SARBANES-OXLEY HAS CHANGED the relationships CPAs have with the entities that employ them. Before, an audit committee was essentially an extension of a company’s board of directors, often ...

The authors of “ Eight Habits of Highly Effective Audit Committees” (Sept. 07, page 46) have identified relevant recommendations. However, these recommendations are for an audit committee that is a ...

Audit committees are providing company investors with more information about their oversight of auditing firms, according to a new report. Processing Content The annual Audit Committee Transparency ...

The recent observations of the chairman of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) that the “audit panel of companies cannot escape blame by citing audit failures” has shifted the spotlight from ...

Harare — CORPORATE audit committees can play an important role in ensuring an effective system of accounting and internal controls and the reporting of financial information that is relevant, ...

The majority of audit committees on UK listed companies fall short of best practice in their reporting, according to a new report by accountants BDO LLP and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in ...

Scott Lane at Speeki argues that boards must expand the territory of audit committees to include non-financial ESG issues, or risk corporate ESG strategy being nothing but well-intentioned hot air ...