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The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) has published its first report on the public interest entity (PIE) audit market in Hong Kong. Reviewing its own survey of PIE auditors, the report highlights high vacancy...more
The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) has recommended that the accountants’ regulator, the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) take disciplinary action against a listed company secretary for neglecting his...more
Taking the Layered Approach - There’s a maxim in forensic accounting that investigations take twice as long as anticipated, yet the final report appears to have taken half the time. There are progressive layers in a...more
Accountants (or auditors in particular) are the benefactors of hindsight and get to put it to use every time they are engaged to opine on a company’s financial statements. Namely, that period from the date of the financial...more
Our global team of securities and professional liability lawyers at Hogan Lovells is uniquely positioned to monitor legal developments across the globe that impact accountants’ liability risk. We have experienced lawyers on...more
At the AICPA conference we have previously blogged about, the Chief Accountant explained that the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant (“OCA”) is led by the Chief Accountant, who serves as the principal advisor to the SEC on...more
Capping off a busy year, the annual American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, held on December 10-12, 2018, revisited many familiar themes from prior years and...more
Most franchisors’ annual franchise registration renewal deadlines are a few months away. Nevertheless, franchisors should contact their accountants now regarding a new revenue recognition rule issued by the Financial...more
On December 8 and 9, staff members of the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant, including the SEC chief accountant in his first published speech since he arrived at the SEC, discussed various accounting and financial...more