The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) is consulting on significant revisions to the ethics code relating to provision of non-assurance services and fees to client companies in a bid to strengthen auditor independence

With the audit profession under fierce scrutiny and the regulator in flux, it is critical to move forward with the creation of the replacement audit watchdog to restore confidence in the audit profession, argues Scott Henderson, CEO of ABGI

Accounting bodies have called for listed companies to improve reporting on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in an attempt to meet 2030 environmental goals

Companies need to improve their reporting on workforce-related issues by providing clearer and more consistent information about how staff interface with wider the business strategy, says UK standard setter

Intense pressure on the audit regulator, the FRC, has resulted in a spate of multimillion pound fines for audit firms over audit misconduct, but there are warning signs that the latest Corporate Governance Code will raise the bar before the ARGA comes into effect, argues Mark Wearden FCCA

Mid-tier audit firm Mazars has been lined up to take over the audit of AIG UK, the subsidiary of the listed US insurance giant AIG, breaking a 40-year PwC audit relationship

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has updated eight audit standards to reflect ISA (UK) 540 (Revised) – Auditing Accounting Estimates and Related Disclosures, focusing on auditor liability, fraud, going concern, joint audit and management challenge

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has confirmed that the publication of the findings of its probe into the audit of failed outsourcer Carillion have been delayed until summer 2020 due to the ‘scale and complexity’ of the investigation

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for poor financial management of three critical infrastructure projects on its nuclear-regulated sites

 A year on from the high profile corporate collapses of Carillion and Patisserie Valerie, the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has issued an updated version of its voluntary code of practice for internal auditors

The largest companies in the UK need to improve their standards of governance and focus on improving corporate culture rather than taking a box ticking approach to compliance, warns the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)

In this month’s audit updates, Grant Thornton given £650,000 audit fine at unnamed company, FRC bans majority of non-audit services and audit investment drives down KPMG partner pay

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to update and strengthen certain aspects of the auditor independence framework

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has released the revised ISA 315 to tighten up the audit requirements for material misstatements in the event or fraud or error

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has criticised the oversight of public sector audit, saying that since the abolition of the Audit Commission, quality has deteriorated