GE had originally begun making quarterly earnings forecast to display its consistent earnings to Wall Street. According to the Wall Street Journal, some GE observers think the earnings forecast prompted executives to sell assets or make other moves to hit their estimates. From a compliance perspective, you would be worried that the pressure to hit … Read more »
Category: Accounting
Is There More White Collar Crime Today?
Sam E. Antar, the convicted felon and former CEO of Crazy Eddie, puts forth the theory that the bad economy is accusing white collar crimes to float to the surface: Is there really more white collar crime today? No. The Madoff scheme is an example of a scheme that fell apart whent he markets went … Read more »
Market Reaction to Adoption of IFRS in Europe
Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl published Market Reaction to Adoption of IFRS in Europe (.pdf) This study examines the European stock market reaction to sixteen events associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial … Read more »
Right to Audit
From the KPMG 2008 Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Survey: While 63 percent of those respondents that require periodic compliance certifications said they incorporate a right-to-audit clause in their third-party contracts, a significant majority of these (68 percent) has never exercised the right (see Chart 4). A right-to-audit clause appears to be the kind of oversight expected by … Read more »
Investigating Suspected Financial Accounting Irregularities
I watched the webinar from EthicsPoint and Kroll on Investigating Suspected Financial Accounting Irregularities. Jed Davis is the Managing Director in the Business Intelligence and Investigations Division of Kroll and Dave Hess is the Managing Director of the Forensic Accounting and Litigation Consulting Division of Kroll. Dave emphasized the need to have a plan in … Read more »
PCAOB Standard No. 5
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released Auditing Standard No. 5 – An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statement (.pdf) on June 12, 2007. The standard was approved by the SEC on July 25, 2007 and became effective for audits of fiscal years ending on … Read more »