International Accounting Bulletin

HW Fisher, part of Sumer group, has been sanctioned by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over audit failings at Liberty Commodities (LCL) for the financial year ended 31 March 2020.

The FRC fined HWF £140,000 ($186, 453) and declared that the 2020 audit report signed on HWF’s behalf did not meet relevant requirements.

Simon Mott-Cowan, the statutory...

Forvis Mazars has appointed Kent Insley as chief investment officer (CIO) of its US Wealth Advisory practice.

Insley joined the firm this month and will take up the new role in June 2027.

During the transition period, he will work alongside current CIO Jeff Layman, who will retire in May 2027.

Insley will help oversee investment strategy and port...

Grant Thornton Channel Islands has appointed Mike de Robillard as an audit director in Guernsey, adding experience in asset management and private capital funds.

He has more than two decades of experience in audit, accounting and financial services, working in Guernsey, the UK, the Cayman Islands and South Africa.

de Robillard has led complex international...

A PwC external vendor that hosts the accounting firm’s employee learning records was hit by a cyber incident.

The firm has confirmed the breach following statements by a cyber extortion group claiming to possess hundreds of gigabytes of company files.

However, according to the professional services network, the incident occurred outside its primary IT infr...

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has launched agentic tax return preparation in CCH Axcess Tax.

CCH Axcess Tax powered by Expert AI will prepare and calculate individual Form 1040 returns within the cloud-based tax and accounting platform.

The new capability is designed to handle parts of the tax return preparation process before a professional review. ...