International accounting

Steinhoff International Holdings NV said a review by auditors at PwC into its accounts is focused on certain off-balance-sheet structures and deals with related parties and is likely to find that some assets, revenue and profit figures have been overstated.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have inked a mutual recognition agreement with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to provide a streamlined process for accountants to practice in each other’s country.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV lost a case against a former business partner related to how it reported financials for 2016, the first major legal setback for the global retailer as it battles an accounting scandal.

India’s tycoon Singh brothers took at least 5 billion rupees ($78 million) out of the publicly traded hospital company they control without board approval about a year ago, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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The fraud trial of three former Tesco Plc executives was halted when one of them, ex-U.K. Chief Financial Officer Carl Rogberg, had a heart attack days before the jury was due to begin deliberations.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has proposed a new strategy and work plan for 2019 through 2023.

International Federation of Accountants CEO Fayezul Choudhury, and IFAC CFO and executive director for external relations Russell Guthrie, talk about how international financial regulators are mulling changes in how global auditing standards are set.

Nexia International, a network of accounting and consulting firms, reported total fee income of $3.62 billion for 2017, a 13 percent increase over the results across its network for 2016.

The U.K. Financial Reporting Council opened a probe into KPMG LLP’s audits of Carillion Plc, after the builder collapsed under a mountain of debt earlier this month.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ firm in India is appealing a two-year ban on auditing public companies by the Securities Exchange Board of India.

Baker Tilly International reported Monday worldwide revenue grew 6.4 percent across its global network of accounting firms, reaching $3.4 billion by the end of last year.

Hong Kong, which has faced a slew of criticism on company financial reporting, is set to create a new framework to oversee auditors of listed entities in the city.

The four-month trial of three former Tesco Plc U.K. executives accused of fraud and false accounting over a 250 million-pound ($341 million) profit black hole at the grocer is nearly at an end.

Shares of Steinhoff International Holdings NV rose after the South African retail giant said it will restate financial results going back as far as 2015 amid a probe into accounting irregularities.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV assembled a crisis team of insiders to try to rescue the global retailer amid a crunch meeting with bankers that may determine the company’s future.

It looked like Steinhoff International Holdings NV had reached escape velocity from South Africa’s deepening economic gloom: A furniture retailer emulating Ikea’s model and global ambitions, built by men with their own compelling rags-to-riches stories.

Christo Wiese’s grip on his global furniture retailing empire is slipping after the South African billionaire resigned from the board of troubled Steinhoff International Holdings NV and creditors forced a sale of part of his stake.

The International Federation of Accountants is expressing alarm about recent proposals from a group of global financial regulators to separate its standard-setting boards for auditing and ethics.

KPMG International reported Thursday its worldwide revenue grew 5 percent in local currency terms to a record level of $26.4 billion the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017.