The issue of conflict of interest and information asymmetry underlies the relationship between management, sponsors, and pension fund participants. The governance system aimed at mitigating the conflict of interest and information asymmetry appears as practices that, even with the cost, could contribute to the effectiveness of the pension fund investments. In this context, the present study aimed to investigate empirically how the extent of Brazilian pension funds governance practices is affected by the nature of the sponsoring entity. With a sample of 208 observations collected manually, representing 104 pension funds, from 2013 and 2017, we analyzed the impact of the sponsorship on the governance of the Brazilian pension funds. We measured governance using a governance index composed of 34 indicators, built on the Brazilian pension fund legislation, guidelines and recommendations issued by public bodies, and the governance literature. The result of this study indicates that, contrary to the initial expectations of the survey, a state-controlled company sponsorship explains a better level of governance. This study contributes to a better understanding of how the adoption of governance practices works, especially with the reported cases of corruption in Brazilian pension funds.
As problemáticas relacionadas as falhas da auditoria contábil acontecem em diversos países desde a ocorrência da Enron e a WorldCom. Neste sentido, este estudo objetiva analisar os assuntos das seções relacionadas aos Principais Assuntos da Auditoria (PAA) nos relatórios dos auditores independentes referentes as demonstrações contábeis de instituições financeiras, listadas na Brasil Bolsa Balcão S/A (B3), dos anos de 2016, 2017 e 2018. A metodologia vincula-se a qualiquantitativa, descritiva e pesquisa documental. A análise estatística ocorreu mediante a média, desvio padrão, coeficiente de variação e o teste Kruskal-Wallis. Os resultados revelam que o ambiente de tecnologia da informação, as provisões e passivos contingentes – fiscais, cíveis e trabalhistas e as provisões para créditos de liquidação duvidosa são os PAA mais divulgados pelos auditores nos relatórios das instituições financeiras. Os achados contribuem no entendimento dos tipos de PAA, definidos por auditores independentes, quando examinam demonstrações contábeis de instituições financeiras.
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