Business trusts will have to obtain and maintain information on beneficial ownership and disclose their CEOs' interests in transactions.
November 25, 2021The most common auditing irregularities involved failures to perform engagement quality control reviews adequately, and to obtain sufficient audit evidence.
November 9, 2021The revisions allow for foreign regulators to sign a regulatory cooperation agreement or memorandum with the State Council if they wish to access audit work papers.
October 28, 2021The principles for sustainable finance taxonomies will facilitate comparability and interoperability across firms and markets, the BIS says.
October 20, 2021Cheating in online training tests was found to be widespread within the audit practice. KPMG Australia sanctioned 1,131 individuals.
September 16, 2021EC Audit and its former director Robert James Evett have been convicted and sentenced to pay fines for failing to follow auditing standards.
August 19, 2021Super funds will be required to prepare and lodge financial reports for each financial year and half-year with ASIC, and make their reports publicly available.
August 18, 2021The SEC's proposed SME board is unlikely to facilitate access to capital for startups that are most in need of funding, says Pongnut Thanaboonchai.
August 9, 2021Audit engagements which required further evaluation and investigation in 2020 were found to have weak auditing procedures and lacked professional scepticism.
August 5, 2021Chinese issuers with VIE structures will have to "prominently and clearly" disclose that they face uncertainty about future actions by the Chinese government.
July 31, 2021