UK Company Directors Could Become Personally Liable for Financial Statements February 8, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON – Company directors would become personally liable for the accuracy of their financial statements under landmark proposals from Britain’s...
Chubb Global Markets Promotes Driscoll, Rowley in Professional Indemnity Teams December 23, 2020 Chubb announced leadership promotions to its professional indemnity teams for Chubb Global Markets (CGM). Under the changes, Steve Driscoll is...
Beazley Expands Life Sciences Insurance Offering in UK September 28, 2020 Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its life sciences insurance offering in the UK with the launch of a new policy...
Former Wirecard Executive Marsalek Placed on Interpol’s Most Wanted List August 13, 2020 By Karin Matussek Former Wirecard AG executive Jan Marsalek was added to Interpol’s red notice list, sparking a worldwide manhunt for one of...
Germany to Reform Regulation of Insurers, Banks, Payment Firms on Wirecard Scandal July 27, 2020 By Patrick Donahue German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz intends to unveil a reform of the government’s financial oversight, as the widening scandal over...
German Prosecutors Arrest Ex-Wirecard Execs on Suspicion of Running Criminal Racket July 24, 2020 By Jörn Poltz German prosecutors arrested three former top executives of Wirecard on Wednesday, saying it suspected them of masterminding a criminal racket...
Wirecard Hires Forensic Investigator, Say Sources. Findings Could Aid in D&O Litigation. July 21, 2020 By Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner German payments company Wirecard has hired Alix Partners for a forensic investigation of the accounting scandal that led to its...
UK Watchdog Urges Big 4 Accounting Firms to Challenge Clients as Audit Quality Slides July 15, 2020 By Hugo Miller and Michael Kapoor The dominant accounting firms must do a better job of challenging their clients in order to reach a satisfactory level...
UK Accounting Watchdog Asks Big Four to Ring-Fence Audit Practices July 6, 2020 By Aoife White The UK dominant accounting firms must separate their audit units from other businesses by June 2024 as the country’s accounting...
From Enron to Wirecard – Big 4 Accounting Firms Still Face Systemic Problems July 2, 2020 By Ellen Milligan and Hugo Miller Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four...