Search Results for: Big Four
SEC Imposes Sanctions Against China-Based Members of Big Four Accounting Networks for Refusing to Produce Documents
February 9th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today imposed sanctions against four China-based accounting firms that had refused to turn over documents related to investigations of potential fraud. The China-based firms are members of large international networks associated with the “Big ...
Making Big Four partner ‘meritocratic but highly commercial’
May 6th, 2014
Making partner at a Big Four firm is more meritocratic than previously considered – but does this create a culture of commercialism that could clash with what is expected of a ‘trusted adviser’? That is the question raised following ...
Forget bitcoin, its fourth-biggest rival is up nearly 5,800 percent this year
December 13th, 2017
Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency in the world by value, has hit a record high and rallied nearly 5,800 percent this year, beating rival bitcoin’s rise. The price of litecoin reached an all-time high of $255.42 on Tuesday, according to industry website ...
If bitcoin was a stock, it would be the seventy-fourth biggest by market capitalization
August 16th, 2017
If bitcoin was a stock, it would be the seventy-fourth biggest by market capitalization, on the S&P 500. Bitcoin hit a record high of $4,483.55 on Tuesday. Bitcoin’s market capitalization reached as high as $73.5 billion, within touching distance ...
The first major collaboration between an international legal firm and one of the ‘Big Four’ professional services firms
June 14th, 2016
Allen & Overy today announces the launch of MarginMatrix™, a new digital derivatives compliance system to help major banks deal with new regulatory requirements that will come into force for the USD500 trillion over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market from 1 ...
The Big Four’s push to become the little guy’s friend
May 16th, 2016
Servicing the needs of large corporates remains the Big Four’s heartland. But the top four firms are increasingly attempting to disrupt the smaller reaches of the business market. In the 18 months since KPMG made a £40m sally into the ...
Big Four’s £2.55bn revenues dominate UK consultancy market
March 3rd, 2016
The consulting arms of the Big Four accountancy firms continue to dominate the UK consultancy market, accounting for over a third of revenues, and are growing faster than the rest of the sector, according to research by Source Global ...
‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans
January 18th, 2016
Regulators fail to act as they are dominated by the companies they are supposed to police, say critics Audit and accountancy firms who devise tax-avoidance schemes ruled unlawful have never faced official reprimand, The Independent can reveal. None of the so-called ...
FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants
June 4th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed how many staff were seconded to and from it from the ‘Big Four‘ accountancy firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY in 2014. Following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by sister publication Insurance Age, the ...
Two more audits choose Big Four
October 3rd, 2014
Two more listed companies have changed auditors. Safestore Holdings, which runs 97 self-storage units in the UK, has swapped its Big Four firms. Deloitte has been chosen to replace PwC as Safestore’s auditors. PwC has served as its auditors ...
