The Auditing Practice Board has published 137 responses to its consultation on audit firms providing non-audit services to listed companies that they audit. A consistent theme in may of the responses is a call for further transparency in disclosures in …

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The current economic downturn is encouraging issuers to review their audit arrangements with more pressure to delivery low cost audits says Ernst & Young’s audit chief, John Flaherty.

According to reports in Accountancy Age tendering activity is at its highest …

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Nine out of ten audit committee members say that the recession has increased the risk of earnings management and other misconduct – and yet fraud risk was the issue committees felt they were least effective at overseeing.

Research by KPMG’s …

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