Search Results for: Financial Reporting Council
PwC fined £2.3m by FRC
September 1st, 2016
Disciplinary case relating to PwC’s audits of Cattles plc and Welcome Financial Services Limited The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced the outcome of the disciplinary case relating to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and its audits of the financial statements of Cattles ...
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 ...
The number of practices providing audit services has continued to fall
July 4th, 2016
The number of practices providing audit services has continued to fall at a rapid pace, as the market comes to terms with regulatory and legislative edicts at both the top and lower ends of the spectrum. The latest Key Facts and ...
FRC to investigate KPMG over HBOS audit
June 29th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it will be holding an investigation under the accountancy scheme into the conduct of KPMG’s audit of HBOS for the year ended 31 December 2007, after coming under severe criticism for failing ...
FRC to investigate Deloitte
June 9th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation under the accountancy scheme into Deloitte LLP, in relation to the preparation, approval and audit of the financial statements of companies within the Serco group. The investigation is for the financial ...
FRC investigates KPMG over Ted Baker audit ethics
June 6th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it is to investigate KPMG over the firm’s consideration of and compliance with ethical standards in connection with the provision of non-audit services during the audit of the financial statements of Ted ...
EY conflicts of interest issues could affect Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal
May 4th, 2016
Conflicts of interest and issues around auditor independence could affect the proposed acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell, Manifest has suggested. Analysis by proxy voting agency Manifest ahead of Royal Dutch Shell’s AGM next month has found that EY, ...
FRC to publish HBOS findings in the Spring
March 31st, 2016
Britain’s accounting watchdog aims to publish a full report in coming weeks into how banking group HBOS was audited by KPMG before the lender collapsed in 2008 during the financial crisis. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has come ...
Outcome of disciplinary case in connection with Presbyterian Mutual Society
March 1st, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announces the outcome of the disciplinary case in connection with the conduct of Moore Stephens in Northern Ireland (Moore Stephens (NI) LLP) and David McClean, Audit Engagement Partner, in relation to the audit of ...
KPMG Audit plc’s audit of HBOS plc
January 22nd, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Conduct Committee has reviewed the full report from the PRA and FCA into the failure of HBOS plc. and has asked the FRC’s Executive Counsel to undertake preliminary enquiries under the Accountancy Scheme, the ...
