NFRA flags quality control gaps in six audit firmsThe National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has released inspection reports on six major audit firms, including Deloitte Haskins & Se...
27 Mar, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
NFRA report flags audit lapses at firms linked to PwC, EY, KPMG, BDOIndia's financial watchdog, NFRA, has released inspection reports on major audit firms. These reports highlight issues with audit independe...
17 Mar, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
Big Four affiliates catch the poll fever again, line up for ICAI postsAfter a break, partners from Big Four affiliates are engaging in ICAI elections due to a more assertive ICAI, changing audit rules, and rec...
21 Oct, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
Indian audit regulators spar on proposed change for companiesIndia's accounting regulators are clashing over a proposal to make parent company auditors responsible for consolidated financial statement...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
ICAI disciplinary panel overlooks stay to pass order against 2 partners of PwC armsDespite a Delhi High Court stay, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has published orders penalizing two PwC affiliate p...
18 May, 2024, 12.24 AM IST
ICAI lens on big four affiliates over their association with global entitiesThe EY affiliate firm, SRBC & Co LLP spokesperson told ET that they will explore all issues raised in the order and explore options under t...
29 Apr, 2024, 12.41 AM IST
Big six corner most of auditing business in Nifty-500 universeAccording to the report, of all the companies with equity shares listed on the NSE main board, the Big 6 Indian audit firms secured 637 ass...
29 Apr, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
Top auditors stop offering non-audit work to clientsTop audit firms in India, including KPMG affiliate BSR & Affiliates and BDO affiliate MSKA & Associates, have stopped offering non-audit se...
11 Mar, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Top 5 audit companies corner lion's share of mandates"Major listed companies opt for the top five auditors due to their strong reputation. The top auditors too prefer to work with the larger l...
08 Jun, 2023, 01.22 AM IST
Big 4 affiliate firms continue to lead audit business in IndiaIn India, the Big Four firms conduct their audit business through affiliate firms. The EY group has emerged as the market leader with 153 m...
19 Nov, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
EY India's former audit chief Sudhir Soni to join KPMGSoni used to head EY’s audit practice in India until September 2020 and was in charge of the firm’s audit affiliate SR Batliboi and Co LLP....
23 Sep, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
Auditors shifting out of jobs at financial companies to comply with new RBI guidelinesAs per Prime Database, more than 30 auditors have already rotated out from their assignments citing the RBI guidelines and multiple auditor...
14 Oct, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
Financial regulatory authority cites social media posts to blow a hole in the defence put up by the Big Four in IL&FS caseNational Financial Regulatory Authority (NFRA) in a recent report on IL&FS Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) even posted screenshots of social ...
27 Aug, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
- US sanctions five Indian affiliates of PricewaterhouseCoopers
The US Securities and Exchange Commission sanctioned five India-based affiliates of PwC that formerly served as independent auditors of Sat...
06 Apr, 2011, 03.54 PM IST
- No client should exceed 10% biz of audit firm: Panel
No single corporate client or group should account for more than a tenth of the total revenues of any audit firm and its associates, a comm...
30 Nov, 2009, 05.12 AM IST
- ICAI proposal may hit audit firms here
Indian audit firms, that informally work as the audit arms of big foreign accounting firms, may soon have to sever their foreign affiliatio...
28 Jan, 2009, 03.18 AM IST
- A/c firms' code to avoid clash of interest
The new code prevents an accounting firm from offering certain services to a company if an affiliate of the firm offers some services to th...
19 Nov, 2007, 04.42 AM IST