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I am not teaching at Wharton this term so I'm headed out to talk to others about the state of accounting, audit, regulation, and corporate fraud.
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The Pen & Pencil Club Book Series welcomes Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner on "These Are The Plunderers"
Morgenson and Rosner will talk with me Sept 12 on how "private equity runs — and wrecks — America".
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Laboring in the Big 4
Maybe today's top youth don't want to work in an industry chronically in the news for all the wrong reasons.
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Elizabeth Holmes and her Big 4 audit firm buddies at Theranos
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Been caught stealin': Hindenburg Research is on a roll with Adani and Block (Square) short reports
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WeWork: Auditor EY didn’t warn about the risks
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Gary Gensler is not the guy
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Tipping Point: The Financial Fragility of the Big Four Global Audit Firms
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Ready or not litigation settlements continue to surprise investors
Seems to me disclosure has gotten much worse not better and auditors are complicit in helping companies to strategically disclose.
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It's "island rules" for PwC and its clients in the Caribbean
PwC does all kind of business in Barbados.
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Dan Hoicowitz
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The PCAOB wants to get tough with the auditors
This not our first time at this rodeo. It will end in tears. Again.
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Coming up at my Pen & Pencil Club Book Talk Series
I’m taking a break from the Pen & Pencil Club book talk series in August since they tell me everyone in Philly is “down the shore”. I’ve just returned…
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McKenna quoted in Forbes on TransDigm
Conglomerate TransDigm buys smaller companies — the only ones that make particular things — and jacks up prices for customers who don’t have a choice…
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If the DOJ charges you with the wrong crime, did you actually do anything wrong?
KPMG's David Middendorf and PCAOB's Jeffrey Wada were convicted of wire fraud. Four more pled guilty to similar crimes. Now DOJ says its reading of the…
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McKenna presents at the LSU Fraud and Forensic Accounting Conference
Do auditors have an obligation to plan and perform an audit to detect material misstatement due to fraud? Darn tootin’ they do!
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The Dig
The Dig
Francine McKenna digs into accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues at public and pre-IPO companies.
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