International accounting

Most of the insurers that provided the company with director-liability policies have agreed to pay as much as $93 million toward settlements resulting from a 2017 accounting crisis.

Top executives at companies hit by accounting scandals could lose their bonuses under U.K. proposals for beefed-up regulation after a wave of corporate collapses including Carillion Plc and travel firm Thomas Cook Group Plc.

How many of us U.S.-born CPAs could move to another country and communicate well enough to advance in a CPA-related job where that country’s main language is not English?

The institute named Gwen van Berne as its sixth female chair-elect and the first to reside abroad.

The International Federation of Accountants convened a meeting of leaders of accounting organizations to advance sustainability reporting as momentum builds worldwide for consistent environmental, social and governance reporting.

Deloitte LLP faces a probe by the U.K.’s accounting regulator into its audits of financial statements by Lookers Plc.

Global organizations that set corporate reporting standards failed to keep pace with the ESG boom, opening the door to greenwashing, mispricing and bubbles, according to one such group.

The U.K.’s accounting regulator introduced fresh recommendations to put further distance between the Big Four accounting firms and their consulting arms ahead of their impending split.

For accounting to take a pivotal role in tackling the climate emergency, a single set of sustainability standards is critical.

One of the largest accounting firms in Canada struck a deal with Deloitte to acquire a significant portion of Deloitte’s business in Canada, by March 1.

KPMG’s U.K. chairman has resigned days after sparking widespread anger for telling employees to stop moaning about the pandemic.

Two Ernst & Young auditors were told by a German court that they must testify before a parliamentary committee about their accounting work for scandal-ridden Wirecard AG.

Embattled Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc. filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York, less than a year after the company said that more than a quarter’s worth of business may have been faked.

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation may present a proposal to the United Nations in November for setting up a global sustainability standards board.

Germany wants to bolster the expertise at its top financial regulator to prevent a repeat of the Wirecard scandal that exposed significant cracks in the country’s oversight.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit revenues at most companies around the world, but almost none of them feel that they're lagging behind their competitors.

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants found that environmental, social and governance trends are increasingly becoming part of accounting and finance professionals' job titles for 2021.

Amid a resurgence in COVID-19, accountants around the world are less confident in the chances of the economy bouncing back soon.

A former senior executive at Wirecard AG escaped from Austria to Belarus on a private aircraft last year with the help of a secret-service agent and a far-right politician.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants found the majority of accountants internationally believe they are in an inclusive profession, but nearly two-thirds think the profession still has an issue to deal with when it comes to diversity.