5 January, 2021
Foreign audit committee members linked to low-quality financial reporting
Much is made of recruiting board members from around the world. Non-executives from distant shores can add value and certainty provide knowledge of foreign markets. But do foreign directors add value ...
28 August, 2020
Corporate disclosures and investor relations ‘impaired by Covid-19’
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has posed many challenges for companies, but among the top concerns for audit committees has been corporate disclosures and the relationship with shareholders. Af...
26 August, 2020
Relationship audit: how to maximise the benefits of your AIM auditors
Republished to mark AIM...
3 December, 2019
Audit committees ‘need a makeover’ to help fix audit
The UK government may have placed audit reform on hold while it goes through the torture of a general election, but others continue to debate and call for improvements to audit committees. Not leas...
25 April, 2019
Audit committees: increased scrutiny is the only certainty
There is a very good chance that life is about to get much tougher for audit committee members. While in the past those serving on the board committees that supervise auditors may have undertaken thei...
18 April, 2019
Audit committees face public reprimand as part of market reforms
Audit committees should face public reprimand by regulators if they fail to provide adequate scrutiny of their auditors, according to recommendations from the UK’s competition authority. The prop...
5 March, 2019
New guidance pulls non-execs into ‘going concern’ debate
At the current rate, financial reporting watchdogs modify the rules about the much-discussed “going concern” statement every five to seven years. This week the
21 December, 2018
A healthy balance for parent banks
A wide range of post-crisis regulatory reforms has created a more complex governance framework for banks when it comes to managing their local subsidiaries. In the past decade, regulators have impl...
12 December, 2017
