Wolters Kluwer adds ESG standards to package

Source: Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG (CP & ESG) has added ESG standards, tailored to support Internal Audit workflow and practices, to its award-winning, cloud-based TeamMate+ global audit expert solution portfolio.

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EY Banned in Germany for 2 Years Over Wirecard Scandal

Following its failures related to collapsed payments company Wirecard, EY, an accounting firm, has been prohibited from accepting new auditing clients who are "of public interest" in Germany for two years.

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Security, Privacy, Cloud and Technology Resilience Dominate Top IT Audit Risks Expected for 2021

MENLO PARK, Calif., December 15, 2020 – According to a new survey from Protiviti and ISACA, titled “IT Audit Perspectives: Top Technology Risks in 2021,” concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work environment and accelerated deployment of new technologies.

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UK regulators issue new guidance on publication and audit of company accounts

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is an unprecedented situation but it is important to recognise that, while the reduction in activity associated with coronavirus could be sharp and large, it is likely to rebound sharply when social distancing measures are lifted.

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Exchanges to fire builder of massive audit trail - WSJ

A group of US stock exchanges is set to fire Thesys Technologies, the startup it hired in 2017 to build a vast Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) tracking transactions as they pass through US equity and options markets, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Deloitte applies professional audit standards to blockchain transactions

Deloitte today announced the completion of a blockchain project which was designed to demonstrate tangible and actionable options for assurance related to blockchain transaction data and infrastructure.

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SEC pushes through plans to build giant audit trail

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved plans to create a vast Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) tracking transactions as they pass through US equity and options markets.

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