For fiscal year 2021, the Big Four accounting firms continued to audit the majority of the market. Together, the Big Four firms share 97% of the market across Italy’s top 100 companies listed on the FTSE MIB and FTSE Italia … Continue reading
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Who Audits Public Companies – Germany 2021
For fiscal year 2021, 11 accounting firms shared Germany’s audit market of the top companies comprising the DAX 40, MDAX 50, and SDAX 70 indexes trading on XETRA. Unsurprisingly, the Big Four accounted for 88.7% of the market share for … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in Western Europe
Public companies headquartered in Western European countries collectively reached their highest rate of going concern opinions (GCOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2019, before falling during FY2020. Western Europe is made up of eight countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Italy 2020
This post is a part of Audit Analytics’ series on audit market concentration across select countries in Europe. For fiscal year 2020, the Big Four firms account for a staggering 98% of the market share across Italy’s top 100 companies … Continue reading