The audit profession has been in the news plenty over the years and all over the world, and never for the right reasons. From the Enron scandal in the US that brought Arthur Anderson down, to the Wirecard impropriety in Europe, that saw Germany's accounting watchdog fine EY and ban it from some audits in the country.
More recently, Australia's fourth-largest pension fund suspended new work with PwC Australia, the latest in a string of funds to pause work with the accounting firm over a