SEC Bars Big Four From Auditing Chinese Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ruled that the Chinese affiliates of the Big Four accounting firms (Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) may not audit US listed companies, a decision that will create significant difficulties for Chinese companies listed in the US and US companies with major Chinese operations, reports Kathy Chu for The Wall Street Journal.