Shivani Bhattessa has more than 20 years of experience leading audit teams.

Economic pessimism is on the wane among audit partners, though they're not feeling as confident as they were last year, according to a new survey Tuesday from the Center for Audit Quality. Processing ...

Most audit partners in the U.S. are not optimistic about the economic outlook over the next 12 months, according to a new survey by the Center for Audit Quality, seeing the top economic risks to ...

The SEC’s Office of Chief Accountant has updated its FAQs regarding auditor independence. The new and revised questions relate to the general standard for independence, prohibited non-audit services, ...

Studies of former partners of audit firms that have assumed management positions at audit clients have raised concerns, at least pre-SOX, about potentially lower audit quality, perhaps reflecting ...

New studies seek to evaluate early impact of a controversial mandate that requires public identification of audit partners, but authors caution it’s still too early to know if increased transparency ...

On July 1, 2025, EY, Shell plc’s independent registered public accounting firm, advised the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board that its US opinions on Shell plc’s previously issued audited ...

CHICAGO, May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowe LLP, a leading public accounting and consulting firm, today announced that John Kurkowski has been appointed Managing Partner of the firm's Audit & ...

A rule requiring public companies to identify an individual audit partner in financial reporting has had little impact on audit quality, new research suggests. The Public Company Accounting Oversight ...