Francine McKenna digs into accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues at public and pre-IPO companies.
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Good bones: Global audit firm networks are designed to protect firms and partners not investors and markets
The story is playing out all over the world: In Australia with KPMG and PwC, in China with PwC and Evergrande, in the US and Europe with private equity investments in Grant Thornton.
In March 2008, Floyd Norris of the New York Times wrote...
PwC’s big settlement for the Valeant fraud
Winning law firm Robbins Geller says the settlement with PwC brings the total recovery for Valeant investors to over $1.3 billion, the ninth largest securities fraud settlement of all time.
On September 10, 2026, the day before the news ba...
Not ready for prime time players: SB Energy and Nscale
The red flags abound at two IPO wannabes where a lot has already been written: SB Energy IPO, and Nscale Ltd.
What do I look for in a prospectus?
The AI revenue beat: While I traveled to London and Cambridge the news kept coming
My friend and frequent collaborator Olga Usvyatsky and I are trying to keep up with all the news. I wish one of these firms would IPO and finally show what’s behind the curtain.
“Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is...
Reviewing SB Energy’s IPO dreams
SB Energy is making a big play towards turnkey AI data center construction. We look at what changed between its confidential DRS and public S-1 to see what can be learned about the big risks.
This is collaborative effort, co-authored with...
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Francine McKenna writes, teaches, and speaks about audit, accounting and public company governance.
Olga Usvyatsky is a former VP of Research of Audit Analytics, where she led the development of new data sets used by investors, regulators, and academics. Her work was frequently cited by media, including WSJ, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch.
Professor of Accounting and Department Chair of Accounting and MIS at Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University.
Richard Chambers is a globally recognized thought leader on internal audit, risk, and governance. Former President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors, he is an award-winning author and Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit at Optro.
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