Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Flash Report July 26, 2023 PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2022 Inspection Observations Discover PCAOB's 2022 Inspection Observations & tech-auditing trends. Crucial insights for SEC registrants & audit committees. Read the full report here. Survey November 21, 2023 TMT finance leaders cite ESG, inflation and data security among top priorities TMT finance leaders cite ESG, inflation and data security among top priorities“The more things change, the more they remain the same” aptly describes the current dynamic for finance leaders across the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry group.Inflation, supply chain challenges, consumer demand for sustainable and inclusive practices and reporting, new technologies,… Newsletter April 17, 2020 COVID-19: Paradigm Shift in the Boardroom The global COVID-19 pandemic is a different experience from other catastrophic events like the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. It is spawning new thinking in all quarters, especially in boardrooms. It’s been several weeks since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) truly captured everyone’s attention across the globe. But with new developments almost hourly,… Whitepaper October 5, 2020 Private Equity and Hedge Funds: Methods of Choice for Money Laundering Threat Actors Private investment funds under management have grown over the past 25 years into a several trillion-dollar industry in the United States. In a leaked Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unclassified but sensitive bulletin, the FBI concludes, with high confidence,[1] that threat actors (both financially motivated criminals and foreign adversaries) are using the private placement of funds,… Blogs March 25, 2021 The Complexities of Rapidly Evolving Wage Law: Act Now to Mitigate Your Risk Is Your Organisation Underpaying or Overpaying its Employees? No organisation wants to be headline news for underpaying its employees. However, many businesses are being publicly ostracised for violating enterprise agreements (EAs) in Australia. Not only are EAs incredibly complicated, wage law is also evolving rapidly, with Victoria and Queensland passing legislation in 2020. Unfortunately,… Blogs August 10, 2023 Technical debt demands your attention Technical debt consumes nearly one-third of technology budgets and more than one-fifth of technology professionals’ time; 70% of CIOs and technology leaders view technical debt as a major drag on their organisation’s ability to innovate. Newsletter September 8, 2021 Ransomware: Preventing an Attack and Responding to and Recovering From an Attack Ransomware attacks have been around for many years. In the past, cyber-threat actors would penetrate a company’s computer and network systems and obtain data with the objective of returning it upon payment. The demanded payments were usually smaller than the ransoms requested in recent incidents. Most of these incidents weren’t financially material, nor were they reported publicly. By contrast,… Insights paper September 22, 2023 Sustainability and Private Markets: A Structured Approach to Value Creation The ESG regulatory landscape is starting to form: In the public markets worldwide, companies are trying to determine how to respond to and incorporate stringent sustainability-related disclosure requirements from the EU. Meanwhile, the International Sustainability Standards Board has completed its work on a set of voluntary standards for public companies globally. In the U.S., the SEC is poised… Blogs February 27, 2024 Engaging Internal Audit Stakeholders to Build the Base for Adoption — Understanding the Global Internal Audit Standards (Part 1 of 3) The final updated Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”) issued by The Institute of Internal Auditors become effective January 9, 2025. In this blog series, we introduce the key Standards updates, explore the impacts of the updates on the internal audit (IA) function, provide practical guidance for adopting the changes required for compliance and consider the opportunities to move beyond… Flash Report August 7, 2020 Lease Auditing: An Untapped ROI Opportunity Identifying and Recovering Excessive Billings From Landlords Issue Is your landlord complying with the financial aspects of your lease? Commercial leases are often structured to include ambiguous and complex cost terminology aligning with the landlord’s financial interest. On top of a base rent payment, these leases often include subsequent expenses that vary year to year, such as common area… Load More
