“Independent panels or similar bodies designed to provide fresh perspective, such as those at the largest accounting firms, can benefit audit quality and strengthen trust,” said Cindy Fornelli, executive director...

The Center for Audit Quality has issued a new framework to help auditing firms make disclosures about how they promote and monitor the quality of the audits they perform....

The framework builds on previous work by the CAQ and others in the profession to develop and seek audit quality indicators

The enhanced transparency provided by the critical audit matters should strengthen investors’ trust in the work of auditors, said Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality....

"The CAQ congratulates Megan Zietsman on becoming the PCAOB's chief auditor,” said Center for Audit Quality executive director Cindy Fornelli in a statement.

The Center for Audit Quality released a new resource providing a framework and questions audit committees may be asking as new technologies impact the financial reporting process.

A new Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) tool, Emerging Technologies, is designed to help audit committees perform their oversight of financial reporting that is affected by emerging technologies.

A new Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) publication provides perspectives for auditors based on "dry runs" that some CAQ member firms have conducted in their efforts to prepare for the...

The Center for Audit Quality released a new publication Monday to help auditors deal with the critical audit matters section of the audit reports that will soon be required under...

Auditors and high-quality audits are central to the U.S. financial system, according to the chief regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission and...

Auditors are learning a lot through dry runs of the requirement for auditors to disclose the critical matters they identify in each audit, said Marc Panucci, deputy chief accountant at...

The Center for Audit Quality has issued its annual request for proposals to fund independent academic research on audit-related topics.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is planning extensive changes in how it inspects firms and interacts with financial statement preparers.

Audit committees have an important role to play in making sure corporate culture is aligned with a company’s mission, vision and values, says Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center...

Audit committees are continuing a long-term trend of providing more disclosure about their selection of independent auditors.

Public company audit committees continue to make more information on their oversight of external auditor activities available to the public, according to a survey report released Thursday.

More U.S. public companies in 2018 voluntarily shared with investors details about how their boards of directors select and oversee external auditors, according to an annual report from industry group...

"Auditors will first look to the definition of a CAM in the auditing standard," said Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), which is affiliated with...

September 27 marks the Center for Audit Quality's fourth annual "#AuditorProud" day on social media, when the organization and its member firms are informing students and prospective professionals about the many...

Public company auditors remain the group investors trust most to protect their interests, but investors’ confidence in U.S. capital markets and U.S. public companies has dropped in the past year,...