スペインの企業の取締役の監査委員会は、経営者の非現実的で非明確な予想と、危険対策管理の不十分さを指摘
Vigilantes del balance
Los comités de auditoría de los consejos de administración se quejan de las previsiones poco realistas y claras de la dirección y se vuelcan en el control de riesgos
Carmen Sánchez-Silva 21 ABR 2013 - 00:01 CET
Balance Watchers
Audit committees of the boards complain about unrealistic expectations and clear direction and empty into the risk control
Carmen Sanchez-Silva 21 ABR 2013 - 00:01 CET
The case has Pescanova alarm bells ringing, failing all control systems, internal and external. "How is it possible that this could occur in a listed company?" Asks José Manuel Muries, president of the Institute of Internal Auditors of Spain and General Manager of Mapfre area, between shock and disbelief that the scope is unknown debt of the company, following the rejection of their accounts by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), "with the deterioration of the image which is to Spain as a country! There is a need to strengthen corporate governance Spanish, "says Max.
The lack of checks and balances in the governing bodies of Pescanova has become clear and demonstrated once again the importance of having truly independent directors on the boards and they are they who are chairing audit committees, which oversee the financial statements companies and monitor the risks involved with their businesses, as advised governance standards. Manuel Fernández Sousa has not only controlled Pescanova management and its board, but also the audit committee a few months ago.
As investors demand greater transparency and compliance with corporate governance codes, grow the responsibilities of members of boards of directors and, with them, the requirements for managers to make decisions. And it seems that although progress has been made in recent years, there is still much work to do in this regard. That's the view that emerges from the global survey by KPMG (forensic auditor appointed Pescanova) 1,800 members of audit committees of companies from 21 countries.
Although they are satisfied with its oversight of the financial information presented by the company, nearly one in three respondents recognized the need to deepen the understanding of the assumptions and estimates that offers guidance. Not understand them. And consider that meet budget targets or business plan "unrealistic" (43%) or estimates of benefits made stock analysts (35%) pose a significant risk to the integrity of the financial statements of the companies they represent.
One in three managers are dissatisfied with the plan crisis response company
Audit committees thus turning increasingly to internal and external auditors (whose work rate very highly in both cases) to obtain more accurate information and thus focus their monitoring on the main risks facing the company, they have become one of the main points of his agenda and increasingly take longer, says the survey corroborate the sources. The degree of care that directors provide measures of overall compliance has increased significantly, especially in the intensification of enforcement, see anti-bribery legislation. Nevertheless, almost one in two believes that risk management programs have many pending tasks that the quality of the information provided to the audit committee on critical risks that threaten the company is a major concern. In fact, 77% believe that risk management processes do not extend far enough into the future and one in three managers are dissatisfied with the plan crisis response company.
The risks of major concern in the world are economic uncertainty (systemic risk, which is more prevalent among the directors Brazilians, Netherlands and Japan) and the regulatory impact. Among the members of audit committees Spanish these two problems also appear in the first place, but in reverse order because of the morass of legislation produced by the Government, and a short distance away is possible to change the business model of the company, whose weight in other countries is far below.
Cybersecurity and the pace of technological change are major concerns of global audit committee, says KPMG. Brazil, Chile and Japan are the most anxious to cybersecurity, and France, the Netherlands and Russia, with the pace of technological change. In Spain the security protocols and data privacy only satisfy 19% of respondents.
The digitization, globalization and increased government regulation and intensification in the application of the laws are changing business environment and risk, with important consequences on the audit committee agenda. To improve its effectiveness many indicate the need for additional expertise (in technology, mergers and acquisitions and risks), says KPMG. "The committee members must have appropriate professional profile, as in the Ibex 35, but has been failing in some savings," says Muries. Improve self-evaluation process of the audit committee is another challenge, since one out of four respondents think it is not as solid as it should.
The failure is inherent in the business
There is a growing trend in recent years in monitoring risks, says Paloma Sendín, Grid independent director and chairman of its audit committee. In his case, as in the rest of the utilities, he says, are the regulatory risks which include surveillance first, especially in a year in which there have been many regulatory changes. The company attaches great importance to legal compliance and has a serious ethical code indicates. He believes that in the case of REE, the risks are well identified, assessed and followed.
Something that, according to one of his colleagues, who asked anonymity, is as vital as the control of financial information, "we will all go crazy because accounting standards are evolving toward complexity absolute". The president of two audit committees of listed companies believes that the country risk is the greatest concern to your circle (given the internationalization of companies), but returns to the complexity of their work to recommend investors take into account that internationalized companies invest in working in volatile environments in which solid information is very difficult, it is risky. Any business is at risk, and the failure is inherent in the business world, he says.
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