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High Court dismisses KPMG and Barclays swaps scheme
February 25th, 2016
Britain’s biggest banks narrowly avoided a major legal challenge today, when a High Court judge dismissed a case relating to the mis-selling of rate swap products. The case could have had far-reaching implications for a multi-billion pound scheme to compensate victims of ...
Auto Trader swaps PwC for KPMG as auditor
February 22nd, 2016
ONLINE car dealership Auto Trader has appointed KPMG as its auditor, it has been confirmed. PwC, which has been Auto Trader’s auditor since 2004, will conduct the current year audit and stand down at the conclusion of the AGM in ...
KPMG appoints new UK head of pensions
February 18th, 2016
Andrew Coles has been announced as the new head of pensions at KPMG in the UK, succeeding Andrew Cawley who retires from KPMG after 21 years with the firm. Andrew Coles has been announced as the new head of ...
KPMG forecasts more pain for Dubai housing
February 15th, 2016
House prices in Dubai will continue to suffer this year as cheap oil and the strong US dollar push properties beyond the means of many overseas investors, according to the latest report from consultants KPMG. The low global price ...
Accenture, PwC, Deloitte, IBM & KPMG: Which consulting firm is best for you?
February 8th, 2016
List: Hybrid IT is on the rise and the complexities of digital transformation mean that consulting firms have an important role to play in simplifying the process. In the early weeks of 2016 there have been a number of ...
KPMG International Announces New Global Head of Tax
February 3rd, 2016
KPMG International Announces New Global Head of Tax, Jane McCormick. KPMG International named UK-based Jane McCormick as new Global Head of Tax. Jane will assume the role from Greg Wiebe, who led KPMG’s Global Tax Practice for the last ...
KPMG Audit plc’s audit of HBOS plc
January 22nd, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Conduct Committee has reviewed the full report from the PRA and FCA into the failure of HBOS plc. and has asked the FRC’s Executive Counsel to undertake preliminary enquiries under the Accountancy Scheme, the ...
KPMG’s Top Financial Adviser quits over alleged tax scandal
January 21st, 2016
KPMG’s Patrick McCoy quits over alleged tax scandal Patrick McCoy, one of the top financial advisers in the UK, is among 10 people allegedly charged with tax evasion. Days after being accused, McCoy, the head of investment advice and ...
KPMG withdraws audit opinions on CFTC over accounting error
January 20th, 2016
The U.S. regulator that polices the complex derivatives markets is struggling to keep its own books in order and has made a material error that its auditor found so significant that it withdrew nearly a decade of its financial ...
KPMG and Funding XChange join forces to break deadlock on SME funding
January 18th, 2016
Funding XChange (FXE), the first UK online marketplace that connects small businesses with lenders, has joined forces with global professional services firm KPMG to tackle the £4 billion funding gap – a bottleneck that is holding back the growth aspirations ...
