FRC to probe KPMG over role in BNY Mellon compliance with FSA client asset rules
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FRC to probe KPMG over role in BNY Mellon compliance with FSA client asset ...

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

FRC to probe KPMG over role in BNY Mellon complian...

The probe concerns the bank's London branch and BNY Mellon International and relates to KPMG's role in reporting to the FSA on BNY Mellon's compliance...

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Deloitte audit activity heats up with Wolseley win
Audit

Deloitte audit activity heats up with Wolseley win

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte audit activity heats up with Wolseley win

The change, announced to the stock market today, follows the conclusion of a formal tender process for the FTSE100 company's statutory audit Read More...

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Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round
Audit

Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Check out the audit merry-go-round

Colin has been rather tickled by the recent horse trading in retail audits, with PwC on the receiving end of his humour Read More...

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KPMG retains audit crown in latest Adviser Rankings
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KPMG retains audit crown in latest Adviser Rankings

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG retains audit crown in latest Adviser Ranking...

Latest quarterly Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide show BDO retained lead on London's junior market by client numbers - ahead of KPMG, by just one cli...

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Professionalism and 'success from the City' key for ICAEW and ICAS
Accounting Standards

Professionalism and 'success from the City' key for ICAEW and ICAS

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Professionalism and 'success from the City' key fo...

ICAEW's president Andrew Ratcliffe and his counterpart at ICAS, Jim Pettigrew, gave speeches outlining their respective visions for the future Read Mo...

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PwC loses another supermarket audit as KPMG scoops prize
Audit

PwC loses another supermarket audit as KPMG scoops prize

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC loses another supermarket audit as KPMG scoops...

KPMG is set to begin its audit role at John Lewis in 2016 Read More...

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FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants
Corporate Governance

FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants

9y Accountancy Age

FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountant...

Regulator says secondments to and from Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, and EY bring critical skills and knowledge. Read More...

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EY's slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit
Audit

EY's slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

EY's slick tender secures Royal Dutch Shell audit

EY's gain is PwC's loss - a significant $50m (£33m) loss Read More...

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PwC's 32 year Tesco audit reign ends as Deloitte appointed
Audit

PwC's 32 year Tesco audit reign ends as Deloitte appointed

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC's 32 year Tesco audit reign ends as Deloitte a...

Big Four firm Deloitte has wrested control of the account from its arch rival as the UK's largest supermarket group continues its long road to recover...

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PwC leads £675m Lehman pension deal
Business Recovery

PwC leads £675m Lehman pension deal

9y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC leads £675m Lehman pension deal

Administrators from PwC secure deal to transfer £675m-worth of Lehman Brothers' European arm's pension liabilities to Rothesay Life. Read More...

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BDO bosses the AIM audit market but GT leads on tech
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BDO bosses the AIM audit market but GT leads on tech

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

BDO bosses the AIM audit market but GT leads on te...

BDO leads overall AIM audit market, while PwC retains its FTSE AIM 100 crown with 31 clients Read More...

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Unsecured creditors lose out in Phones 4U collapse
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Unsecured creditors lose out in Phones 4U collapse

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Unsecured creditors lose out in Phones 4U collapse

Phones 4U administrators set to return 20-24p in the pound to secured creditors, but unsecured creditors - including HMRC - will receive paltry sum Re...

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MG Rover liquidators target further £56m for creditors
Business Recovery

MG Rover liquidators target further £56m for creditors

9y Richard Crump , Writer

MG Rover liquidators target further £56m for credi...

PwC pursues HMRC for £56m in overpaid VAT on vehicles made by MG Rover and supplied to fleets Read More...

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Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Four fees scramble
Audit

Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Four fees scramble

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: BG/Royal Dutch deal will see Big Fou...

Royal Dutch's audit is up for tender...will it keep EY as BG's auditors post-merger?...Is there any due-dil work to win? Fees are there for the taking...

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PwC winds up last remnants of Enron's European operations
Business Recovery

PwC winds up last remnants of Enron's European operations

9y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC winds up last remnants of Enron's European ope...

Remainder of Enron's European operations wound up after 14-year administration overseen by PwC Read More...

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Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santander UK audit chair
People Business

Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santander UK audit chair

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santand...

Chris Jones to serve as Santander UK audit committee chairman Read More...

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KPMG lights up on news it wins BAT audit
Audit

KPMG lights up on news it wins BAT audit

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG lights up on news it wins BAT audit

KPMG secures BAT audit after PwC's 17 year relationship with the UK maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill went up in smoke Read More...

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PwC ditches audit for Rosslyn partnership, as Grant Thornton steps in
Audit

PwC ditches audit for Rosslyn partnership, as Grant Thornton steps in

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC ditches audit for Rosslyn partnership, as Gran...

PwC steps down as auditor to look into further work with Rosslyn, with Grant Thornton taking on the audit role Read More...

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Changing of HSBC audit guard sees PwC emerge victorious
Audit

Changing of HSBC audit guard sees PwC emerge victorious

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Changing of HSBC audit guard sees PwC emerge victo...

KPMG fails in its bid to retain the lucrative account after a competitive tender for the audit Read More...

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PwC retains FTSE 100 audit lead as KPMG climbs 250 rankings
Audit

PwC retains FTSE 100 audit lead as KPMG climbs 250 rankings

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC retains FTSE 100 audit lead as KPMG climbs 250...

KPMG emerges as top FTSE 250 auditor after knocking Deloitte off number one spot having secured an extra four clients to take it to 72 firms Read More...

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PwC’s British American Tobacco audit goes up in smoke
Audit

PwC’s British American Tobacco audit goes up in smoke

9y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC’s British American Tobacco audit goes up in sm...

UK cigarette maker will replace auditors PwC because of planned litigation against the firm by one of its subsidiaries Read More...

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Colin: Bad will hunting for PwC
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Colin: Bad will hunting for PwC

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Bad will hunting for PwC

Colin was amoosed to hear of PwC's hunting escapades in Sweden Read More...

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Advisers torn over greater regulation of tax profession
Corporate Tax

Advisers torn over greater regulation of tax profession

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Advisers torn over greater regulation of tax profe...

Tax advisers and pundits in two minds over PAC's calls for greater regulation of tax profession Read More...

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PwC at centre of ‘industrial scale’ tax avoidance, claims PAC
Accounting Firms

PwC at centre of ‘industrial scale’ tax avoidance, claims PAC

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PwC at centre of ‘industrial scale’ tax avoidance,...

Public Accounts Committee accuses Big Four firm of facilitating and marketing corporate tax avoidance structures Read More...

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Taking Stock: PwC Panto the Cat's Whiskers
People In Practice

Taking Stock: PwC Panto the Cat's Whiskers

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: PwC Panto the Cat's Whiskers

No pussyfooting as PwC performs Dick Whittington Read More...

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EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship with PwC
Accounting Firms

EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship with PwC

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship wi...

Sainsbury's ditches PwC as auditors with EY to vet supermarket's accounts from 2016 Read More...

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Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division
People In Practice

Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division

FS tax specialist to use his recent hedge fund experience in new PwC role Read More...

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