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IOSCO Survey Suggests Improvements For Audit Committee Practices
10 June 2016
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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IOSCO published a survey that identified audit committee
practices that could improve the quality of audits at publicly
listed entities. The survey highlighted a marked increase in audit
committees' roles and responsibilities relating to auditor
oversight since 2004, when IOSCO last conducted a similar
review.
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