CMA review calls for accountancy overhaul; Kingman review recommends FRC abolition

Holly Roach
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) should be abolished and audit and advisory businesses should be split into separate entities to improve the sector for both savers and investors, two reports published today say.

A Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) review of the audit sector proposed a number of reforms to improve competition and increase capacity in the audit market. The watchdog proposals include...

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