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Author: Jim Peterson
Audit Market Caps In the UK: The Financial Times Fails a Math Test
“The Glacial Pace of Audit Reform Needs To Speed Up” The Financial Times might wish to […]
Audit ‘Reform’ in the UK: Hello … Is Anybody There?
It’s one thing to discuss the breadth of the UK government’s March 18 consultation paper, […]
Audit ‘Reform’ In the UK: The Government Finally Speaks, and Says Little
On March 18, the UK government weighed in with its long-promised consultation paper (the “Consultation), “Restoring […]
Remembering Bernie Madoff: His Character Was Provable on the Golf Course
Bernie Madoff, the Ponzi schemer who died in prison today while serving a 150-year sentence, […]
So What If the SEC Swallowed the PCAOB?
Skepticism is called for in reaction to the budget proposal to roll up the U.S. audit regulator, […]
There Was One Wreck Paul Volcker Couldn’t Salvage
The out-pouring of encomia for Paul Volcker, who has died at age 92, would tower […]
Critical Audit Matters: The Games Are On
As a guest here recently I took a look at the accumulating experience with extended […]
Critical Audit Matters: Does Anybody Care?
As if the standard auditor’s opinion weren’t already sleep-inducing enough. Standards in the United States […]
Can the Big 4 Survive the U.K. Regulators?
Ed. note: Jim Peterson, a 19-year veteran of Arthur Andersen’s internal legal group, has been […]
Why Grant Thornton Quitting As Auditor of Sports Direct Matters
In an ordinary midsummer news slump, only yawning disinterest would greet the July 29 news […]
What Price Wrong-Doing? Sanctions Against KPMG Are Complicated
“Sell in May and go away” was an investors’ adage invoked as vacation strategy in […]