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Activity Report 2015

Activity Report 2015 - Federal Audit Oversight Authority FAOA

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Contents | FAOA <strong>2015</strong><br />

3<br />

Contents<br />

4 Foreword<br />

6 Key activities <strong>2015</strong><br />

7 Regulatory developments<br />

7 Current projects<br />

8 Completed projects<br />

50 Swiss audit firms in the EU<br />

51 Court rulings <strong>2015</strong><br />

52 Financial statements of the FAOA<br />

64 <strong>Report</strong> of the auditor<br />

10 Financial Audit<br />

10 Introduction<br />

10 <strong>2015</strong> inspections<br />

18 Proceedings and preliminary fact-finding<br />

18 Audit Quality Indicators<br />

20 Cooperation with other Swiss authorities<br />

and stock exchanges<br />

20 Standard-setting<br />

22 Points of focus for 2016 inspections<br />

22 Cooperation with audit committees<br />

25 Regulatory Audit<br />

25 Introduction<br />

25 Cooperation with FINMA<br />

25 <strong>2015</strong> inspections<br />

29 International<br />

29 Introduction<br />

29 Extra-territorial scope of the AOA<br />

30 Bilateral cooperation<br />

30 Multilateral cooperation<br />

33 Licensing<br />

33 Introduction<br />

33 Statistics<br />

35 Internal quality assurance<br />

36 Transfer of FINMA licences<br />

38 Licence renewal<br />

39 Auditor independence<br />

41 Enforcement and court rulings<br />

41 Enforcement<br />

41 Court rulings<br />

43 Appendices<br />

43 Organisation of the FAOA<br />

44 Index of abbreviations<br />

46 Additional Swiss audit licences<br />

47 State-regulated audit firms<br />

48 Recognition of foreign authorities<br />

49 Cooperation with foreign authorities

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