The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published final draft updates to the UK Corporate Governance Code and the associated Guidance on Audit Committees to reflect forthcoming UK legislation on audit committees and auditor appointments.
At the same time, the FRC has issued final drafts of revised Auditing and Ethical Standards to support the work of audit practitioners in delivering high quality audit, and thereby underpin investor confidence. The revised standards reflect the FRC’s own review of ethical matters, changes to legislation which, after Parliamentary scrutiny, are intended to take effect on 17 June 2016, and developments in international standards. The FRC has introduced all of the changes in a single revision to standards to ease the process of implementation as well as reduce costs.
View Revised UK Corporate Governance Code, Guidance on Audit Committees and Auditing and Ethical Standards, 27 April 2016