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  • UK consulting firms no longer filled with Russell Group uni grads, new research shows

    Professional Services

    British consulting firms are no longer dominated by Russell Group university graduates, according to new research from the Management Consultancies Association (MCA).   Instead, the proportion of graduates from Russell Group universities – a group of 24 of the UK’s “leading” research universities, including Oxford and Cambridge – working in consultancies has more than halved [...]

  • Carillion: Five years on, MPs and industry leaders demand audit reform to ensure scandal is not repeated

    Audit reform

    On the fifth anniversary of the collapse of outsourcer Carillion, MPs and audit sector leaders have united in calling on the UK government to push forwards with plans to overhaul the country’s audit sector. MPs said a shake-up of the country’s accounting industry is needed imminently to ensure that audit failures, such as the one [...]

  • PwC steps down from auditing heavily-indebted property developer Evergrande

    Evergande

    PwC has resigned as Evergrande’s auditor following a series of disagreements with the heavily-indebted property developer over its audit of the firm’s 2021 accounts. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Evergrande said its board had decided to replace PwC as the company’s auditor after the two parties failed to reach an agreement [...]

  • Deloitte snaps up London tech consultancy Reformis

    January 16, 2023

    Deloitte has completed its acquisition of London tech consultancy Reformis as it pushes forwards with efforts to bolster its advisory business. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will see Reformis’ 83 staff join the Big Four accounting firm as it seeks to capitalise on booming demand for tech focused advice. Founded in 2003, the consulting [...]

  • EY appoints ex-Cargill exec as newly-separated advisory firm’s CFO

    January 10, 2023

    EY has appointed former Cargill and General Electric exec Jamie Miller as chief financial officer (CFO) of its split-off global advisory firm. Miller’s appointment as CFO of EY’s soon-to-be separate consultancy firm comes as the Big Four firm pushes forwards with plans to float the newly spun-out business in New York. EY chief executive Carmine [...]

  • Who’s winning the City’s talent war? The firms that paid the most in 2022

    December 24, 2022

    Where to find the best paid job? As strikes over pay have brought the country to a halt, it is notable that workers in one sector in particular have seen their pay packets bulge in 2022. Aside from criminal barristers, who carried out a month’s long strike this summer, those working in private sector legal [...]

  • UK’s audit watchdog calls on top accounting firms to boost measures against exam cheating

    December 21, 2022

    The UK’s accounting watchdog has called on Britain’s seven largest auditors to improve the measures they have in place to prevent cheating on exams, following a series of international cheating scandals involving the world’s biggest audit firms. In a letter seen by City A.M., the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) called on the country’s top [...]

  • EY names new leaders of globally separated firms

    December 14, 2022

    EY has named two of its top leaders as heads of the firm’s soon-to-be separate audit and advisory businesses, as it pushes forwards with plans for a global split.   EY said current chief executive Carmine Di Sibio will head the new consulting business – NewCo – as it named US managing partner Julie Boland [...]

  • KPMG chief snubs global split as consulting arm drives growth in revenues

    December 13, 2022

    The global head of KPMG today slapped down suggestions it might follow EY in pursuing a global split, in claiming the accounting firm’s strong financial performance “validates” its current approach. KPMG chief executive Bill Thomas rejected plans for a split in claiming the Big Four firm’s results “validates an unwavering commitment to deliver services… through [...]

  • Big Four’s legal ventures could see surge in law firm IPOs, DWF chief says

    December 8, 2022

    The Big Four’s efforts to bolster their legal businesses could lead to a surge in the number of UK law firms listing on the stock exchange, DWF chief Sir Nigel Knowles told City A.M. EY’s global split could see the firm become an “aggressive” legal services behemoth, as it is freed from the conflict-of-interest rules [...]

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