Auditors on governance: 'We've been doing this for years'
Audit

Auditors on governance: 'We've been doing this for years'

15y Mario Christodoulou

Auditors on governance: 'We've been doing this for...

Auditors say new governance code codifies existing practice Read More...

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Five is not a priority
Audit

Five is not a priority

16y Accountancy Age

Five is not a priority

Abandoning the idea of a new Big Four competitor will seem to many like abdication Read More...

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Haddrill: We don't need a Big Five
Audit

Haddrill: We don't need a Big Five

16y Mario Christodoulou

Haddrill: We don't need a Big Five

FRC's new chief to concentrate on planning for a Big Four collapse Read More...

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Audit watchdog shines light on Big Four's cross-selling
Audit

Audit watchdog shines light on Big Four's cross-selling

16y Mario Christodoulou

Audit watchdog shines light on Big Four's cross-se...

Despite being forbidden, cross-selling is still being put forward by auditors seeking a pay rise Read More...

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Comparability must be the way forward
Audit

Comparability must be the way forward

16y Accountancy Age

Comparability must be the way forward

Big firms could resist change, but they should not be afraid Read More...

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As Boyle steps down audit is at a crossroads
Audit

As Boyle steps down audit is at a crossroads

16y Accountancy Age

As Boyle steps down audit is at a crossroads

Much has changed since Paul Boyle too charge at the FRC, but the Big Four are still dominant Read More...

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Testing the water
Audit

Testing the water

16y Accountancy Age

Testing the water

Limiting liability has failed to open up the audit market to smaller firms Read More...

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Proving Big Four isn't best
Audit

Proving Big Four isn't best

16y Mario Christodoulou

Proving Big Four isn't best

Are audit clients more likely to look local to lower costs? Read More...

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Big Four are riding out the storm
Accounting Firms

Big Four are riding out the storm

16y Gavin Hinks

Big Four are riding out the storm

Any revenue rise from top firms is a good result Read More...

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Video: Big Four losing audit work to smaller firms
Accounting Firms

Video: Big Four losing audit work to smaller firms

16y rumo , Writer

Video: Big Four losing audit work to smaller firms

Why are companies now more willing to look beyond the Big Four for audits? Read More...

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Smaller firms clean up as recession sees audit clients shun the Big Four
Audit

Smaller firms clean up as recession sees audit clients shun the Big Four

16y Mario Christodoulou

Smaller firms clean up as recession sees audit cli...

Pressure on fees sees audit clients shop around outside the Big Four Read More...

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Big Four earnings grow from regulator action
Company News

Big Four earnings grow from regulator action

16y Accountancy Age

Big Four earnings grow from regulator action

FSA uses accountants to report on bank management Read More...

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Deloitte sees revenues fall in tough market
Company News

Deloitte sees revenues fall in tough market

16y Mario Christodoulou

Deloitte sees revenues fall in tough market

'Extremely tough markets' force Big Four firm to swallow a 2% drop in revenues Read More...

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This week's blogs: breaking the monopoly
Audit

This week's blogs: breaking the monopoly

16y Accountancy Age

This week's blogs: breaking the monopoly

The blogs are buzzing this week with talk of opening up audit and credit insurers’ woes Read More...

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Conditions right for mid-tier assault on the FTSE monopoly
Audit

Conditions right for mid-tier assault on the FTSE monopoly

16y David Jetuah

Conditions right for mid-tier assault on the FTSE ...

Exceptional conditions mean the mid-tier could be well-positioned to make genuine inroads into the top flight Read More...

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Wyman: auditors should help FSA to avert future meltdowns
Audit

Wyman: auditors should help FSA to avert future meltdowns

16y Nick Huber

Wyman: auditors should help FSA to avert future me...

By facilitating regular meetings with FSA, large audit firms can help banks avoid future meltdowns says one of the profession’s most senior figures. ...

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Auditors struggle to agree liability limits with clients
Audit

Auditors struggle to agree liability limits with clients

16y Nick Huber

Auditors struggle to agree liability limits with c...

Big accounting firms worry that they will face a wave of litigation from investors and liquidators who are trying to recover losses from big company ...

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Alchemy chief: markets risk turmoil without liability cap
Audit

Alchemy chief: markets risk turmoil without liability cap

16y David Jetuah

Alchemy chief: markets risk turmoil without liabil...

Head of private equity giant Alchemy warns that companies may be forced to accept liability caps, as Big Four’s audit domination means the market cou...

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Accounting professor: break up the Big Four audit market
Accounting Standards

Accounting professor: break up the Big Four audit market

16y Accountancy Age

Accounting professor: break up the Big Four audit ...

Accounting academic call for radical reform of audit market to restore the value of the audit Read More...

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Bank audit firms could be restricted from other services
Audit

Bank audit firms could be restricted from other services

16y Accountancy Age

Bank audit firms could be restricted from other se...

Treasury committee says bank auditors should not do non-audit work Read More...

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Future of the Big Four: three is the magic number
Company News

Future of the Big Four: three is the magic number

16y Accountancy Age

Future of the Big Four: three is the magic number

The landscape of the Big Four could soon change Read More...

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Postcard plea for Big Four
Corporate Tax

Postcard plea for Big Four

16y Judith Tydd

Postcard plea for Big Four

International poverty and relief organisation Christian Aid is set to appeal to the heads of the Big Four firms through a postcard campaign in a bid ...

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Investors wary of liability plan
Audit

Investors wary of liability plan

16y Nick Huber

Investors wary of liability plan

Representatives from the Big Four issue proposal for a new law to limit auditors' liability amid concern that auditors will face a wave of litigation...

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Profession profits from soaring insolvencies
Business Recovery

Profession profits from soaring insolvencies

16y David Jetuah

Profession profits from soaring insolvencies

Firms expect to make record revenues from their business recovery arms as the economic climate worsens Read More...

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Auditors face trying times
Audit

Auditors face trying times

16y Kate Burgess

Auditors face trying times

Big four memo: Not 'business as usual' this year Read More...

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Partners rush to take four day week at KPMG
Accounting Firms

Partners rush to take four day week at KPMG

16y David Jetuah

Partners rush to take four day week at KPMG

KPMG announces new voluntary scheme to avoid redundancies Read More...

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Downturn could hit tax receipts take
Administration

Downturn could hit tax receipts take

16y Accountancy Age

Downturn could hit tax receipts take

Deloitte warns that the economic downturn could affect the Treasury's tax receipts, and therefore the quality of public services Read More...

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