auditors

I cannot imagine how businesses will function without accountants

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): The Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is seeking market feedback on several proposals to strengthen the oversight of audits of locally listed companies.

SINGAPORE (Jan 10): It is the start of 2020 and already, the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is reforming the listing requirements and regulations that govern locally-listed companies.

When years of clean audits end up costing investors dearly, industry reform is urgently needed.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): Auditors using the search engine Google to screen clients as part of due diligence; senior auditors not spending enough time reviewing or supervising client audits; spouses of audit partners violating the firms’ policies on independen

In its annual reports, ACRA regularly lists examples of improper or inadequate practices among public accountants. The regulator now has audit firms in its sights.

SINGAPORE (July 29): Shortly after starting my first job as an analyst in Kuala Lumpur almost three decades ago, one of my senior colleagues sat me down and explained how to navigate a public-listed company’s annual report. He went through the balance s

SINGAPORE (July 29): Shortly after starting my first job as an analyst in Kuala Lumpur almost three decades ago, one of my senior colleagues sat me down and explained how to navigate a public-listed company’s annual report. He went through the balance s

SINGAPORE (June 10): Audit firms have been in the crosshairs of investors and regulators in recent years, and little wonder.

When years of clean audits end up costing investors dearly, industry reform is urgently needed.