With confidence in the profession dipping to what may be an all-time low following events surrounding the Enron scandal, Accountancy Age embarks on th...
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View articleLegislation needed to reform the accountancy profession would probably have to wait for a year or more because of congestion in the government's progr...
View articleOn the frontline: America's Securities and Exchange Commission chief, Harvey Pitt, has been thrust into the Enron spotlight despite concerns over his ...
View articleThe Accountancy Foundation was set up to secure public confidence in the accountancy profession in the light of some high profile corporate failures d...
View articleLord Wakeham, the embattled peer and chartered accountant, has stood down as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission until his involvement in the ...
View articleIs the IFAC doing enough to deliver on global accounting standards? Graham Ward believes its work is more important than ever, post-Enron. But Peter W...
View articleIt might seem prescient but in truth we had been planning to produce an accountancy 'manifesto' for some weeks. And while the events of the last few w...
View articleAstonishingly, until the weekend, the collapse of Enron had caused little more than a raised eyebrow in the House of Commons. But you can be sure that...
View articleAlmost one in three of the UK's finance directors have had their confidence shaken in the UK audit profession by the scandal surrounding the collapse ...
View articleA deadline to have company audits signed off under international audit standards - made even more urgent in the wake of the collapse of energy giant E...
View articleAndersen's kudos came under more pressure yesterday as NYC hauled the firm in for a review, as another bankrupt audit client, Global Crossing, defende...
View articleA lot has been said about Andersen's involvement in the multi-billion dollar collapse of US energy giant Enron, and much of it has generated a lot of ...
View articleFormer Tory cabinet minister and qualified accountant Lord Wakeham was today urged to step down as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission while h...
View articleAndersen is facing another row over its audit work in the US, this time for failing to spot a £644m (£460m) error in the accounts of NASA, the US spac...
View articleThe head of US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission is to meet with members of the US' main accountancy regulator in a bid to per...
View articleThe ICAEW has denied suggestions that it is expected to hold an inquiry into former Tory energy minister Lord Wakeham's role as non-executive director...
View articleAndersen has today hit back at claims the firm is 'unusually close to the Labour party' after issuing a brief statement on its work for the UK governm...
View articleThe Enron scandal has been used as ammunition in the UK Parliament to cast doubt on the trustworthiness of private sector auditors. Read More...
View articleShares of RSA Security have fallen sharply following the news that US regulator the Securities & Exchange Commission is investigating the company's pa...
View article'That must have signed their death warrant,' one auditor was heard to say at a recent reception in the City following the news that Andersen had just ...
View articleThe audit process should be 'shielded' from any long-term pressures caused by non-audit services so that the independence of accountants' can be maint...
View articleInterrogators of Andersen auditors in the US over the collapse of US energy Enron warned other firms to beware yesterday. Read More...
View articleArthur Levitt, former chairman of the SEC, yesterday urged a Senate committee on Enron not to single out auditors as the cause of the energy giant's c...
View articleAn updated code of ethics has this week been published by the International Federation of Accountants after 'two long years'. Read More...
View articleGiven the current furore over the role of auditors in averting corporate failure, the Financial Reporting Council's annual accounts published this mor...
View articleGiven the current furore over the role of auditors in averting corporate failure, the Financial Reporting Council’s annual accounts published th...
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