Big Four
KPMG UK partners score 9% pay increase
The firm cut hundreds of jobs last year as demand for advisory slowed
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Ex-KPMG chief executive on why auditors are getting it so wrong
Mary O’Connor 'cold-called' David Howden, founder and CEO of the eponymous City insurance broker, in search of a new role after she resigned from KPMG
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KPMG blames Carillion directors in fight against £1.3bn negligence claim
Big Four firm has defended its actions in a major Carillion negligence claim
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PwC UK partners set for £1m payday
Partner profit has jumped after a strong year
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Alvarez & Marsal’s Europe boss ready ‘to take advantage’ of the Big Four’s challenges amid EY split talks
Alvarez says his firm wants to take ‘high margin, high rates’ business away from the Big Four — pointing to areas such as restructuring, transactional services and private equity
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Deloitte execs share £14m profit after Covid-19 contract boom
Average partner pay soars to more than £1m
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Audit regulator puts questions to firms on bullying, sexual harassment
Freedom of Information request shows watchdog scrutinising misconduct among senior auditors
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PwC UK promotes 63 to partner — here are the names
Big Four firm boosts deals practice in booming M&A market
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FRC not ‘strong enough’ to prevent corporate failure, CEO says
Sir Jon Thompson also said he was 'surprised' by how few of Kingman's recommendations had been put in place when he started as CEO
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Audit reforms curb risk of more failures – at a price
Some of the proposed corporate governance changes prompted a furious backlash from business leaders and MPs, rightly giving the government pause, writes David Wighton
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