Weekend March 12 2023
Ok guess who issued an all is well, no going concern warning just a couple of weeks before SVB collapsed, yep you guessed it
KPMG, I recieved this e mail from author Kurt Pany our undergrad audit author
We realize that this is probably more than you bargained for (particularly given our promise that we “will not deluge you with emails”), but things are happening pretty quickly.
The links below relate to the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB Financial Group) issues this past week. The date of its most recent audit report included in its Form 10-K is February 24, 2023, about 12 days before all the news started.
The first link is to that 10-K (in that document search for “In our opinion” to quickly locate the audit report). All this presents a wide variety of possible audit related discussion issues (critical audit matters, going concern, an illustration of an integrated report on the financial statements and internal control, a 30 year client, etc.)
Following that are a couple links to articles (the Wall Street Journal one you may not be able to see if you don’t subscribe). If you wish, a quick Internet search will provide you with any number of alternate sources.
0000719739-23-000021 (d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-bank-svb-financial-what-is-happening-299e9b65
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: How it happened (cnbc.com)
---
As always, send any questions, inquiries, etc. to either (or both) of us.
Kurt and Ray
Comments