Janet Truncale has told company’s 400,000 staff she wants to simplify operations instead
Big Four firm has carried out review of cost base and is also facing a drop in number of staff leaving
Influential figure tells colleagues it is time to ‘hand on the baton’
Government may look at regulation of Big Four firms, with year-long inquiry concluding they operate in ‘grey area’
A wave of talks with financial bidders comes as regulators voice concern about audit quality and ‘tone’
Consulting firm aims to hire ‘hundreds’ of partners and staff to increase deal advisory work
Accounting firm under cloud over audits of distressed property developer Evergrande and faces severe penalties
The UK needs more sceptical auditors and a tougher regulator
After numerous scandals, regulators say it’s the auditors who need to be examined more closely
Role in approving accounts has led to infighting at Big Four firm as clients reconsider relationship
Three in four audit reports did not provide alerts that companies risked going bankrupt, think-tank finds
Pressure to cut educational requirement has grown as numbers joining profession drop
Grant Thornton restricted from reviewing part of local authority’s books
BF Borgers ran ‘sham audit mill’ whose work affects more than 1,500 corporate filings, US financial regulator says
Big Four firm names new head after three-way race that included female candidates for first time
Meet Ben F orgers (we wish we were making this up)
Apparent whistleblower report cites concerns over firm’s work for collapsed Chinese developer
Accountancy firm did not want to be associated with former US president’s social media venture
Candidates head to Dubai as race to lead 35,000-strong firm enters final phase
Penalty is largest in US accounting regulator’s history
Gambling group retains long-standing auditor KPMG as EU rotation requirements do not exist for New York listed companies
Colorado’s BF Borgers has built the eighth-largest client list of any US audit firm in just 15 years
Rise in operating profits by a fifth was a result of ‘one-off’ property-related income
Big Four firm seeks to conclude years-long crisis triggered by work for defunct payments firm
It seems that even cold hard accounting cannot be guaranteed to tell the whole human story
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