Accountant investigated over Equitable Life

Jonathan Stapleton
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The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board has launched an investigation into the conduct of an accountant in connection with matters related to the financial statements of Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1999.

The regulator said the probe had been launched under its disciplinary scheme for the accountancy profession after consultation with Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. In a statement it said the scope of the investigation was the provision by a member of information for use by the Financial Review Reporting Panel relating to the financial statements of Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1999. This comes just months after the AADB launched a probe into the conduct of an actuary in connection with Equitable Life (PP Online, October 7). The disciplinary body said the investigat...

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