Audit firms
Seven Reasons Why the Wirecard Fraud Matters
We now know that Wirecard was a massive fraud. The company—treated like a rock star by regulators and key players in finance—fabricated customers, invented...
Big Four Audit Firms Enjoy a “Too Few to Fail” Regulatory Hall Pass
The failure of Enron and subsequent demise of Arthur Andersen led to significant changes for public reporting and auditing but not much change in...
Will PwC Throw the Red Card on its Swiss Firm Over FIFA?
PwC took over as auditor of the corruption-plagued global football body last year, with the intention of reforming it. So how is it that...
How the Global Audit Firms, Led by Deloitte, Are Using Their Lobbying Clout to Dilute Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms
A look at the Big Four’s congressional lobbying activity shows the auditors and their trade association taking advantage of the “Trump” window to roll...
