Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Blue-chip accounting and auditing firm Grant Thornton has found itself under scrutiny following the collapse of the café chain Patisserie Valerie in the UK. Patisserie Valerie went into administration recently after a £40 million ($52.5 million) hole was uncovered in its balance sheet, allegedly caused by an internal fraud. … Continue Reading
Women may or may not be better-suited to risk management roles as compared to men as being fully equipped for the role might have more to do with skills sets, ethical judgment and plain-vanilla experience than with anything related to gender.… Continue Reading
Grant Thornton LLP and two of its partners agreed to settle SEC charges that they ignored red flags and fraud risks during audits of two publicly traded companies that wound up facing SEC enforcement actions for improper accounting and other violations.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday charged Grant Thornton India LLP and Australia-based Grant Thornton Audit Pty Limited with auditor independence violations.
Two Grant Thornton Mauritius partners served on the boards of Mauritius-based subsidiaries of companies that were Grant Thornton audit clients.… Continue Reading
China has chosen seven audit firms including PwC, BDO, and Grant Thornton to examine the overseas assets of major state-owned enterprises (SOEs) following an open tender held last month.
The move came after a former audit official warned that more than 110 SOEs’ overseas assets valued at about 4 trillion yuan ($637 billion) were not audited due to insufficient audit staff.… Continue Reading
Yasuhiro Sato, President and Group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.The chairman of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Tsukamoto, will leave his post in March following a scandal linking the lender to organized crime groups.… Continue Reading
