BCDR-AAA delegates participate at GCC regulators Summit
Delegates from the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution participated at the 7th GCC regulators' Summit which was held in Doha.
View ArticleEmbracing Technology in Financial Reporting
Kamben Padayachy, Deputy CEO, Head of Global Banking, Treasury and Markets receives the award on behalf of AfrAsia Bank for 'Best Online Reporting' at the Corporate Reporting Awards 2013 2013-03-10...
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Issues of corporate governance generate media headlines as well as more profound debate.
View ArticleUS regulator raps PwC for...
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board faulted PwC for not promptly addressing quality control problems detected by the board in inspections of some 2007 and 2008 PwC audits, such as subpar...
View ArticleHave the Swiss Gone Cuckoo?
Switzerland is a country reknowned for its conservative neutrality, so the referendum vote earlier this month which turned corporate governance structures on their heads comes as a bit of a shock.
View ArticleMaterial Misstatements' Found In Wisconsin's Malpractice Insurance Fund
Wisconsin requires medical providers to buy supplementary malpractice insurance from the state, but an independent audit suggests the billion dollar insurance trust fund needs tighter financial controls.
View ArticleIt's proxy season, and the shareholders are at the gates
So much for gratitude. In the past financial year, Walt Disney delivered everything you might expect from the owner of a Magic Kingdom: Bumper profits, a well-received acquisition of Lucasfilm,...
View ArticlePCAOB Criticizes Quality At PwC; Nothing Happens
Big news last week in the breathless world of audits and auditors. The audit regulator, the Public Company Accounting and Oversight Board - even the word "oversight" should get you excited - published...
View ArticleWhy Eliot Spitzer has an "intellectual fascination" with the comptroller...
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he has an "intellectual fascination" with the position of state comptroller, but also called current Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli "a good friend." Spitzer, the disgraced...
View ArticleMichael Barkin Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Barkin will lead the Company's finance and accounting organization, overseeing financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, treasury, tax, procurement, internal audit and investor relations.
View ArticleDon't blame Don Elder, energy expert tells 'hypocritical' politicians
"The directors and the CEO must indeed share the blame for what appears to be a complete lack of reasonable corporate governance and accountability in this business." To read Don't blame Don Elder,...
View ArticleUK Fraud Office Probes HP's Autonomy Acquisition
British technology firm Autonomy is under an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the US department of justice into accusations of accounting irregularities at the firm before it was acquired...
View ArticleSEC testing customized punishments
The Securities and Exchange Commission is experimenting with punishments that more closely fit the wrongdoing at issue in a bid to give its enforcement cases more bite.
View ArticleWeatherford International: Volatile But Well Valued
Weatherford International is a Swiss-based, multinational company providing services and manufactured goods for the oil and natural gas industry.
View ArticleOne size corporate governance does not fit all
One-size-fits-all corporate governance doesn't work because small public companies have a fraction of the resources of their larger counterparts.
View ArticleKids' charity stripped of licence
After a lengthy investigation, commissioner Anne Driscoll found financial irregularities in the management of the music-based charity run by events promoter John Zaccaria.
View ArticleBroken Dealer Audits: Accounting Deficiencies Uncovered By The PCAOB
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board , the United States audit industry regulator, is supervised by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleNew Milford audit reveals familiar problem
Grant Thornton LLC, the new auditing firm, found material weaknesses in the 2011-12 books that were the same as those found in previous years by the firm BlumShapiro.
View ArticleErnst & Young to corporate directors: Your shareholders are watching you
As the 2013 proxy season prepares to unfurl, Ernst & Young LLP's District-based Corporate Governance Center has released a preview of the corporate governance themes poised to dominate the...
View ArticleExperts outline challenges and solutions for SME financing
Economists, financiers, bankers and business owners met late last week to debate the state of small and medium-sized enterprises in the GCC region, and considered various alternative models for...
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