Ernst & Young has announced that its office in Russia is to merge with Andersen's business in the former soviet country. Read More...
View articleAndersen today suffered its first defections following its decision to merge with KPMG, after PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed it has snapped up the u...
View articleUnder-siege Andersen has come out with all guns blazing in its battle for survival, after pleading not guilty in a Houston court to charges of obstruc...
View articleAndersen has expressed confidence that its planned salvage operation to merge with KPMG will not raise any competition concerns, despite admitting the...
View articleThe emergency rescue deal brokered between embattled Andersen and its Big Five rival KPMG is just the beginning of a long process, warn rival partners...
View articleKPMG's resolve to take over Andersen's non-US offices remains firm despite the news that the ICAEW is 'seeking evidence' from the US Department of Jus...
View articleGrant Thornton has today launched an astonishing attack on the Big Five, claiming their monopoly over the mid-tier is 'dissolving in the face of incre...
View articleThe European Commission today told Accountancy Age that it is 'fairlycertain' to investigate the proposed merger between Andersen's non-USoperations a...
View articleAndersen and KPMG have some way to go in finalising the financial side of their proposed merger but Andersen will not have to pay a penalty to exit An...
View articleThe decision by Andersen to pursue detailed merger discussions with KPMG signals nothing less than the end of the Big Five. Read More...
View articleMike Rake, the senior managing partner of KPMG, has moved to reassure the firm's staff about the planned merger with crisis stricken Andersen. Read Mo...
View articleAndersen will almost certainly lose a second consulting arm if the firm's proposed merger with KPMG goes ahead, the firm's UK managing partner for peo...
View articleAndersen this morning expressed confidence that its planned merger with KPMG would not raise any competition issues and will be completed by 1 October...
View articleAndersen in London today revealed the breakaway of the UK partnership may be inevitable as 'it may not be possible' to sell-off of the group as one en...
View articleThe once mighty name of Andersen is facing its final destruction with the firm's defeat in court. Read More...
View articleAndersen's FTSE-100 clients have cautiously come out in support of the embattled Big Five firm after it was indicted last night. Read More...
View articleMid-tier firm Grant Thornton has emerged as another contender to pick up Andersen divisions and partners seeking a way out of the quagmire into which ...
View articleJo Berardino, managing partner at crisis stricken Andersen, has described the US indictment of his firm on charges of 'obstruction of justice' as 'ove...
View articleStricken firm Andersen was left reeling today after losing its first UK audit client since becoming ensnared in the Enron affair - this despite assura...
View articleAny chance of Andersen selling off its UK partnership could be scuppered if it is hit by the maximum penalty of a disciplinary ruling - the removal of...
View articleCrisis-stricken Andersen has released a statement this morning claiming there is no evidence of any Enron documents related to the UK firm being 'deli...
View articleBDO Stoy Hayward may be in line for rescue talks with Andersen after the Big Five firm was ditched by Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche. Read More...
View articleDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu last night joined Ernst & Young by walking away from a rescue deal for fellow Big Five firm Andersen. Read More...
View articleAs news of sell-off talks between Andersen and Deloittes hots up, Alex Miller asks whether Enron really was an audit too far for Andersen and what the...
View articleManagement at struggling consolidator Tenon have called time on its immediate acquisition programme, amid City concerns over its poorly performing sha...
View articleErnst & Young today said that it had walked away from a possible rescue deal with Andersen in the US. Read More...
View articleA merger between Andersen and any other Big Five firm will almost certainly be reviewed by competition authorities at the European Commission, it has ...
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