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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Quilter CEO Paul Feeney as the chair of its independent Practitioner Panel. Paul will take up the post from 1 January 2021, succeeding Tulsi Naidu, CEO of Zurich UK. He has been a member of the panel since 2015.

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a consultation on the proposed revision of the standards for an audit firm’s responsibilities to design, implement and operate a system of quality management. The FRC proposes to adopt International Standard on Quality Management (UK) 1 Qualit

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced Amendments to UK and Republic of Ireland accounting standards – UK exit from the European Union. The amendments update UK and Republic of Ireland accounting standards for changes in legislation following the UK’s exit from the European

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established a Temporary Registration Regime to allow existing cryptoasset firms, who have applied to be registered with the FCA, to continue trading. The FCA is advising customers of cryptoasset firms which should have applied to the FCA, but have not done s

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed proposals to permanently ban the mass-marketing of speculative illiquid securities - including speculative mini-bonds - to retail investors. A temporary ban was introduced without consultation in January following serious concerns that speculative

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The Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) audit quality reviews have found that audit firms did not challenge the management of audited entities effectively on the significant judgements they had made. As a result, the regulator has reiterated the importance of a challenge culture in audit firms.

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New research commissioned by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has shown that the development of standards for audit committees would support a more consistent approach to promoting audit quality. The research, conducted by YouGov, involved interviews with Audit Committee Chairs (ACCs) on how th

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reminded firms to be ready for the end of the Brexit transition period in one month’s time. When the transition period ends at 11pm on 31 December, firms will need to be prepared for a number of changes to the regulatory environment in which they opera

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Audit firms have implemented additional measures to enhance their evaluation of companies’ going concern assessments since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a review of completed audits by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The FRC reviewed a sample of eleven audits

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has voiced renewed concerns about the financial market’s vulnerability to the failure of one of the Big Four audit firms that dominate the sector. The regulator said it had requested detailed information from Deloitte, KPMG, EY and PWC on their responses t

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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published its annual end of year letter to CEOs, CFOs and audit committee chairs setting out its reporting expectations for preparers of reports and accounts for the year ahead. This year’s letter is of particular significance given the continuin

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