Tag: EY
News round-up: this week in governance
PwC fined over Babcock; EY split is on hold; Senate kills Biden ESG law; ChapGPT predicts M&As; directors who ‘overboard’.
News round-up: this week in governance
Your country needs NEDs; governance does not compute; financial firms get more women on board; audit engagement’s virtuous diversity circle.
News round-up: this week in governance
Bluebell Capital targets BlackRock’s Fink; EY boasts of audit independence; firms ‘face higher audit costs’; when the CFO sounds like the CEO.
News round-up: this week in governance
Shared audit’s £1bn cost; failed UK energy firms had no internal audit; governance rules for all; is climate risk reporting an SEC matter?
News round-up: this week in governance
Equality stalls Down Under; narcissistic CEOs; EY to poll partners on audit split; SEC pushes on with climate reporting introduction.
FRC launches probe into professional exams
Cheating overseas sparks investigation by the Financial Reporting Council into conduct of UK accountancy and audit exams.
Jan du Plessis gives first insights into FRC governance and audit reform
The prospective FRC chair acknowledged that the watchdog’s own governance needs reform, and that audit scandals have damaged its reputation.
MEPs protest over EU sustainable corporate governance measures
Members of the European Parliament have written to commissioners amid fears that key measures in the legislation will be watered down.
Academics issue ‘call for reflection’ on EU corporate governance reforms
The group of researchers and professors say the EU should pause new sustainability laws and instead review a raft of academic criticism.
Business leaders issue warning on governance rules and sustainability
Without the European Commission’s reforms, governance systems “will act as countervailing forces against achieving sustainability objectives”.