There is a highly concentrated audit market among the companies listed on the Continuous Market of the Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) in Spain. Sixteen accounting firms were engaged by 131 companies headquartered in Spain at the end of 2019, with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Europe
Taxes, Liabilities Among Common Reasons for Financial Restatements in Europe
Audit Analytics recently released the Europe Financial Restatements database, consisting of financial restatements for accounting errors due to accounting rule misapplications, clerical issues, and fraud. Collected from English language press releases, annual reports, and interim reports issued between January 2018 and … Continue reading
IAASB Approves New Audit Quality Standards
The quality of audits has come into question from international regulators after a series of high-profile accounting scandals, with the most recent being Wirecard. Last week, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) approved a new and revised set … Continue reading
Leveraging the European Restatements Database
Audit Analytics recently released the European Financial Restatements database, filling a void in stakeholders’ ability to easily analyze restatements in context of the overall global market. The database contains 350 restatements from nearly 300 public companies listed on regulated exchanges … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Market Share in France
Who audits public companies? This analysis takes a look at the auditor market share among companies listed on France’s top indexes in 2019. Continue reading
An Overview of European Financial Restatements
There have been nearly 500 financial restatements disclosed by roughly 400 companies listed on exchanges in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland since January 1, 2018. Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Germany
Note: This post has been updated to reflect auditor changes not previously included in this analysis, specifically relating to the DAX 30. There are 12 accounting firms that audit Germany’s top 160 companies. Perhaps coming as no surprise, the Big … Continue reading