A registered investment advisor (RIA) is a person or firm who advises individuals on investments and manages their portfolios. An examination of the RIA auditor market share reveals a slight divergence from a typical public market share analysis. In comparison … Continue reading
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Who Audits Benefit Plans
SEC registrants that offer benefit plans are required to file an annual Form 11-K containing an auditor’s report of the benefit plan’s financial statements. Different from post-employment benefit plans covered by ERISA, 11-K annual reports apply to employee stock purchase, … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – The Netherlands 2020
This post is a part of Audit Analytics’ series on audit market concentration across select countries in Europe. In 2020, the Big Four continued their oligopoly across the top three indexes on the Euronext Amsterdam. However, unlike our previous analysis of … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – United Kingdom 2020
This post is a part of Audit Analytics’ series on audit market concentration across select countries in Europe. Overall, the Big Four firms retained 84.3% of the market share for the major UK indices in 2020, a slight decline from the … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Spain 2020
The audit market for companies listed on the Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) in Spain is highly concentrated; 21 accounting firms were engaged by 164 companies headquartered in Spain and listed on the Continuous Market at the end of 2020. … 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
Who Audits Public Companies – Germany 2020
This post is a part of Audit Analytics’ series on audit market concentration across select countries in Europe. For fiscal year 2020, 10 accounting firms shared Germany’s audit market of the top companies comprising the DAX 40, MDAX 50, and … Continue reading