Deloitte probed by UK watchdog over Glencore audits – The Irish Times

Deloitte probed by UK watchdog over Glencore audits – The Irish Times

The UK accounting regulator has launched an investigation into Deloitte over its auditing of Glencore, following a corruption scandal at the FTSE 100 mining and commodities trading group. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Wednesday it was probing whether Deloitte “gave sufficient consideration to the risk of noncompliance with laws and regulations” when it…

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Hong Kong offices in U.S. promote Beijing's agenda, report alleges

Hong Kong offices in U.S. promote Beijing’s agenda, report alleges

HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities are trying to influence U.S. society and national politics by using their established local network to promote their own narrative and the Chinese Communist Party’s agenda, a Washington-based activist group alleges in a report. In the report, “The S.A.R. Network: Uncovering the Hong Kong Government’s Subnational Foreign-Influence Campaign in America,” published…

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