PCAOB July 9, 2026
Here’s Who’s Serving on the PCAOB’s Inspections Modernization Council
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Thursday revealed the names of the 12 people who will serve on its new Inspections Modernization Council.
SEC June 15, 2026
Former SEC Chair Says Kalshi is Flat Wrong: Sports Bets Aren’t Swaps
Gary Gensler, overseer of Wall Street for significant parts of the last two decades, has a message for anyone arguing sports betting is a matter for federal financial regulators: They’re wrong.
SEC June 12, 2026
Trump Taps Ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief
Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump's first term.
SEC June 12, 2026
SEC Proposes Eliminating Equities Trade-Through Rule
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has been a critic of the rule since its inception, dissenting against it when he was a Republican commissioner.
Technology June 10, 2026
The Case for Standardizing Audit Data Intake Before Busy Season Hits
The goal isn’t to fix everything at once. It’s to stop repeating the same friction on every new client.
Technology June 10, 2026
Crunchafi Adds In-App Integration with Thomson Reuters for Lease Accounting Automation in PPC Audit Workflows
The integration delivers concrete benefits across the audit workflow:
Technology June 9, 2026
MindBridge Expands Audit and Assurance Platform
The new capabilities are designed to help audit and assurance professionals modernize risk assessment, focus audit attention more effectively across full-population financial data, and scale analytics-driven workflows across increasingly complex engagements.
Technology June 8, 2026
Fieldguide Rolls Out Long-Horizon Agent for Audit Testing
Fieldguide, an agentic AI-native platform for audit and advisory, has launched Field Orchestrator, which the company says is purpose-built to plan and execute end-to-end audit engagements.
SEC June 2, 2026
SEC Defends Settlement with Musk After Judge Cites ‘Red Flags’
A proposed settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission to end the agency’s Twitter Inc. stake lawsuit came after almost a year of negotiations, attorneys said.
PCAOB May 29, 2026
PCAOB Establishes Inspections Modernization Council
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is forming a new advisory panel as the regulator looks to modernize how it inspects the work of public company audit firms.
Auditing May 29, 2026
Center for Audit Quality CEO Leaves Post
Julie Bell Lindsay announced last month that she was stepping down as CEO of the CAQ after spending seven years in that role.
SEC May 21, 2026
SEC Chief Atkins Pumps the Brakes on Prediction-Market Funds
The top U.S. securities regulator is delaying the launch of a wave of novel exchange-traded funds that would let investors wager on events such as elections and economic data.
Technology May 19, 2026
Citrin Cooperman Makes Investment in Tellen
The top 20 firm has made an undisclosed investment in Tellen, an AI platform for accounting firms, as part of a multiyear strategic relationship to build and deploy AI-powered audit solutions.