Audit
Big Four cull 1,100 graduate positions
KPMG, EY, PwC and Deloitte are tightening entry-level roles as demand dips
Baker Tilly boss Francesca Lagerberg: ‘You need big investments to do certain things’
The head of professional services firm talks private equity, expansion and why accounting is still a great career
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Former KPMG executive eyes sale of new firm
A £1bn valuation for Sumer could cap a boom in deals in the accounting sector
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New audit watchdog set to go after non-accountant directors
Government to press ahead with plan to hold top staff at firms accountable as Arga finally gets nearer
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EY overhauls sector focus in post-Project Everest client push
Big Four firm reorganises sector groupings to better service clients
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BDO partner pay jumps 12% to £681,000
Average profits at the accountancy firm rebound after major investment
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Railpen’s Caroline Escott: Up your audit game, or we might divest
The Railways Pension Scheme wants to use its £34bn in assets to improve audits – it could pull money, vote against directors and more
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Audit firms scramble for top talent as students favour consultancy
Amid fierce competition for talent, major accountancy firms are casting their nets wider in order to entice school leavers and graduates to consider careers in the less glamorous world of audit
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EY Germany banned from new audits for two years over Wirecard scandal
EY audited Wirecard for more than a decade before its collapse
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Audit regulator unfairly dismissed ‘exhausted and stressed’ employee, tribunal finds
The FRC treated a stressed manager unfairly, an employment hearing has decided
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PwC set for court showdown over £63m ‘leak’ claim
An ex-PwC partner is alleged to have leaked confidential information about the firm’s client to an M&A banker
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EY split: How the consulting and audit giant reached a landmark plan to separate
How the Big Four accountancy firm’s historic split talks progressed
EY partners get top-secret briefing on firm break-up at Hyde Park hotel
EY UK partners gathered last month at the five-star Royal Lancaster hotel for a sales pitch on the firm’s multi-billion dollar split
SEC’s Gensler slams sluggish pace of audit reform
The chair of the US securities regulator also urged audit firms to review and enhance their independence protocols with respect to their auditing and consulting practices
EY audit quality slides ahead of potential split
Regulator finds more than a third of audits require improvement
EY partners set for windfall amid breakup plans
A proposal to split auditing and consulting relies on optimistic growth targets
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EY to invest $1bn in ‘next generation’ audit tech amid break-up talks
‘It’s really important that we do this for the quality of service,’ Big Four firm says
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PwC fined £8m over Kier Group and Galliford Try audits
PwC admonished by regulator for construction company audit failures
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Mazars pulls out of Russia over Ukraine invasion
Donald Trump’s former accountancy firm quits Russia over Ukraine invasion
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SEC set to probe auditors’ fastest-growing businesses
Potential conflicts of interest increase as profits from nonaudit work soar
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