SEC November 12, 2025
Column: SEC Must Be Independent, Not Beholden to Trump
The Securities and Exchange Commission cannot fulfill its statutory mission if it is viewed as subject to the political whims of the president.
Digital Currency October 3, 2022
Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.26M for Crypto Promotion to Settle SEC Allegations
Monday’s settlement says she got $250,000 for posting about EMAX tokens on her popular Instagram account.
Auditing October 3, 2022
SEC Punishes RSM US for Shoddy Auditing of an LED Lighting Company
The SEC also charged two partners, as well as a senior audit manager, for their roles in the improper audits.
Accounting September 28, 2022
EY Report Shows Businesses Improving on Climate Disclosure, but Lagging on Decarbonization
Almost half of organizations surveyed globally (49%) responded that they have conducted scenario analysis – which is also a TCFD recommendation ...
June 14, 2022
SEC Stays Busy Cranking Out Proposed ESG Investment Fund Rules
The proposed rules, issued by the SEC on May 25, are intended to provide consistent requirements for ESG disclosures, while the other would modernize and expand the SEC’s Names Rule that covers fund names.
November 19, 2014
CPAs and Auditors Alerted to New SEC Rules on Financial Statements and A&A Engagements
The alert outlines rules applicable to financial statement audit and attestation engagements undertaken for non-issuers.
October 20, 2014
James Brown, CPA, Honored for Long Service to Accounting Profession
Indiana Certified Public Accountant (CPA) James L. Brown has been named the winner of this year's Sustained Contribution Award by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The award recognizes members who have contributed measurably to the AICPA ...
June 30, 2014
New Report Looks at Changing Broker-Dealer Audit Landscape
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, Cause and Effect of the Changing Broker-Dealer Audit Landscape, which provides an overview of the PCAOB's new standards affecting broker-dealer audits.
April 23, 2014
New XBRL GAAP Pension Analysis Tool Finds Errors in SEC Filings
XBRL US has announced the publication of its new online US GAAP Pension Analyzer. The tool is available for free to public company reporting managers that runs a set of rules against the pension disclosure within an XBRL-formatted financial statement. XBRL US is the nonprofit consortium for XBRL reporting in the US.
April 16, 2014
FASB Offers New Guidance for Reporting on Discontinued Operations
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued new guidance that improves U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) by more faithfully representing when a company or other organization discontinues its operations.
March 12, 2014
Study Says Many CEOs are Too Friendly with Audit Committees, Urges SEC Action
A decade after scandals at Enron, Worldcom, and other companies dramatized the need for improved corporate financial monitoring, this critical regulatory challenge remains in essential ways unmet, new research suggests.
November 20, 2013
KPMG Works With NYSE to Produce New IPO Guide
Offers C-Level Executives Considering an IPO Insight on Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
July 21, 2013
SEC charges city of Miami with civil securities fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused the city of Miami and its former budget director of playing financial "shell games" with city bank accounts, charging them with civil securities fraud for allegedly misrepresenting city finances to bond investors.