The ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) hosted a public debate entitled “Future of Audit” to discuss the increasing public interest in the work of auditors in current economic conditions around the world. Topics discussed included role of audit in society, tackling the lack of transparency, addressing corruption, calls for stricter adherence to existing regulations and greater cooperation with regulators, the economics of audit in times of downturn, proportionate and fair limitation of auditor liability.

Medix Staffing Solutions, Inc., a national staffing organization specialized in recruiting skilled personnel for clients in the Healthcare, Insurance, Scientific and Information Technology industries, was recently named to Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Fast 50,” a list of Chicago’s fastest growing companies based on their percent of revenue growth. This is Medix’s second consecutive year on the list, with its five-year growth rate of nearly 1,300 percent driving it to earn an 11th place ranking on this year’s list.