FTX investors sued Sullivan & Cromwell, accusing the law firm of aiding illicit schemes that helped advance a multi-billion dollar fraud before the crypto exchange’s collapse. Sullivan & Cromwell’s services “went well beyond those a law firm should and ordinarily …
Former Wirecard executives go on trial on Thursday, two years after the collapse of the payments company that produced Germany’s biggest post-war fraud scandal and sent shockwaves through the country’s political and financial establishment. Austrian former chief executive Markus Braun …
Britain set out sweeping reforms of big company audits on Tuesday after high-profile collapses at builder Carillion and retailer BHS in recent years hit thousands of jobs and raised questions about accounting quality. The business ministry detailed changes to auditing …
The administrators of NMC Health PLC have filed a lawsuit against EY in the United Kingdom for alleged negligence on the audit work it did for the troubled hospital operator between 2012 to 2018, a spokesperson said. NMC, which used …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at McGill and Partners, Miller, and HDI Global Specialty. A summary of these new hires follows here. McGill and Partners, the boutique specialist re/insurance broker, has appointed Dominic Mignon as deputy CFO …
This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at AXA XL, International General Insurance Holdings and MGA Aqueous Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL to Promote De Rosa to Head of Construction & Engineering, Reinsurance …
KPMG LLP was sued for 1.3 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) by the administrators of defunct UK contractor Carillion Plc. over allegations its audits were negligent and misleading. The UK’s Official Receiver, acting on behalf of Carillion’s creditors, accused KPMG of …
Aqueous Underwriting has secured increased capacity under plans to expand its foothold across the UK professional indemnity insurance market in 2022. The specialist managing general agent can now offer cover for limits up to £10 million (US$13.4 million), on either …
Investors who lost money from investing in Wirecard AG shares can’t make Germany’s financial regulator Bafin compensate them, a Frankfurt court ruled. The tribunal on Wednesday threw out four suits by shareholders who claimed they lost between 3,000 euros ($3,404) …
KPMG LLP was sued for at least $600 million over its role in the insolvency of Dubai private-equity firm Abraaj Group, the latest in a string of complaints of sloppy auditing made against the Big Four firm. The claimants, two …
