At its heart, an audit is a financial investigation. Companies periodically release audits that contain material information about their financial history and future prospects. Audits generally are ...

Our first article in this series discussed the reasons and benefits of performing project audits. This follow-up article discusses the types of audits and ties back to the first article's specific ...

Public companies are subject to all types of audits—especially when it comes to their financial record keeping. There are external audits of financial documents, as well as internal audits of the ...

Have you ever pulled up your personal finances, only to find that something doesn’t add up? As you go back through and check each individual transaction to find the mistake, you’re actually performing ...

High-quality audits are essential to capital market operations. These audits are planned and executed by highly skilled, independent auditors in consultation with independent audit committees. In turn ...

Here’s a quick breakdown of formal and informal audits: Audit (formal) – the annual ritual of providing objective evidence that a quality system is established, followed and effective. A good quality ...

A business audit can happen at any time. In all likelihood, however, you’ll only get a full financial audit once a year. In some industries (such as banking), quarterly audits are necessary. If there ...

The audit section in a services agreement contains the provisions that specify a party’s right to access and review another party’s information in order to determine such party’s compliance with the ...