Does Institutional Investor Behavior Influence the Market Reaction to Going Concern Audit Reports?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Kaplan ◽  
Mike Mowchan ◽  
Eric Weisbrod
Keyword(s):  
Market Reaction ◽  
Institutional Investor ◽  
Investor Behavior ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Audit Reports

The horse has bolted: revisiting the market reaction to going concern modifications of audit reports

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Herbohn ◽  
Vanitha Ragunathan ◽  
Robert Garsden
Keyword(s):  
Market Reaction ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Audit Reports

scholarly journals Selected issues of using international standards of auditing when assessing the application of the going concern basis by management personnel of a company

2018 ◽  
pp. 96-100
Author(s):  
S. V. Selishchev
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Audit Reports

The article deals with selected issues of the application of international standards of audit in domestic practice. The source of the main problem, which hinders the development of a unified methodological approach to the application of international standards, is determined, and proposals for its solution are provided. Particular attention is paid to the methodological recommendations for reflecting the requirements of international standards in the auditor’s working papers. The investment activity of foreign partners in Ukraine is conditional on the financial statement clarity for domestic business entities and their trust in them. While the former can achieved by the application of International Financial Reporting Standards, the latter is dependent on the application of International Standards of Auditing (ISA). The purpose of the article is to develop a methodological approach to the application of ISA, based on clarification of their essence and nature. The study of audit practice and opinions of users of audit reports shows that one of the key issues is compliance with the going concern basis of accounting by management personnel in preparing financial statements. It can be concluded from the study that ISA do not conform to the definition of “standards”, being more similar with some kind of “rules”. It means that ISA constitute the rules for performing audit by focusing the auditor attention on a specific set of issues and objects. This approach allows for a certain extent of control over the completeness the audit process and for assuring selected aspects of quality.

Extreme Rainfall and Institutional Investor Behavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Marshall ◽  
Sandeep Rao ◽  
Partha P. Roy ◽  
Chandra Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Rainfall ◽  
Institutional Investor ◽  
Investor Behavior

Management Going Concern Disclosure, Mitigation Plan, and Failure Prediction - Implications from ASU 2014-15

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Failure Prediction ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Debt Restructuring ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Future Viability

The going concern (GC) assumption forms the basis for preparing financial statements unless liquidation becomes imminent. ASU 2014-15 requires management to evaluate GC uncertainties quarterly and provide disclosures in the notes. I compare management GC disclosures between the pre-standard and post-standard regimes. I find that the market reacts negatively to substantial doubt in GC only after ASU 2014-15. Next, I find the effect of ASU 2014-15 for quarterly reports, but not annual reports. More importantly, by employing detailed textual analysis to extract and categorize mitigation-plan discussions, I show that certain types of management mitigation plans are interpreted more positively by investors after ASU 2014-15, thereby alleviating the negative market reaction. These plans include issuing debt, debt restructuring, increasing revenue, and selling assets. Finally, I demonstrate that management GC conclusions are more indicative of corporate failures after ASU 2014-15 and that mitigation-plan discussions are associated with firms' future viability.

Disclosure of interim review reports: Do interim going concern conclusions have information content?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Grosse ◽  
Tom Scott
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Incremental Information ◽  
Review Reports

This paper examines the information content of interim review assurance in the Australian mandatory disclosure setting. First, we find a strong negative market reaction to interim going concern conclusions (IGCC) contained in the review of interim financial statements. Second, we find no significant difference between the market reaction to IGCCs and annual going concern opinions (AGCO) received at the annual report audit. Finally, we show IGCCs are significant predictors of subsequent AGCOs, and provide incremental information from the previous annual report audit opinion. Overall, these results contribute to the literature on the benefits of mandatory interim assurance by showing that going concern conclusions contained in interim financial statements provide investors with new and relevant information.

Bank officers’ perceptions and uses of qualified audit reports

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Sormunen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Statements ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Audit Reports ◽  
Going Concern Reports ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide insights into the perceptions and uses of qualified audit reports in financial statements of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As there is a long-standing debate on the usefulness of auditor’s going-concern reports, this study aims to provide insights into the factors that affect how banks perceive and use going-concern reports. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews with bank officers were conducted. Findings – The study findings demonstrated that bank officers considered that the going-concern report provided information, although they did not regard the information as being particularly useful. The main factors affecting the usefulness of information are use of other information sources and bank officers’ perceptions of auditing. Other factors are also presented and discussed in the current research paper. Practical implications – Regulators have taken the action to improve the auditor’s reporting model, and the findings provided by this study are important because they provide a deeper understanding of the perceptions and uses of audit reports from smaller companies. The study also contributes knowledge about the role of audit reports in the context of SMEs finance. Originality/value – This is one of the first studies to use a qualitative approach to examine factors that affect the use of going-concern reports.

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