Over the past two years, India ranked among the top five destinations worldwide for foreign direct investment despite the multiple challenges that multinational companies face doing business in the country.
Based on insight from more than 100 companies, the CGMA Return on Ideas report outlines good practice guidelines to help focus marketing spend on the concepts and activities that are most likely to generate value for your business.
Global supply chains tend to deliver more value when CFOs and supply-chain leaders work closely together, but such a business partnership existed at only about one-quarter of companies EY polled worldwide.
April is the forecasted date for a vote of the full European Parliament on EU audit market reforms, which took another step in the legislative process.
EY has identified six themes related to fraud and corruption in 2014. Among them: dealing with cyber threats and balancing the opportunity for growth in emerging markets with perceived corruption risk.
Many companies are poorly prepared to handle cross-border investigations and are neglecting to train staff in the culturally sensitive task, according to a new report. Here are six steps to follow to get an investigation off to a good start.
Purposefully pessimistic sessions called “pre-mortems” are helpful in uncovering and then developing strategies around unknown risks. Here’s a guide on how to conduct your own pre-mortem.
Asian companies are eager to embrace Big Data, but most are lagging in implementing their ambitious plans, according to a survey of more than 500 senior executives and frontline managers in Asia Pacific.
The new regulations and amendments approved include a requirement that audit firms rotate engagements with public-interest entities every ten years – with provisions for longer periods when engagements are put out for bid or joint audits are performed.
EU leaders have reached preliminary agreement on audit reforms that would include a requirement for audit firms of public-interest entities to rotate after an engagement of ten years – with provisions that could extend that period if the engagement is put out for bid or joint audits are performed.
Emerging markets promise rising consumer demand, but many also harbour serious corruption risks. Find out how the BRICS fare on the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index and get the rankings for other developed and developing nations.
US regulators are asking whether the increasing provision of non audit and consulting services by audit firms poses risks to audit quality, and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) plans a formal examination of the issue in 2014.
Corporate directors believe regulatory and compliance overload is the greatest risk facing their business, well ahead of cyber threats and corruption, a new survey shows.
Tips to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by whistle-blowers rose 8% in fiscal year 2013 over the previous fiscal year, according to an SEC report to Congress.
A survey by the Association for Financial Professionals shows that paper check use has declined over the years but that obstacles remain to going to a more digital model.
Technological advances, from social media to cloud computing, have spawned new potential threats to businesses worldwide – and corporate enterprise risk management (ERM) has evolved to counter them, a Deloitte survey of about 300 executives or board members around the world finds.
A North American survey shows that budgets and staffing are increasing for internal audit. Strategic business risks remain a top priority but still rank low in overall audit plan coverage.
Health-care regulations associated with the US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have created new opportunities for internal auditors.
