CA daily briefing: Wednesday 3 February

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to give you today's latest news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
The FRC and FCA have released a joint regulators statement for companies, auditors and users of financial statements. Read more in James Barbour's article here.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Brexit: UK to set up new state aid rules for business (BBC News)
- Swiss stocks given all clear to resume trading in London (City AM)
- After pledging disclosure, many UK banks still silent on race diversity data (Reuters)
- GameStop share frenzy stopped in its tracks as value plunges 50% (Sky News)
- Alphabet reports strong fourth quarter after holiday ads rebound (The Guardian)
- Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon chief executive (BBC News)
- Glaxo and CureVac team up to produce variant-beating vaccines (City AM)
- Vodafone's confidence increases after return to growth (Reuters)
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak under pressure to increase legacy benefits for two million people (Sky News)
- Are stock markets heading for another dotcom-style bust? (The Independent)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Thursday briefing.