According to the Financial Times, Germany has responded to the Wirecard scandal by proposing a slew of audit regulations aimed at bolstering auditor independence. The proposal includes reducing the maximum auditor tenure from 20 years to 10 years and limiting … Continue reading
Category Archives: Auditor Tenure
Auditor Tenure by Revenue
Looking at auditor tenure as a whole across a population of 4,356 SEC registrants, 49.2% have engaged an audit firm for less than 10 years, while 4.9% have engaged an auditor for 50 years or more. A very small portion … Continue reading
After 111 Years, General Electric Switches Auditor
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
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
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
FTSE 350 Auditor Changes and Fees
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This post has been updated to display fees in GBP.1 Between 2017 and 2018, 36 companies listed on the FTSE 350 changed their auditors, increasing audit fees for 21 of those companies.2 Effective since mid-2016, Directive 2014/56/EU together with Regulation … Continue reading
Auditor Tenure Disclosure
The requirement to disclose tenure became effective for audits of fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2017. PCAOB Auditing Standard 3101 – The Auditor’s Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses and Unqualified Opinion … Continue reading