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    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Financial services
      The QuickBooks and the dead

      Who'll be held accountable for crypto’s amateur accounting?

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Markets InsightBerkshire Hathaway Inc
      Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway needs to be broken up

      Splitting the conglomerate would enable more scrutiny and allay some investors’ concerns

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      Markets InsightCryptocurrencies
      Crypto accounting: investors need more clarity on the rules

      Companies should have stronger guidance on how to present the changing value of their digital asset holdings

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Markets InsightAccountancy
      Bogus numbers still cloud company accounts

      Adjusted figures spread, divorcing market performance from financial reality

    • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
      News in-depthFT Alphaville
      EY Germany will survive, but legal troubles loom [updated]

      An exploration of where the penny might drop in the aftermath of the collapse of the German payments company.

    • Monday, 17 February, 2020
      Accountancy
      Weakening the oversight of US auditing is a very bad idea

      Folding the regulator into the SEC would make it much harder to scrutinise how audits are performed

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