| PricewaterhouseCoopers released an update Tuesday to its annual audit quality report for the firm, pointing to improvements on inspection results from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. | PwC reports improvement in audit quality | | By Michael Cohn 3 min read | | PricewaterhouseCoopers released an update Tuesday to its annual audit quality report for the firm, pointing to improvements on inspection results from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. | |
| SEC appoints acting chief accountant | | By Michael Cohn 2 min read | | The Securities and Exchange Commission tapped deputy chief accountant Paul Munter to become acting chief accountant when chief accountant Sagar Teotia leaves in February. | |
| Biden names acting chair for SEC | | By Michael Cohn 4 min read | | President Biden has picked Allison Herren Lee, a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the acting chair of the SEC, as nominee Gary Gensler waits in the wings as a more permanent chair once he is confirmed by the Senate. | |
| Finance execs see pain points in internal controls reporting | | By Michael Cohn 4 min read | | Financial executives feel that the requirements for documenting their organization’s internal controls are getting to be too much and many of them are behind the curve when it comes to applying technology for internal control over financial reporting, according to a new report. | |
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