«The compliance bar for companies to go public is much higher than in previous years, so things like pending litigation and
accounting irregularities need to be clean,» says David Zilberman, partner at venture capital firm Comcast Ventures.
Not exact matches
On day 7, Drinker Biddle proved there were no
accounting irregularities in a presentation to the company's CEO, its board of directors, and the outside auditor — eliminating the
need to conduct a costly independent financial audit.
In deciding whether to disclose the findings, companies will
need to take into
account (i) Consob's power to request companies to provide documents or information — including documents or information relating to the internal review --(see question 4 above), (ii) the auditors» duty to report
irregularities to Consob (see question 7 above), and (iii) the issuers» general obligation to disclose inside information to the public.
Accounting irregularities in the past three years at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac leave little doubt about the
need for change.