regulation

Questions for Jeremy Newman, BDO's global CEO

May 12, 2009 Tax and Ethics

I have a once in a long time opportunity to meet with Jeremy Newman, BDO’s global CEO this Friday in London. As I said over on IT Counts: [he and] I have had an on/off blog conversation for some time about the impact of potentially new regulation upon the audit profession. Here is a link [...]

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Does the current recession have a doomsday ending?

December 12, 2008 General

McKinsey has documented events following major recessions in the US since the 1770′s. (see image above) It’s an interesting take suggesting that all major recessions lead to both significant increased regulation combined with social unrest and/or war: History provides three clear lessons: first, reforms followed every major US financial crisis that led to an economic [...]

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