â I nsider tradingâ refers to transactions in a companyâs securities, such as stocks or options, by corporate insiders or their associates based on information originating within the firm that would, once publicly disclosed, affect the prices of such securities.
A: A management letter is an auditor's letter addressed to the client, according to Allbusiness.com. It is a letter written by company management that confirms the accuracy of an audit. An audit is an examination and verification of a company's financial and accounting records and supporting documents presented by a professional, such as a certified public accountant.
What is a process audit? A process audit is an examination of results to determine whether the activities, resources and behaviours that cause them are being managed efficiently and effectively. A process audit is not simply following a trail through a department from input to output - this is a transaction audit. Processes generate results therefore for an audit to be a process audit it has to establish whether the results are being generated by an effectively managed process.