SEC

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing on July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking initial steps on overhauling rules governing disclosures of executive compensation, including bonus clawbacks.

The industry is awaiting SEC approval for dozens of applications, even as Vanguard's shareholder case highlights some of the tax complexity of the looming shift.

The provision would have eliminated the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and transferred its responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Securities and Exchange Commission appointed Kurt Hohl, a former partner at Ernst & Young, as its new chief accountant, effective July 7.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is making plans in case it inherits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's duties if the tax bill passes.

U.S. officials have asked for information related to the accounting of deals that the cybersecurity company has made with some customers.

The far-reaching legislation would transfer the responsibilities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a publication to help smaller firms as it comes under threat of being absorbed into the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PCAOB chair Erica Williams says the role played by the audit overseer can't simply be "cut and pasted" into the SEC as legislation threatens to shutter the board.