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Auditors face the biggest crackdown since Enron

05.11.09
The Big Four accountancy firms have been told to back off from serious conflicts of interest in pursuing lucrative advisory work at their audit clients ... more

Lynch that stole Xmas

02.11.09
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Deloitte off the hook over ‘lack of transparency’

11.09.09
MG Rover auditor Deloitte has escaped censure by the inquiry investigators though questions will continue to be raised over the amount of fees the firm charged... more

City code for top chiefs 'needs revamp'

25.06.09
Leading companies are calling for yet another overhaul of the so-called Combined Code, which sets guidelines for good corporate governance such as the appointments of chairmen.... more

City Spy: Extel’s orange is so like... Bloomberg

19.06.09
Bankers were donning the sunglasses in the City at lunchtime this week. Not outside, in the glorious sunshine, but indoors at the Guildhall, where the bright orange decor for the annual Extel analysts and brokers awards was causing a few grumbles. ... more

Bob Diamond was only doing his job

15.06.09
Few other people seem to share my concern, but I am deeply uneasy about how Barclays' Bob Diamond stands to collect £16 million from the sale of Barclays Global Investors, the fund management division of Barclays Bank... more

Time for shareholders to get a grip

22.05.09
Ever since half the banking system collapsed last year, people have been asking why the big shareholders did not see what was happening as chief executives ran amok, and take steps to prevent it ... more

Code can't really be our best shot

18.03.09
When you meet someone these days who was until recently a non-executive director of one of the banks, it does not take long before the conversation turns to what went wrong. ... more

A cutting sense of history at PwC

30.12.08
PricewaterhouseCoopers has been attacked by the Financial Reporting Council because it encourages certain partners on client audits to cross-sell other services of the firm... more

It's time for pragmatism not revenge with banks

10.07.08
It is quite easy to argue that one of the main reasons we have a banking disaster on our hands is that shareholders decided to give bankers bonuses based on their performance.... more

It's time for pragmatism not revenge with banks

10.07.08
It is quite easy to argue that one of the main reasons we have a banking disaster on our hands is that shareholders decided to give bankers bonuses based on their performance.... more

How too much optimism could kill prospect of decent pensions

21.02.08
When the Pensions Regulator was still feeling its way as a relatively new body two or three years ago, its head David Norgrove used to counsel against what he termed "reckless prudence"... more

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