All Engagement Partners articles

  • Blog

    New PCAOB seeks input on new strategic plan

    2018-04-18T11:15:00Z

    A brand new slate of audit regulators is looking for some direction as it takes the helm at the PCAOB and establishes a new strategic plan.

  • Blog

    Do partners suffer bad inspection results? Not really, study says

    2017-07-18T09:15:00Z

    New academic research suggests audit firms may be shielding low-performing partners from client scrutiny by remaining coy about PCAOB inspection results.

  • Blog

    Database naming engagement partners mushrooms with new filings

    2017-02-22T12:15:00Z

    The public database created by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to identify engagement partners overseeing public-company audits is growing, with partners on about 175 engagements now identified. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

  • Blog

    PCAOB opens portal on identifying key audit participants

    2016-06-29T09:00:00Z

    There’s not much to see just yet, but audit regulators have launched a web page that will be the new means for anyone in the capital markets to throw open the curtain and see who’s pulling the levers on individual audit engagements. Tammy Whitehouse reports.

  • Blog

    PCAOB Adopts Form to Name Engagement Partner, Others in Audit

    2015-12-15T13:00:00Z

    Finally achieving the path of least resistance after multiple prior attempts, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has approved a rule requiring audit firms to identify engagement partners and others outside the firm who contribute to public company audits.

  • Blog

    PCAOB Nears New Rule on Naming Engagement Partners

    2015-11-30T20:00:00Z

    Image: PCAOB Chairman James Doty believes the board will be in a position “very soon” to finalize a rule requiring audit firms to submit a new form, Form AP, to the PCAOB naming engagement partners and other accounting firms that contribute to the final audit opinion for public companies. Doty ...