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Upcoming speaking engagements
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.
Sep 17
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Francine McKenna
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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".
Sep 10
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Francine McKenna
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The Pen & Pencil Club Book Series welcomes Gretchen Morgenson and Josh Rosner on "These Are The Plunderers"
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Little fish get fried: Maybe the SEC should have thrown this one back in and gone for the whales on the OpenSea?
Impact Theory takes the heat, but what about other NFT players?
Sep 6
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Dan Hoicowitz
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Francine McKenna
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Little fish get fried: Maybe the SEC should have thrown this one back in and gone for the whales on the OpenSea?
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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.
Sep 5
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Francine McKenna
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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.
Sep 1
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Francine McKenna
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August 2023
It's "island rules" for PwC and its clients in the Caribbean
PwC does all kind of business in Barbados.
Aug 22
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Dan Hoicowitz
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Francine McKenna
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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.
Aug 19
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Francine McKenna
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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…
Aug 14
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Francine McKenna
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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…
Aug 11
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Francine McKenna
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McKenna quoted in Forbes on TransDigm
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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…
Aug 8
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Francine McKenna
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If the DOJ charges you with the wrong crime, did you actually do anything wrong?
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July 2023
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!
Jul 25
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Francine McKenna
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McKenna presents at the LSU Fraud and Forensic Accounting Conference
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Regulators forced to play whack-a-mole with crypto-friendly banks
The case of Customers Bank shows the bold will always create opportunity where others fear to tread. The Big 4 audit firms are never far behind .
Jul 22
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Francine McKenna
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Regulators forced to play whack-a-mole with crypto-friendly banks
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