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The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday that requires public companies whose financial statements contain errors to recoup their executives’ bonuses and other incentive pay.

Accounting and contract management solutions provider FinQuery announced a major reshuffle of its executive team, including a new CEO, COO and executive chairman. Joe Schab—the president and chief ...

The Financial Accounting Foundation today announced that John Auchincloss will retire from his post as executive director on Sept. 30, 2025. The search for his successor will begin immediately.

Accounting is a broad term that covers many different objectives, depending on how it’s practiced. Most often, we think of accountants and financial accounting. However, managerial accounting is an ...

More accounting firms are adding chief growth officers to their ranks as small and midsize players aim to stay competitive amid fast-paced expansion and dealmaking in the traditionally staid industry.

Snack maker Utz Brands Inc. promoted an accounting executive to the role of finance chief as it builds out its management team nearly a year after its listing on the public markets. The Hanover, ...

Margaret Warner talks to Richard Breeden, former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman and accounting executive about the impact the Enron debacle has had on the accounting industry. I'm joined ...

When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finalized long-awaited rules requiring companies to “claw back” executive pay after corrections in their financial statements, critics warned that ...