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European recognition of FMA oversight of auditors
August 30th, 2016
The European Commission has announced its recognition of the New Zealand audit oversight regime as equivalent to EU standards, permitting NZ-regulated auditors to operate in the European Union. With this announcement, the Commission has concluded that the New Zealand ...
International law firm announced association in Saudi Arabia
August 24th, 2016
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that it has entered into an association with the newly established Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in Saudi Arabia. The association will commence operations later this year. It will replace ...
Accounting Watchdog Says Most Brokerage-Firm Audits Need to Improve
August 19th, 2016
Federal inspectors found deficiencies in more than three-quarters of the audits of broker-dealers they reviewed last year, down from the previous year but still at a high level, the government’s audit-industry regulator said Thursday. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ...
Brent crude oil prices dip on prospect of record Saudi output
August 18th, 2016
Oil prices dipped in early trading on Thursday as the prospect of record Saudi output weighed on markets and as traders cashed in on profits following an almost uninterrupted price rally this month of nearly 20 percent. International Brent ...
Paysafe published Unaudited Interim Results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2016
August 12th, 2016
Paysafe Group plc, global provider of payment solutions, reports strong growth in the six months ended 30 June 2016. Reported H1 2016 revenue increased 118% to $487m (H1 2015: $223m); pro-forma constant currency revenue growth was 20%, up from ...
Oil prices fall on U.S. crude inventory build, record Saudi output
August 11th, 2016
Oil prices fell early on Thursday as a build in U.S. crude inventories and record Saudi Arabian production weighed on markets. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were trading at $41.34 per barrel at 8.32 p.m. ET, ...
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market
August 8th, 2016
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market; over the past year monthly exports to China from Russia’s Far East have regularly exceeded those from the Middle Eastern country. At the beginning ...
Saudi Arabia construction market has dropped 80 per cent, says Al Khodari chief
August 1st, 2016
The chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s only publicly traded builder has estimated that the construction market in the kingdom has shrunk by as much as 80 per cent. Fawwaz Al Khodari, the head of Al Khodari & Sons, also ...
FRC is to investigate PwC over its auditing of BHS
August 1st, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to investigate PwC over its auditing of BHS for the 2014 financial year, following on from criticism of the firm’s actions in signing the retailer’s accounts off as a ‘going concern’ from the ...
NYC Audit Firm to pay penalty for failing to spot fraud in financial statements of a public company
July 25th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended an accountant for conducting a faulty audit of the financial statements of a public company that was committing fraud, and the firm where he was a partner at the time has been prohibited from ...