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Grant Thornton on the end of £49m negligence claim
March 18th, 2015
The UK arm of the world’s sixth largest accountancy network is facing the claim for audit and advice work provided to Manchester Building Society between 2006 and 2013. The claim relates to ‘the implementation and application of hedge accounting’, ...
Barclays loses High Court battle with Grant Thornton
February 23rd, 2015
Judge rules in favour of Grant Thornton in High Court battle with Barclays over Von Essen Hotels Group audits BARCLAYS has lost its High Court spat with Grant Thornton over non-statutory audits for Von Essen Hotels Group (VEH). The legal ...
Grant Thornton resigns Quarto audit over conflict of issue and Deloitte duly took over with immediate effect
December 17th, 2014
DELOITTE has scooped the audit account of international publishing group Quarto from incumbent firm Grant Thornton following a conflict of interest issue. Quarto’s directors announced the move to the stock market following the emergence of a conflict of interest ...
iSignthis announcement: Probanx Coreplus core banking & APRA CPS234
February 7th, 2019
Highlights iSignthis eMoney (AU) Pty Ltd ADI application ongoing/progressing Probanx.com CorePlus assessed by Grant Thornton & Security Centric iSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX | FRA: TA8) (“The Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received communications from its auditors ...
iSignthis released 4C quarterly results; Revenue in FY18 compared to FY17 is 363% greater
July 31st, 2018
Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX|FRA_DE:TA8), the global leader in RegTech for identity verification and transactional banking/payments, is pleased to provide the following business update and Appendix 4C for the quarter ended 30th June2018. ...
Big Four firms plan for forced break-up
July 16th, 2018
The Big Four accountancy firms have drawn up contingency plans for a break up of their UK businesses, an option politicians and regulators are increasingly pushing to solve conflicts of interest embedded in the industry. The pressure on the ...
Spanish banks move ahead with blockchain platform for digital IDs
June 21st, 2018
A consortium of Spanish banks is moving ahead with the development of a blockchain-based digital identity platform slated for live testing before the end of the year. Supported by eight companies (Abanca, Bankia, Caixabank, Caixa Ontinyent, Ibercaja, Kutxabank, Liberbank ...
BDO rivals KPMG for AIM audits
May 4th, 2017
Mid tier firm BDO has moved up to share the top spot with KPMG in the rankings of audit firms advising AIM clients, according to the latest quarterly listing from Adviser Rankings Ltd. BDO has picked up four clients ...
BDO appoints two more new partners
March 14th, 2017
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has appointed two more lateral hires taking its total of new partner appointments to 25 this financial year. BDO has welcomed partners Duncan Lamb and Colin Haig who join the firm’s corporate ...
Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 9th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of the year. During his nearly four years as head of the agency’s largest division, Mr. Ceresney implemented approaches ...
