Demand for increased regulation of the audit profession has come from audit firms themselves, particularly medium sized firms that find it difficult to secure audit contracts for public limited companies (PLCs) given the predominance of the ‘Big Four’ firms. One medium sized firm has written to the House of Lords inquiry asking for a cap on the number of big audit contracts any one firm can have.
Set out in not more than 500 words the effect of increased regulation to compel Big 4 audit firms to give up large multinational audits.