On February 19th, the Audit Committee of Brown-Forman Corporation [BF.B] – the production and distribution company known for alcoholic beverages including Jack Daniel’s, Chambord, and Korbel – dismissed PwC, ending its 87-year tenure with the Big Four auditor. According to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Restatement Trends in Canada: 2010-2019
Since 2013, the number of Canadian financial restatements has been trending downward. In 2019, 111 unique companies in Canada – SEDAR registrants that trade on a Canadian exchange – issued 118 restatements, compared to 171 in 2010, a nearly 31% … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Across Europe
This is the third post of our Decade of Data series to highlight our Europe databases containing ten years of data. In this post, we’ll look at the trends of auditor changes and fees from a selection of European stock indices, specifically … Continue reading
2018-2019 IPO Accounting and Legal Fees
How much do IPOs pay in accounting and legal fees? According to our analysis, the average amount of accounting and legal fees paid by initial public offerings in 2019 totaled roughly $2.2 million – with accounting fees averaging just under … Continue reading
An Update on Law Firm Market Share
Over the past two years, more than 2,500 SEC registered companies disclosed material federal civil litigation.1 With over 1,600 different law firms representing these companies, the competition for litigation market share remains tight. In our previous law firm market share … Continue reading
No Critical Audit Matters Identified for Redfin Corp.
Critical audit matters (CAMs), as required by PCAOB Auditing Standard 3101 (AS 3101), took effect for audits of large accelerated filers with fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2019, and on or after December 15, 2020 for all … Continue reading
Expected Filing Season Trends, including Coronavirus Disclosures
Two-thirds of the yearly 10-Ks were filed between February and March last year, which should come as no surprise considering the majority of companies have fiscal years ending in December. Therefore, it’s no wonder the coming months are exceptionally busy … Continue reading