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Auditing
Audits Are Broken. Here’s a Radical Way to Fix Them.
A certain federal agency should take over all public company audits, suggests a former Big Four auditor and current accounting software company CEO.
Michael Whitmire
November 27, 2019
Regulation
Big Banks Would Undergo Climate Stress Test Under Proposed Legislation
The tests would measure the banks’ resilience to climate-related financial risk.
Regulation
Whistleblower Tips to SEC Top 5,200 in FY 2019
“The whistleblower program continues to have a significant positive impact on the commission’s enforcement efforts and protection of investors and markets."
Mobile
AT&T Fined $60 Million in Data ‘Throttling’ Case
An FTC commissioner says AT&T's unlimited data plan for smartphone customers was a "bait-and-switch scam."
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Regulation
Proxy Adviser Sues SEC Over New Guidance
Institutional Shareholder Services says its lawsuit is necessary to litigation to be necessary to "prevent the chill of proxy advisers’ protected speech."
Financial Performance
Altria Takes $4.5 Billion Hit on Investment in Juul
"We did not anticipate this dramatic a change in the e-vapor category,” CEO Howard Willard says.
Regulation
Mattel CFO to Step Down After Whistleblower Investigation
The company said it made misstatements in 2017, but found no evidence of fraud.
Regulation
SEC Proposal Protects Executives, Hamstrings Investors
Proposed rule changes would pressure proxy advisory firms to take a more management-friendly stance in their reports and vote recommendations.
Regulation
OCC Cannot Grant Special Bank Charters to Fintech Companies
Tech startups trying to become banks can no longer expedite the process with a fintech charter.
Regulation
Investors Want a Clear Story on CECL. Are CFOs Ready to Tell It?
Communicating credit risk model changes to investors may be the most challenging aspect of the new Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard.
Governance
Infosys Investigating CEO’s ‘Unethical Practices’
Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani said that the company had instituted an inquiry against CEO Salil Parekh.
People
SEC Names White House Aide to PCAOB
Rebekah Goshorn Jurata replaces Kathleen Hamm, a cybersecurity expert who had been seeking a second term on the board.
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