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Stringent threat analysis required for Indian companies: KPMG-ET

January 18, 2009 393 Views 0 comment Print

Corporate India is not prepared to cope with a security incidence in case they are caught in a terrorist attacks or are faced with an unconventional threat. Organisations can no longer treat organisational security as a mere administrative issue. A latest KPMG survey report has pointed out to the fact that gaps exists in the […]

Auditors failed to detect major risks in Satyam

January 18, 2009 480 Views 0 comment Print

The statutory auditor of Satyam Computer, Price Waterhouse, has said that it found no “significant risks and exposures” during its audit of the scam- hit IT firm.

Ramalinga Raju Empire extends to 40 companies

January 18, 2009 483 Views 0 comment Print

The Ramalinga Raju empire is much wider than what it was originally thought to be. Investigations now show that the Raju family had spawned more than 40 companies in the last 15 years. A majority of these companies — spread across 10 states — sprang up in the last four years and most of them […]

Companies having links with Satyam under SFIO scanner

January 18, 2009 681 Views 0 comment Print

The net is being cast wider with every company that has done a transaction  with Satyam now coming under the scanner of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which got permission to probe Satyam’s transactions with as many as 250 companies. All the companies will have to divulge information regarding the nature of their business with […]

Satyam wouldn’t be audited by KPMG

January 18, 2009 438 Views 0 comment Print

KPMG on Thursday said it will not do any auditing work for Satyam, hours after ICAI cried foul over appointment of the company by new board of Satyam.

Price Waterhouse gave wrong PAN to Satyam

January 17, 2009 2545 Views 0 comment Print

The Satyam saga gets murkier. Now it has come to light that its auditor, Pricewaterhouse, furnished the company with a “wrong” PAN. Confirming this Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has said it would take “disciplinary action” against the auditors and may even consider cancelling its licence.

PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF BRANCH STATUTORY AUDITORS IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS FOR THE YEAR 2008-09

January 17, 2009 925 Views 0 comment Print

The large PSBs having balance sheet size (assets + liabilities) of above Rs. 1 lac crore each to exercise managerial autonomy in regard to appointment of SBAs also from the year 2008-09 onwards.  Thus, State Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, […]

Auditor Could Pay for Indian Outsourcing Fraud – From abroad

January 17, 2009 603 Views 0 comment Print

The founder of the outsourcing giant Satyam may have admitted committing the largest corporate fraud in Indian history when he made up $1 billion out of thin air, but Satyam’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, could pay the price.

No Clarity on Legal Action Against Auditors-TOI

January 16, 2009 393 Views 0 comment Print

COIMBATORE: Angry shareholders of Satyam may be miffed with the statutory auditors who have come in for sharp criticism following the dramatic revelations of accounting fraud in what is being billed as the country’s Enron. But there is not much clarity on the kind of action shareholders can take against the auditors Pricewaterhouse Coopers under […]

3 NEW DIRECTORS NOMINATED ON THE SATYAM BOARD

January 16, 2009 480 Views 0 comment Print

Following is the text of the statement made by Shri Prem Chand Gupta, Minister of Corporate Affairs, at the Press Conference held here this evening:

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