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BDO has appointed former KPMG director
July 11th, 2016
Top Six firm BDO has appointed former KPMG director Christopher Arnull as its first head of Legal and Practice Protection, as the accountancy firm looks to tackle more legal and regulatory challenges. Arnull, who joins BDO from KPMG where ...
KPMG first firm to appoint head of Brexit to executive leadership team
July 7th, 2016
KPMG appoints Karen Briggs ‘Head of Brexit’ to executive leadership team. Following the outcome of the UK’s recent referendum on EU membership, KPMG in the UK has appointed Karen Briggs, one of its most senior partners, to the newly ...
FRC to investigate KPMG over HBOS audit
June 29th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it will be holding an investigation under the accountancy scheme into the conduct of KPMG’s audit of HBOS for the year ended 31 December 2007, after coming under severe criticism for failing ...
KPMG has resigned as auditor of Fifa
June 15th, 2016
KPMG Switzerland has resigned as auditor of Fifa, the world football governing body which has become mired in a corruption scandal following claims that millions of pounds have been paid to its top executives as part of corrupt deals ...
KPMG ranked one of the top corporates in Europe for work with startups
June 13th, 2016
KPMG was awarded 11th place, the highest ranking of a professional services firm, in the prestigious 25 Corporate Startup Stars awards, the first ranking of exemplary big businesses working closely with startups, led by Nesta and the Startup Europe ...
FRC investigates KPMG over Ted Baker audit ethics
June 6th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it is to investigate KPMG over the firm’s consideration of and compliance with ethical standards in connection with the provision of non-audit services during the audit of the financial statements of Ted ...
KPMG replaces BDO as auditor of the multinational company Benchmark
May 30th, 2016
ANIMAL WELFARE and nutrition business Benchmark has confirmed the appointment of KPMG as its auditor. The Big Four firm replaces BDO, which held the post with the AIM-listed company for the past 15 years. The appointment is effective immediately, and ...
KPMG report: Man United & Real Madrid are the richest clubs in Europe
May 26th, 2016
United & Madrid top KPMG list Manchester United and Real Madrid are the most valuable clubs in Europe, according to a study of the 32 most most valuable teams by auditing behemoth KPMG. Catalan giants Barcelona come in close ...
KPMG audit quality criticised in FRC review
May 23rd, 2016
The quality of audit work undertaken by the top six firms has improved with only KPMG found to have audits in need of significant improvement, the FRC said Thursday. Out of the 104 audits were inspected for 2015/16 – 89 of ...
Former KPMG partners arrested in ‘publicity stunt’, court told
May 19th, 2016
An investigation into suspected tax evasion targeted four former partners at Belfast accountancy firm KPMG in a publicity stunt, the High Court heard. HM Revenue and Customs misled judges into granting warrants to search the executives’ homes and offices ...
