Auditors: market concentration and their role

Economic Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 27 Jul 2010 Closed: 14 Mar 2012 Parliament page
Audit is dominated globally by the Big Four. The narrow field of choice raises concerns about competition and the quality of audited accounts, and about possible conflict of interest between audit and consulting arms. Questions have also arisen whether auditors could have mitigated the banking crisis of 2008 by alerting … Read more
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2 Letters
Correspondence 2 letters
20 Nov 2012 To committee Letter from Norman Lamb MP to the Chairman
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31 Oct 2012 To committee Letter from Norman Lamb MP to the Chairman
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