McKenna Speaks to Market Technicians Association Chicago
On February 19, 2013, I spoke to the Chicago Chapter of the Market Technicians Association. The topic was, “Risk 2013: Protecting Your Trading Accounts From Fraud”.
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PCAOB Disclosure Of Deloitte Private Report: A Regulatory Inflection Point?
/4 Comments/in Audit Firm Management, Pure Content, The Case Against The AuditorsMy American Banker column on Tuesday focused on the risks to banks, their audit committees, and shareholders of an auditor who blows off its regulator. Deloitte’s ongoing conflict with the PCAOB poses the risk of undue scrutiny by other regulators and unwanted publicity to all its clients.
McKenna Now Writing At American Banker
/4 Comments/in Audit Firm Management, Audit Quality, Bear Stearns, Independence, Partner Compensation, PCAOB, Writing for OthersI’m writing now for American Banker. My first column covers a new appointment at Deloitte and how this might affect the firm’s clients in the mutual funds industry.
Going Concern Audit Opinions: Why So Few Warning Flares?
/40 Comments/in Latest, Pure Content, Regulators, Laws, Standards, Regulations, The Big 4 And GlobalizationWhen each of the notorious “financial crisis” institutions collapsed, were bailed out/nationalized by their governments or were acquired/rescued by “healthier” institutions, they were all carrying in their wallets non-qualified, clean opinions on their financial statements from their auditors.