Joint audit knowledge centre
Forvis Mazars’ knowledge centre provides insights on the latest developments in the debate around joint audit from businesses, audit professionals and academic experts around the world.
Financial audit is the foundation on which trust and integrity are built into financial markets around the world. However, the profession faces a decisive moment and the public interest is at stake.
Joint audit is neither a new, nor a specifically French regime: it has been successfully tested on three continents for almost a century. But it is suffering from a lot of misconceptions and a lack of data. With this knowledge center on joint audit, we aim to address the increasing demands on information, provide useful insights and inputs and share our expertise.
If you have any questions, please fill in our enquiry form and a member of the team will get in touch with you.
Joint audit study tracker
Forvis Mazars’ experts have created the joint audit study tracker to consolidate and help you access the key academic studies and reports on joint audit from around the world.
This interactive tool enables you to select the countries, themes, authors and years that you need to know about, giving you immediate access to just the information that is relevant for you.
Keep ahead of the latest developments in the debate around joint audit, and understand what it implies, notably in terms of quality, cost and competition.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team and we will be happy to assist.
The audit market in Germany
The future of the audit market in Germany.
Joint audit and its features by H3C
In France, at least two statutory auditors are required to certify the accounts of a number of entities, mainly companies required to publish consolidated accounts, credit institutions, finance companies and investment firms (subject to thresholds), and political parties and groups (subject to thresholds). Joint audit contributes to improving market openness, providing companies with a wider range...
Joint audit Practitioners’ insights - by O. Marnet
The role of joint audit in audit quality - Practitioners’ insights, a new study by Oliver Marnet The study bases its analysis on interviews with and observations of practitioners, law makers, regulators, supervisors, and audit committee chairs of listed firms and PIEs, to provide insights to joint audit practice and its implementation.
Joint audit in Bulgaria, 4 years later
April 4, 2022. The conference was organized by CPOSA, the Bulgarian supervisor, in order to discuss and assess the advantages and disadvantages, efficiency and effectiveness, the impact on the concentration of the audit services market, as well as the specific features of joint audit in Bulgaria.
The ICAC study
The ICAC study analyses existing studies that expose both arguments in favour of and against the implementation of compulsory joint audit. It examines the impact on audit quality, cost, and competition in the audit market. It also analyses the alternatives being considered at international level, such as shared audit. Please note this study is in Spanish.
Audit & assurance
Independence and rigour that provides confidence and transparency for stakeholders and society