Series 79: Audit Committee

Taken from our FINRA Investment Banking Exam

Definition of the term Audit Committee...

a committee of a company’s board of directors that oversees the process of hiring outside accounting firms to perform various required audits, such as the audits of annual financial statements. For a reporting company, such a committee is mandatory, and only independent directors may serve on it.

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