Fair value suspension branded 'stupid'
Accounting Standards

Fair value suspension branded 'stupid'

16y David Jetuah

Fair value suspension branded 'stupid'

Accounting and valution analysts voice alarm at the prospect of a suspension in fair value Read More...

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AATV: The credit crisis
Company News

AATV: The credit crisis

16y rumo , Writer

AATV: The credit crisis

PwC's John Hawksworth explains the implications of the market crisis following the credit crunch Read More...

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PwC chief urges accountants to help prevent future financial crises
Business Recovery

PwC chief urges accountants to help prevent future financial crises

16y Damian Wild

PwC chief urges accountants to help prevent future...

PwC's Powell says accountants have to be part of the solution to the credit crunch Read More...

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Audit discussions could be made public
Audit

Audit discussions could be made public

16y Penny Sukhraj

Audit discussions could be made public

Investors may obtain access to audit committee deliberations under new plans Read More...

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Nomura deal saves 2,500 Lehman jobs
Business Recovery

Nomura deal saves 2,500 Lehman jobs

16y David Jetuah

Nomura deal saves 2,500 Lehman jobs

Thousands of employees will be kept on by Asia-based investment bank after it snapping up the European and middle Eastern assets of Lehman Brothers Re...

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Nomura is Lehmans sole bidder
Business Recovery

Nomura is Lehmans sole bidder

16y David Jetuah

Nomura is Lehmans sole bidder

Barclays drops out of race to secure the parts of Lehman Brothers UK and Europe which are still solvent Read More...

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One bidder left for Lehman Brothers, says PwC
Business Recovery

One bidder left for Lehman Brothers, says PwC

16y David Jetuah

One bidder left for Lehman Brothers, says PwC

Administrators say that there is only one suitor in the frame for Lehman Brothers' investment banking and private equity businesses Read More...

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Lehman won't return client assets for 'months'
Business Recovery

Lehman won't return client assets for 'months'

16y Penny Sukhraj

Lehman won't return client assets for 'months'

'The administrators treat the identification and return of client monies and assets (client assets) of LBIE as a very important and urgent matter' - P...

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Brown pushes for Lehman Europe's £4bn return
Business Recovery

Brown pushes for Lehman Europe's £4bn return

16y Penny Sukhraj

Brown pushes for Lehman Europe's £4bn return

'We are asking and working with the American government to get that money back to pay salaries, not of high-flying financiers, but of cleaners and peo...

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Lehmans administrators: Mike Jervis, PwC
Business Recovery

Lehmans administrators: Mike Jervis, PwC

16y David Jetuah

Lehmans administrators: Mike Jervis, PwC

Enron veteran Mike Jervis has some prior experience of financial services administrations Read More...

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Lehmans administrators: Tony Lomas, PwC
Business Recovery

Lehmans administrators: Tony Lomas, PwC

16y Judith Tydd

Lehmans administrators: Tony Lomas, PwC

Tony Lomas has already said that Lehmans collapse will be 'larger and more complex' than Enron or MG Rover - he should know Read More...

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Lehmans administrators: Steven Pearson, PwC
Business Recovery

Lehmans administrators: Steven Pearson, PwC

16y Penny Sukhraj

Lehmans administrators: Steven Pearson, PwC

Pearson's former administrations include Enron Europe, MG Rover and Atlantic Telecom Read More...

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Lehmans administrators: Dan Schwarzmann, PwC
Business Recovery

Lehmans administrators: Dan Schwarzmann, PwC

16y Alex Hawkes

Lehmans administrators: Dan Schwarzmann, PwC

PwC partner Dan Schwarzmann is the financial services expert on the Lehmans administration Read More...

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Lehman administration: other institutions helping
Business Recovery

Lehman administration: other institutions helping

16y Penny Sukhraj

Lehman administration: other institutions helping

PwC partner Steven Pearson outlines help administrators are getting from other bodies Read More...

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PwC: Lehman staff will be paid
Business Recovery

PwC: Lehman staff will be paid

16y Penny Sukhraj

PwC: Lehman staff will be paid

Tony Lomas says 4,500 staff will be paid. Read More...

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PwC appoints new Midlands chairman
Audit

PwC appoints new Midlands chairman

16y AccountancyAge.com

PwC appoints new Midlands chairman

PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Mark Smith as its new Midlands chairman. Read More...

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Barclays still in the ring for Lehman Brothers
Business Recovery

Barclays still in the ring for Lehman Brothers

16y David Jetuah

Barclays still in the ring for Lehman Brothers

Barclays says it is in talks with troubled investment bank about a purchase of certain assets Read More...

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Lehman work 'more complex than Enron'
Business Recovery

Lehman work 'more complex than Enron'

16y David Jetuah

Lehman work 'more complex than Enron'

Administrators talk about collapse of investment bank, saying there are billions of pounds of complex derivative contracts to unravel. Read More...

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Rover veteran heads up Lehman Brothers administration
Business Recovery

Rover veteran heads up Lehman Brothers administration

16y David Jetuah

Rover veteran heads up Lehman Brothers administrat...

Tony Lomas appointed as one of four joint administrators after investment banking giant collapses and announces plans to file Chapter 11 petition in t...

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Big Four to bolster Primary Care Trust board abilities
Accounting Firms

Big Four to bolster Primary Care Trust board abilities

16y Judith Tydd

Big Four to bolster Primary Care Trust board abili...

Three of the Big Four chosen to improve health board's framework Read More...

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Greencore switches auditors after fraud
Audit

Greencore switches auditors after fraud

16y AccountancyAge.com

Greencore switches auditors after fraud

Irish food group switches auditor after uncovering €21m (£16.5m) fraud Read More...

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