Slaughters Advising As EY Seeks to Challenge Competition Watchdog
The Competition and Markets Authority last month proposed sweeping legislative changes to the auditing market, which EY has criticised.
May 02, 2019 at 12:14 PM
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Big Four accounting giant EY has brought in magic circle firm Slaughter and May as it seeks to challenge the competition watchdog's bid to introduce sweeping legislative reforms to the auditing industry.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last month proposed new regulations for the market to tackle “inadequate choice and competition” due to the industry's heavy reliance on each of the Big Four firms.
Among other things the CMA proposed to: separate audit from consulting services; to introduce a mandatory 'joint audit' to enable firms outside the Big 4 to develop the capacity needed to review the UK's biggest companies, and introduce statutory regulatory powers to increase accountability of companies' audit committees.
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