Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Leonid Z. Shneydman Author-Email: p1135_ss@minfin.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Author-Name: Sergey V. Solomyanyy Author-Email: p1135_ss@minfin.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Title: Self-Regulation in Audit: Main Results Abstract: The article presents the results of the analysis of self-regulating organizations activity in 2010-2014.It describes positive and negative effects of the activity of self-regulating organizations on the auditprofession development. The article pays special attention to the role of self-regulating organizations inorganizing audit activity, establishing a comprehensive system of external quality assurance of the auditactivity subjects and ensuring their informational openness. Classification-JEL: M42 Keywords: audit, audit activity, self-regulating organizations, audit profession, audit council, external quality assurance, public oversight Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 5-15 Issue: 4 Year: 2014 Month: December File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2014/4/01.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:140401:p:5-15