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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance tool prevents investors and auditors from gaining a transparent view into company finances.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Accountant close management software company FloQast has upgraded FloQast AutoRec, the company’s AI-powered solution to account reconciliation, according to a release. . For the unmatched transactions that are left, FloQast helps those get resolved through a standardized Excel account reconciliation, and it has a full audit trail.

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APRIL 18, 2018

A slew of accounting scandals in the U.K. has led the government to launch an inquiry into the powers of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the government watchdog aimed at overseeing auditing and accounting practices in the country. Reports in Reuters this week said the U.K. Reports in Reuters this week said the U.K.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

auditing giant KPMG was hit with yet another fine from the nation’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC). million in fines for its audits of Ted Baker in 2013 and 2014 after the company admitted misconduct to the FRC. Reports in Bloomberg said KPMG was hit with $2.7 “This would help the process of making changes to the U.K.

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MARCH 29, 2019

The co-chief executive officer of Asiana Airlines is exiting the company following an accounting debacle that led two auditors to reject the company’s annual reports. Analyst pointed to the company’s lack of accounting transparency as a key factor behind those warnings.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

s Financial Reporting Council is reportedly stepping down from the position amid continued scrutiny that the FRC lacks effectiveness to prevent corporate accounting scandals and industry failures. s auditing market as some policymakers have called on the government to break up the nation’s Big Four accounting firms.

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MAY 17, 2018

A few key themes emerged from the fallout, however, with analysts citing Carillion as a prime example of how a consolidated auditing market risks lackluster accounting standards, as well as how late payments by large corporates can have detrimental impacts on small suppliers. The Government’s Response.

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APRIL 19, 2018

“In today’s era of greater corporate accountability, it’s absolutely essential for organizations to take a comprehensive and systematic approach to rooting out unauthorized, wasteful or fraudulent spending activity,” Clare added. However, this is hard because spending is spread across multiple systems.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Now, analysts at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) are urging ERM to move beyond the c-suite. Professional accountants are well-positioned to better serve the organizations they work for by enabling effective enterprise risk management that identifies both risks and opportunities for the business,” the CEO noted.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Corporate accounting software is now a continually evolving space, but progress doesn’t occur in a vacuum: External forces and trends, from changing regulations to increased adoption of FinTech by the enterprise, force businesses to adjust how they record and report financial data. Open Banking initiatives in the EU, U.K.,

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