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Julie Boland tells partners there are questions about how to protect the audit business and profit targets for consulting
Complex plan to split the audit-to-consulting firm now depends on global HQ brokering a deal
Plus, pressure mounts on EY’s boss and Soho House tries a new strategy
Joe Ucuzoglu publishes point by point defence of Big Four’s multidisciplinary model
US boss caught senior leaders off guard by announcing in a partner call that ‘Project Everest’ needed to be reworked
US boss says plan to spin off the consulting business needs to be reworked
Men account for 80% of lead Big Four partners on the lead audits of S&P 500 companies
Plan to break up the Big Four firm would reshape the profession and enrich senior partners, but the landscape has changed since it was first announced
Committee calls for display of loyalty from CCP members in run-up to big political meeting
Resignation comes two months after trading was halted in investment consultancy’s shares
Recharge Industries beats three rival offers in race to buy UK start-up out of bankruptcy
Big Four consultant took over administration of failed company after being paid £500,000 a month as adviser
Big Four accounting firm agrees to hire legal counsel for retirees regarding $7.5bn pension liability
Collapsed payments firm’s trustee accidentally told the auditor that he did not hold any money on its behalf
Redundancy plan latest move by Big Four firm to boost profits ahead of mooted split
Watchdog closes cases against four individuals who handed back licences
Big Four firm should have acted after learning about fake software sales, court hears
UK watchdog examines Big Four firm’s work on Veolia-owned company
Acquisitions will be more attractive to consulting business after separation from audit arm
Big Four firm explores whether to force partners to reinvest their cash windfalls following the break-up
Finance chiefs say in letter that it is difficult ‘to sit quietly’ as firms announce ‘very significant pay rises’
Appointments of Carmine Di Sibio and Julie Boland come before decision by 13,000 partners
All the paperwork from the English tax case of the year
Big Four firm says ‘changing environment’ will result in suspension of merit payments this year
Big Four firm says it has capacity to take up to 500 ‘direct admit’ partners in US
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