As 2018 comes to an end, let’s look back at some of our top posts and topics we’ve covered this year. Quarterly Updates The following posts are updated each quarter: IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats Auditor Changes Annual Updates … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Implications of the CMA’s Call for a Joint Audit among the FTSE 350
Last week, the Competition and Markets Authority (UK) released an update paper regarding its study of the audit market in the United Kingdom. In the paper, the CMA made a number of striking proposals that, if implemented, would lead to … Continue reading
Ineffective Disclosure Controls, a Twelve Year Update
Last year, we discussed the rise in information technology-related disclosures in both effective and ineffective disclosure controls among the Russell 3000. In this post, we continue our analysis by taking a closer look at all 26 issues that were flagged in … Continue reading
An Overview of European Stock Exchanges
Audit Analytics offers a suite of data products covering European companies. With comprehensive databases of Audit Opinions, Audit Fees, Auditor Tenure, Key Audit Matters, and Transparency Reports, we track over 6,000 companies listed on exchanges across all 31 countries in … Continue reading
Ollie’s Bargain Outlets’ Elimination of Critical Accounting Disclosure Draws SEC Attention
Retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. [OLLI] recently drew the SEC’s attention when the company said it would eliminate all of its critical accounting estimates. The SEC requires companies to make critical accounting disclosures when a firm must make judgment … Continue reading
BDO and Moore Stephens to Merge in the UK
Last week, BDO and Moore Stephens announced plans for the two United Kingdom firms to merge. This is yet another major event in the UK audit market to occur in the past few months. Not long ago, Grant Thornton issued … Continue reading
A Look at Top SEC Comment Letter Issues in 2018
The number of SEC comment letters has been declining for nine consecutive years. During the first nine months of 2018, 2,174 letters were filed1 (831 CORRESPs and 1,343 UPLOADs) – a decrease of 40% from the 3,629 letters that were … Continue reading