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
Monthly Archives: February 2020
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
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q4 2019
BF Borgers CPA and Wipfli, each with a net of five new SEC audit clients, account for the most new SEC audit clients among all firms in Q4 2019. In terms of new client engagements in Q4 2019, BF Borgers … Continue reading
Insights from Audit Opinions Across Europe Since 2010
This is the second post of our Decade of Data series to highlight our Europe databases containing ten years of data. The Audit Analytics Europe Opinion database currently contains over 64,000 audit opinion records from over 8,800 companies, encompassing 2010-present. With … Continue reading