusses Audit Committee Oversight of Other Auditors
SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter has issued a statement in response to the increased use in audits of SEC reporting companies of...
COSO Issues Guidance on Internal Control Over Sustainability Reporting
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has published guidance on the application of its internal...
The SEC is Zeroing in on Disclosure Controls
The Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15 requires SEC reporting companies to maintain disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that...
CAQ’s Guide to Audit Quality Reports
Most large accounting firms publish reports describing how the firm seeks to maintain, promote, and strengthen audit quality. Since...
PwC Has Ten Items for Your Next Audit Committee Agenda
PwC’s Governance Insights Center has agenda suggestions for your next audit committee meeting. (Based on PwC’s list, it would be...
ISSB Prioritizes Climate Reporting and Defers Other Disclosures
On April 4, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) announced that companies that follow its standards will only be...