Form 10-K, an annual report filed by US-based public registrants, is the most comprehensive source of information regarding a company’s financials and its underlying business. These reports are thoroughly scrutinized by investors and other users, which explains why they need … Continue reading
Audit Analytics Releases Third Annual Cybersecurity Report
Audit Analytics released its third annual Trends in Cybersecurity Breaches report last week. This report delves into trends in public company disclosures of cyber breaches since 2011. The analysis, covering 2011 through 2020, examines a full decade worth of data. … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Italy
Note: This analysis will be updated to reflect 2020’s market share once all annual reports have been filed. The Big Four firms account for a staggering 98% of the market share across Italy’s top 100 companies. Capturing the other 2% of … Continue reading
Insights from COVID-19 References in CAMs
The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging impacts on public company disclosures over the last year. In particular, the pervasive and ongoing uncertainty affecting the global economy contributes to increased subjectivity underlying assumptions and increased challenges in determining estimates for certain … Continue reading
Auditors Acknowledge Uncertainty for Airlines Amid COVID-19
The auditors of two FTSE 350 airlines cannot confirm whether the companies will be able to continue operating for the foreseeable future due to uncertainty created by the global pandemic. EY and PwC highlighted the unpredictability of the future operations of … Continue reading
Going Concerns – A Twenty-Year Review
In our latest report, Going Concerns: A Twenty- Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concerns (opinions qualified by an uncertainty regarding the going concern assumption) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. Leveraging the Audit … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – United Kingdom
Note: This analysis will be updated to reflect 2020’s market share once all annual reports have been filed. Audit market share was highly concentrated among the top indexes in the United Kingdom at the end of 2019. PwC captured the highest … Continue reading