Marcum led the way this quarter in new SEC audit clients with a net of 19 new engagements in Q3 2022. Marcum gained 34 clients this quarter, 29 of which came from firm mergers. As mentioned in Accounting Today, 25 … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – The Netherlands 2021
Similar to our previous analysis of 2020’s audit firm market share, the Big Four continued their oligopoly across the top three indexes on the Euronext Amsterdam in 2021. EY took the lead in engagements, by auditing 28% of the companies … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – United Kingdom 2021
Overall, the Big Four firms retained 83.1% of the market share for the major UK indices in 2021. This is a slight decline from the 84.3% market concentration seen in 2020. While PwC signed opinions for 26.6% of major LSE index-listed firms, … Continue reading
Audit Fee Trends in Europe: 2010 – 2021
Audit Analytics’ Europe Audit Fees database provides audit fee data for public companies listed on European exchanges dating back to 2010. A review of collected fees from companies on regulated European exchanges over the last 12 years explores how these … Continue reading
Audit and Non-Audit Fees of the S&P 500
This post is part 2 of Audit Analytics’ comprehensive overview of Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500. An audit is unique to each individual company, whether they are a large-accelerated company or a small-reporting company. There are … Continue reading
Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500
How much should an audit cost? The answer is not as simple as just charging an hourly rate. Many factors affect the overall cost of an audit: the amount of time and labor needed to perform the audit, the complexity … Continue reading
Q3 2022 IPO Trends: Market Continues to Cool
The number and size of initial public offerings (IPOs) continued to decline during the third quarter of 2022. There were 39 IPOs during Q3 that raised a combined $3.1 billion. This aligns IPO numbers with what was previously seen in … Continue reading