On July 1, 2015, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release relating to its audit committee reporting requirements.

This release references two Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) releases, one dated June 30 and the other dated July 1. These three releases evidence a coordinated approach to addressing investor requests for additional information about how audit committees oversee independent auditors and evaluate their performance and about the quality of audits. Taken together, the releases suggest an SEC and PCAOB effort to enhance audit committee performance and investor understanding of the performance of both audit committees and independent auditors. This may impact investor decision-making with respect to how to vote on directors who are audit committee members, whether to ratify the selection of the independent auditors, and whether to invest in a company.

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