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
Category Archives: Auditor Changes
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
Auditor Changes Across Europe
This is the third post of our Decade of Data series to highlight our Europe databases containing ten years of data. In this post, we’ll look at the trends of auditor changes and fees from a selection of European stock indices, specifically … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q4 2019
BF Borgers CPA and Wipfli, each with a net of five new SEC audit clients, account for the most new SEC audit clients among all firms in Q4 2019. In terms of new client engagements in Q4 2019, BF Borgers … Continue reading
An Overview of European Databases
Audit Analytics offers a suite of data products covering public companies listed on European exchanges across 31 countries in the EEA and Switzerland, which includes comprehensive databases of Audit Fees, Audit Opinions, Auditor Changes, Auditor Engagements, Key Audit Matters, and … Continue reading