Auditors Look Ripe For Revolution Earlier this year, investors pushed successfully for some major U.K. companies to change their pay policies. Now they have accounting firms in their sights. Some, including Legal & General Investment Management, one of the largest owners of FTSE 100 shares, want companies to change their auditors at least every 15 years and cut back on nonaudit consultancy fees. With the European Commission already considering new legislation, company boards would do well to heed investors' calls. [WSJ]
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