Audit Analytics recently released its most recent report, Nineteen Year Review of Audit Fee and Non-Audit Fee Trends. Using data from our Audit Fees database, this report provides a detailed analysis and comparison of trends in audit and non-audit fees disclosed by … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Pledged Securities Trends
Pledged securities – shares of a public company pledged by their owner as collateral – present a potentially serious risk to a company’s governance and share price if those shares are ever called as collateral. These risks include forfeitures of … Continue reading
Audit Market Following SPAC Mergers
In November, we published a blog looking at the changing auditor environment for initial public offerings (IPOs) of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In this post, we look at how the audit market changes following the completion of a SPAC … Continue reading
2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
More than 1,000 companies conducted an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq and NYSE exchanges during 2021. Together, these 1,046 companies raised $668 billion, an average of $639 million per offering. Building on recent trends, special purpose acquisition companies … Continue reading
Who Audits Insurance Companies – 2019 and 2020
Insurance companies registered with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) are required to file audited financial statements unless an exemption is granted. In 2019, 223 different auditors reviewed financials for 3,950 insurance firms. In comparison, in 2020, 219 different … Continue reading
Q4 2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
There were 259 initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Nasdaq and NYSE exchanges between October 1 and December 31, 2021. More than $65 billion was raised, an increase of $15 billion from the previous quarter. This was in line with … Continue reading
Auditors of Broker-Dealers
Firms that are in the business of buying and selling securities, either for their own purposes or on behalf of their clients, are known as broker-dealers. To comply with rules set by the Securities and Exchange Commission, broker-dealers are generally … Continue reading