Audit
BDO partner pay jumps 12% to £681,000
Average profits at the accountancy rebound after major investment
Railpen’s Caroline Escott: Up your audit game, or we might divest
The Railways Pension Scheme wants to use its £34bn in assets to improve audits – it could pull money, vote against directors and more
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Audit firms scramble for top talent as students favour consultancy
Amid fierce competition for talent, major accountancy firms are casting their nets wider in order to entice school leavers and graduates to consider careers in the less glamorous world of audit
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Audit regulator unfairly dismissed ‘exhausted and stressed’ employee, tribunal finds
The FRC treated a stressed manager unfairly, an employment hearing has decided
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PwC set for court showdown over £63m ‘leak’ claim
An ex-PwC partner is alleged to have leaked confidential about the firm’s client to an M&A banker
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EY audit quality slides ahead of potential split
Regulator finds more than a third of audits require improvement
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EY split: How the consulting and audit giant reached a landmark plan to separate
How the Big Four accountancy firm’s historic split talks progressed
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SEC’s Gensler slams sluggish pace of audit reform
The chair of the US securities regulator also urged audit firms to review and enhance their independence protocols with respect to their auditing and consulting practices
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EY partners get top-secret briefing on firm break-up at Hyde Park hotel
EY UK partners gathered last month at the five-star Royal Lancaster hotel for a sales pitch on the firm’s multi-billion dollar split
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