Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs): Q3 and Q4 2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides a list of certain enforcement actions related to financial reporting concerning administrative proceedings and civil lawsuits. These Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs) are analyzed by Audit Analytics and key data points are … Continue reading

Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs): Q1 and Q2 of 2019

An extended version of this article was first available to subscribers of Accounting Quality Insights by Audit Analytics on Bloomberg, Refinitiv Eikon, FactSet, and S&P Global. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides a list of certain enforcement actions related … Continue reading

SEC Enforcement Targets Ineffective Controls – Who Else Is at Risk?

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently fined four companies for having ineffective internal controls. In its enforcement press release, the SEC told the four companies, Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. [SIM: NYSE], Lifeway Foods [LWAY: Nasdaq], Digital Turbine [APPS: Nasdaq] … Continue reading

An Overview of Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (1999-2018)

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides a list of certain enforcement actions related to financial reporting concerning administrative proceedings and civil lawsuits. These Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs) are reviewed by Audit Analytics and key data points are … Continue reading