Labor Department leadership says the update is designed to expand retirement plans’ access to highly qualified auditors and audit firms. The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new guidance for ...

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has revised its ethics code to improve the independence provisions for auditors. Processing Content The changes mean that the ethics code no ...

In remarks made in December 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker reaffirmed that auditor independence remains one of the SEC’s areas of focus.

This has been a tumultuous year for the concept of auditor independence. Several major, aggressive enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission have pushed towards the outer limits of ...

On Oct. 16, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules amending the auditor independence requirements of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The SEC noted that amendments to ...

Securities regulator weighs changing rules on auditor conflicts of interest, could seek scrapping of Public Company ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted changes that relax some conflict-of-interest rules for companies and audit firms, making it easier for them to avoid violating auditor independence ...

Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - October 16, 2020) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it adopted final amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule ...