Data pulls for media: Due to the small size of our team, we no longer pull data for exploratory purposes. Kindly only make requests for stories that are scheduled to be published in the next 2-3 weeks. 

 

Available data on request:

• Material weakness and/or going concern issue trends like…Why More Than 40% of Ex-SPACs Are Running Out of Cash, Spacs confess to accounting weaknesses as year-end audits loom and Accounting Red Flags Are Common Among Public Crypto Companies.

• SEC activity i.e. number of comment letters, new enforcement actions like…The SEC in 2021 - A Year in Review

• SEC filing timing and trends like…Filing after hours: When it matters, Non-timely filings increase by 40%+ in 2022, fueled by SPACs and The inaugural 2021 Bedrock AI Rocky Awards 

• Auditor and audit partner data like…Withum and Marcum audited over 78% of all SPACs since 2020 

• Name or sector changes and trends like…That’s not my name - fraud risk and corporate name changes 

• Other qualitative data (management turnover, related party transactions) - note that there should not be a completeness expectation for this type of data

 

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Expert interviews:

• Ask Suhas Pai, CTO about AI research, applied AI in finance, NLP, large language models, AI ethics, model bias

  • Here are a few of Suhas’ recent media engagements: Keynote at the Toronto Machine Learning Summit, How language models are disrupting equity research 

• Ask Kris Bennatti, CEO about Fraud, forensic analytics, audit and the role of auditors, the role of shortsellers, securities regulation, internal controls, text analytics

  • Here are a few of Kris recent media engagements: Spacs confess to accounting weaknesses as year-end audits loom, Berkeley Fraud Fest - Forensic Analytics, The Vision Research Investing Conference, and Fixing Audit Won’t Fix Fraud

• Ask Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research about accounting, forensic accounting, audit, valuation

Here are a few examples of Andre’s analysis and commentary: FTX: Anomaly or norm? Field notes on the crypto mining space, Failed SPAC mergers increased by 320% in 2022 

Due to the small size of our team, we no longer pull data for exploratory purposes. Kindly only make requests for stories that are scheduled to be published in the next 2-3 weeks. 

 

Available data on request:

• Material weakness and/or going concern issue trends like…Why More Than 40% of Ex-SPACs Are Running Out of Cash, Spacs confess to accounting weaknesses as year-end audits loom and Accounting Red Flags Are Common Among Public Crypto Companies.

• SEC activity i.e. number of comment letters, new enforcement actions like…The SEC in 2021 - A Year in Review

• SEC filing timing and trends like…Filing after hours: When it matters, Non-timely filings increase by 40%+ in 2022, fueled by SPACs and The inaugural 2021 Bedrock AI Rocky Awards 

• Auditor and audit partner data like…Withum and Marcum audited over 78% of all SPACs since 2020 

• Name or sector changes and trends like…That’s not my name - fraud risk and corporate name changes 

• Other qualitative data (management turnover, related party transactions) - note that there should not be a completeness expectation for this type of data

 

Stay up to date on new data, trends and stories by subscribing to our newsletter: Dirty Laundry

 

Expert interviews:

• Ask Suhas Pai, CTO about AI research, applied AI in finance, NLP, large language models, AI ethics, model bias

  • Here are a few of Suhas’ recent media engagements: Keynote at the Toronto Machine Learning Summit, How language models are disrupting equity research 

• Ask Kris Bennatti, CEO about Fraud, forensic analytics, audit and the role of auditors, the role of shortsellers, securities regulation, internal controls, text analytics

  • Here are a few of Kris recent media engagements: Spacs confess to accounting weaknesses as year-end audits loom, Berkeley Fraud Fest - Forensic Analytics, The Vision Research Investing Conference, and Fixing Audit Won’t Fix Fraud

• Ask Andre Castillo, Head of Forensic Research about accounting, forensic accounting, audit, valuation

  • Here are a few examples of Andre’s analysis and commentary: FTX: Anomaly or norm? Field notes on the crypto mining space, Failed SPAC mergers increased by 320% in 2022