Is lax oversight a feature or a bug in the global audit industry? It seems every time a major fraud is uncovered the leadership breaks out the standard playbook: 1) We were fooled as well, 2) It’s not our job to uncover fraud and 3) we promise to do better. Though massive fraud garners the …
Sensible discussion of target date funds. Article discusses variations across different funds in terms of allocation and glidepath (ie how the portfolio changes as it approaches the target date). https://soundmindinvesting.com/articles/view/dont-be-surprised-if-target-date-funds-miss-the-mark
Jim Chanos: ‘We are in the golden age of fraud’ – https://on.ft.com/39rOiHC via @FT
Bonus before bankruptcy or BBB. Where is the governance? Hopefully some of the bonuses will be subject to clawback. The beauty of the “heads I win, tails you lose” C-Suite. When company does well bonus is well deserved, when company does poorly they need to retain management to execute “visionary” turnaround. And when board is …
Once again failed by auditors and rating agencies (investment grade until last week). Wirecard fights for survival as it admits scale of fraud – https://on.ft.com/311vflw via @FT
Ridiculous how PE pumps debt into a company and only uses dry powder for new companies rather than supporting the companies they layered in debt. Private Equity Lands Billion-Dollar Backdoor Hospital Bailout [“https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-02/private-equity-lands-billion-dollar-backdoor-hospital-bailout”]
Terry Smith blasts platforms for fuelling illusion of fund liquidity – https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/c957d29a-00a1-401c-b992-b5b68e4f7ae1 via @FT
The 1MDB scandal: what does it mean for Goldman Sachs? – 1MDB scandal: what does it mean for Goldman Sachs? I’m reading the book Billion Dollar Whale about 1MDB and if it’s to be believed culpability goes to the highest levels at Goldman – Cohn and Blankfein. It was at a minimum willful blindness. I …
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Time for the Big Four to rethink auditing’s purpose – https://on.ft.com/2N7MVEm via @FT