Der Autor beschreibt die Grundlagen des Audit Committees als Ausschuss des Verwaltungsrats einer Aktiengesellschaft. Ausgehend von der weltweiten Konvergenz der Führungs- und Kontrollsysteme werden die Corporate-Governance-Kodizes als maßgebliche Treiber der Einrichtung und Ausgestaltung von...

Das Audit Committee stellt das wichtigste Instrument der Überwachung eines Unternehmens dar. Um den Anforderungen der Stakeholder und Regulatoren gerecht zu werden, ist eine gezielte Ausgestaltung im Rahmen einer effektiven Corporate Governance unabdingbar. Die Analyse wird in vier Dimensionen...

The paper shows the ways of disclosing financial risks by IFRS 7 and certain types of sensitivity analysis. The different possibilities of preparing a sensitivity analysis, such as value at risk are illustrated and their suitability for reporting are faced critically. Following, the manner of...

The Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP) has been examining financial reporting of companies listed in the regulated market in Germany since 1.7.2005. The paper analyzes the enforcement disclosure quality between 2006 and 2008 by comparing the published activity reports of the panel with...

The paper analyses options in case of insolvency. Although insolvency plans empirically are very successful, they are not used very much. Reasons that prevent their application and possibilities for their promotion are discussed.

In today's uncertain financial climate it is particularly important for entities to explain their financial performance relative to their expectations. Therefore, the paper analyzes the quality and quantity of management reporting in Germany's publicly traded MDAX and SDAX companies using a...