Shell has dropped EY as its auditor just weeks after the UK accounting regulator announced an investigation into the Big Four ...

Those who left included Gary Donald, who led the Shell audit, and one partner who had joined EY’s senior leadership only months earlier.

Labor Department leadership says the update is designed to expand retirement plans’ access to highly qualified auditors and audit firms. The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new guidance for ...

This has been a tumultuous year for the concept of auditor independence. Several major, aggressive enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission have pushed towards the outer limits of ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Friday to adopt amendments to its longstanding auditor independence requirements, relaxing restrictions on relationships between auditors and their clients ...

Four EY UK partners have left the firm after breaches of independence rules in its audit of Shell that resulted in the oil ...

When auditors are dependent on resources, permissions or even access to those they audit, objectivity weakens and risks can ...