In Canada, the Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) has already taken the first steps of conver­gence with inter­na­tional standards by outlining the plan under which publicly accountable enter­prises will transition completely to IFRS. The change will occur over the next 5 years, and the Board expects the changeover process to be complete by fiscal years beginning […]

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I need to commend the publi­cation of my profession here in Canada, CA Magazine, for offering the full content of each issue online as soon as the physical copy of the issue arrives on my doorstep. There are many magazines that charge for access to their full content, but CA Magazine realizes that increased readership […]

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The Managing Partners’ Forum was estab­lished in 1995 and is “dedicated to enhancing leadership and the status of the management team in profes­sional firms worldwide.” They recently released the inaugural Global 500, a ranking of the top 500 profes­sional services firms in the world by fee volume. The Big Four are at the top of […]

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Jeremy Newman of BDO Stoy Hayward, highlights a key finding of the British Oxera Report on Audit Choice and Compe­tition: According to the report by Oxera on Compe­tition and Choice published in April 2006 more than 70% of FTSE 100 companies had not held a compet­itive tender for the last 15 years. The incidence of […]

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I’ve grown a bit tired of Facebook lately. I think it’s because what origi­nally was a torrent of friend additions has gradually slowed to a trickle. (I meet lots of new people through my job but I doubt they want the auditor on their Facebook!) It seems I’m not the only one who is questioning […]

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