Note: This article was first available to subscribers of Accounting Quality Insights by Audit Analytics on Bloomberg, Eikon, FactSet, and S&P Global. Key Points: SEC fined former CEO of GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) over $140,000 in connection with making false … Continue reading
Author Archives: Nicole Hallas
Academic Literature Review: Accounting Reporting Complexity and Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure
The overall complexity of financial disclosures affects the ability of anyone reading the financial statements, including stockholders, regulators, and investors, to analyze and assess the information presented. One way to measure complexity of disclosures is by determining accounting reporting complexity … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q1 2019
Deloitte, with a net of nine new SEC audit clients, accounts for the most new SEC audit clients among all firms in Q1 2019. Deloitte holds the top spot for most new clients among the Big Four and the major … Continue reading
Going Concerns – An Eighteen Year Review
In our latest report, 2017 Going Concerns: An Eighteen Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concern audit opinions filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. This report analyzes going concern totals and percentages of … Continue reading
When Does a Canadian Company’s Year End?
In the past, Audit Analytics has analyzed year-end dates for public companies. For companies with a calendar year-end fiscal year, the weeks leading up to April 15th are exceptionally busy for financial professionals. To see how busy this “busy season” … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: 2018 Annual Summary
Plante & Moran, with a net of 34 new SEC audit clients, accounts for the largest number of new clients among all audit firms in 2018. A merger with EKS&H in Q4 2018 brought on 31 of Plante & Moran’s … 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