Broker-Dealer Audits. For over 15 years, MFA has been providing quality audit and assurance services to broker-dealers to help ensure their financial statements meet the regulatory and business requirements under which they function.

Industry-Specific Knowledge. Many aspects of assurance services benefit from industry-specific knowledge. MFA’s in-depth understanding of the broker-dealer sector has been invaluable to our clients. We are not only well-versed in issues facing the broker-dealer industry, but also have a solid understanding of the implications of accounting standards and regulations for this marketplace. Through our direct experience auditing the financial statements of broker-dealers, we have developed a true appreciation for the complex, ever-changing requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Comprehensive Audit Approach. MFA’s audit approach goes beyond the books and records and allows us to gain insight into our client’s operations and corporate objectives. This approach significantly increases our effectiveness, enabling us to make more meaningful recommendations about various aspects of our clients’ business systems, internal controls, operational procedures, and practices.

Quality is Key. MFA is committed to delivering independent, efficient, effective and comprehensive audits of financial statements. We believe that high quality, independent audits, in fact and perception, are essential to the growth of financial markets. Our professionals are highly sensitized to the need to maintain objectivity and independence. Moreover, our audits are led by partners who are heavily involved in the engagements and staffed by individuals with the appropriate level of skill and industry-specific expertise.

PCAOB REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM MFA is registered with the PCAOB and is a member of the AICPA’s Center for Audit Quality. Because MFA’s membership opens our work to review by the PCAOB, it demonstrates MFA’s confidence in, and commitment to, quality control in the preparation of informative, fair, and independent audit reports. In 2007, MFA received its latest inspection report from PCAOB indicating complete compliance with PCAOB standards. To read the official PCAOB letter without comments, please click here. For more information on the PCAOB, visit www.pcaob.org

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now requires that auditors of both public and non-public broker-dealers be registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). This order has been in effect for public companies since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is now effective for non-public broker dealers beginning with fiscal year-ends after December 31, 2008.