On June 18th, the Audit Committee of General Electric [GE] – a multinational conglomerate company – selected Deloitte & Touche as its independent auditor for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, ending its 111-year tenure with KPMG. According … Continue reading
Category Archives: Auditor Changes
Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation in the FTSE 350
Thirty-four FTSE 350 companies are required to rotate audit firms or conduct a tender process by 2023, according to EU Regulation 537/2014. The intention of mandatory audit firm rotation is to improve audit quality by limiting risks of repeated inaccuracies, encouraging … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q1 2020
BF Borgers CPA, with a net of five new SEC audit clients, accounts for the most new SEC audit clients among all firms in Q1 2020. As mentioned in Accounting Today, this is the second quarter in a row that … Continue reading
Auditor Changes in Canada: 2019
Note: All amounts stated are in Canadian dollars Throughout 2019, Canadian auditor departures increased 16.6%, climbing to 338 departures from the 290 departures seen in 2018. The percentage of resignations has continued to trend upward, with 31% of auditor departures … Continue reading
Auditor Rotation on the FTSE MIB
The FTSE MIB is the benchmark stock index consisting of the 40 most traded companies on the Borsa Italiana. In this post, we’ll examine the auditor tenure and rotation for these companies. Though Italy formally adopted the EU Audit Reform Directive … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: 2019 Annual Summary
Deloitte, with a net of 26 SEC audit clients, accounts for the largest number of new clients among all audit firms in 2019. Prager Metis followed with a net of 21 SEC audit clients. Deloitte’s 37 total engagements in 2019 … Continue reading
Brown-Forman Changes Auditor After 87 Years
On February 19th, the Audit Committee of Brown-Forman Corporation [BF.B] – the production and distribution company known for alcoholic beverages including Jack Daniel’s, Chambord, and Korbel – dismissed PwC, ending its 87-year tenure with the Big Four auditor. According to … Continue reading