After nearly four years of debate and negotiation the European Parliament seemed set (as The Economist went to press) to approve reforms aimed at enhancing confidence in their audits.The biggest proposed changes focus on safeguarding auditors' independence.
"Ministers have also sought greater influence over appointments to permanent secretary posts, as proposed in the civil service reform plan, despite concerns about safeguarding the independence and political neutrality of civil service appointments.
On May 1, a sweeping change took effect that was meant to reduce the conflicts of interest in home appraisals while safeguarding the independence of the people who do them.
The British banking giant Barclays said on Thursday that it had agreed to sell iShares, its exchange-traded funds business, to CVC Capital Partners Group for about $4.4 billion in a move aimed at safeguarding its independence.
E-bonds, licensed to kill Essex man versus the machine Boomtown A changed commodity Auditory discomfort Our quarterly portfolio poll Reprints Related topics United Kingdom Business Corporate accounting United States SEC Securities and Exchange Commissionn, United States Few quibble with the SEC's insistence that there should be strict rules safeguarding the independence of auditors.
It said the fee offered a "stable funding mechanism", allowing it to take risks on programming other commercial rivals could not support, as well as safeguarding its independence.
By cultivating your inner press agent, you can safeguard your independence while remaining within the system.
A strong, sustainable BBC needs new safeguards for independence, not yet more erosion," Hall warned.
Labour, meanwhile, simply says that it will "safeguard the independence" of the media regulator.
Presidents usually try to avoid speculating about the Fed, to safeguard its independence and maintain their own flexibility.
